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1948
1948 - 0645.PDF
MAY 6TH, 1948 FLIGHT 509 MDDE.? OF FAME : Another first-rate photographic tribute to the qualities of the 12-Group pilots and their equipment. Such fhim is in the finest Fury-Bulldog-Gladiator tradition. Service Aviation straggle, they hope that the bondsforged between the Royal Air Force and the French Air Force remain always asclose in the future. ..." R.Aux.A.F. Trains A.T.C. Cadets TWELVE A.T.C. cadets are to be•I- trained as Flight Mechanics (engines) with No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron, RoyalAuxiliary Air Force at R.A.F. Station Aldergrove, Northern Ireland. far Defence Units—Annual Camps THE first annual camps of the recently•*• formed Air Defence Units of the R.Aux.A.F. will take place at R.A.F.Coltishall, near Norwich, between July and September this year. The dates atwhich various units will send contingents to the camp are as follows : 35oo (Kent) A.D.U. of R.A.F., Sand-wich, August 14-28: 3508 (Northants) AD-L. of R.A.F., West wood, Peter- borough, August 14-28; 3617 (Hants)A.D.U. of Stoke Prior, Poole Road, Bournemouth, August 14-28; 3618 (Sus-sex) A.D.U. of R.A.F., Warding, Peven- sey. August 14-28; 3619 (Suffolk) A.D.U. o The Airport, Nacton Road, Ipswich, August 14-28; 3620 (Norfolk) A.D.U. of^A.F. N. Walsham Road, Norwich, Hust 14-28; 3504 (Notts) A.D.U. ofLodge, Mansfield Road, Notting- September ir-25; 3505 (E. Riding)-1- of R.A.F., Sutton-on-Hull,, nber zi-25; 3604 (Middlesex):1D-U. of R.A.F., Stanmore Park, iesex, September ri-25. Members of the Auxiliary Air Forceattending, including the W.A.A.F. Re- serve, will receive service rates of payand allowances during their annual training. They will include M.T. drivers,domestic and clerical staff, as well as radar and wireless mechanics and opera-tors. Exercises will be carried out as part of the Fighter Control and Raid Re-porting system of which the Air Defence Units form a link, and on occasions inco-operation with service aircraft and the Royal Observer Corps Observer ExerciseT HE largest post-war exercise of theRoyal Observer Corps will be held on Sunday, May gth. All eleven Groupsin the Midland Area of the Corps will take part, and over 400 posts, from Bed-ford in the south to Durham in the north will be manned. Some 3,800 observers will be on duty. Fighter Com- mand will co-operate with four squadronsof Meteors and three of Vampires, which will fly at various heights up to 10,000feet. Many other aircraft will also take part, including Spitfires of the R.Aux.A.F., and Lincolns and Lancasters ot Bomber Command. Observers will plotthe movements of all aircraft, military and civil, flying over the area. Result?of the exercise will be examined after- wards at R.O.C. headquarters. The exercise will start at 10 a.m. andlast until 6 p.m. The telephone com munication system between observerposts and operations rooms has been completely overhauled by the G.P.O.,and additional temporary lines will be provided for the occasion where neces-sary. This will be the first major test for observers in the Midlands and alongthe East Coast to be held since the war, although most member? have taken part in small local exercises. A general exer-cise was held <n the Southern area last summer. Pale-blue Poplin MEMBERS of the Women's Auxiliary-"-*- Air Force serving at R.A.F. Changi, Singapore, have been permittedto wear a new tropical dress, when of) duty, of pale-blue poplin. It may beworn either with socks and "chhaplis" (strongly made sandals familiar inIndia) or with shoes and stockings. Royal Air Forces Association Sports "THE Hampstead Branch ot the Royal*• Air Forces Association was organized by S/L: VV. A. G. Goldsworthy, M.B.E.,R.A.F.(Retd.), early in 1946. Tin- Sports Section has become one ol its mostimportant activities, and the foot ha I: team has won the Hampstead and District Football League Cup at the first time of asking, the Branch thus beingthe first in the Royal Air Forces Associ ation to win such a trophy. A sport>field is badly needed and, in the evenl of one being obtained, the football clubhave been invited to play in a S<«ior League next season. Can anyone help? A.T.C. Proficiency CertificatesA BOUT 11,000 A.T.C. cadets hope togain their Proficiency Certificates during this year. Examinations will beheld on May 31st and November 1st. A pass means that, when called up fornational service, the cadet is guaranteed entry in the R.A.F. if he is otherwisesuitable. Other privileges which go with this Certificate include a shorter recruitstraining period, and concessions in selec- tion for entry into the R.A.F, as cadets,
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