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1948
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FLIGHT •MAY 2OTH, 1948 AMPHIBIAN TANKER : Aircraft of the R.C.A.F.'s two photographic squadrons ere preparing to leave for scattered points and, in many cases, will operate from isolated Northern bases. At one of these a Canso amphibian is seen unloading fuel drums which are floated ashore, pumped full of fuel from the Canso's tanks, and stored for the use of short-range single-engined Norsemen. VICE AVIATION Appointment THE Air Ministry announces that HisMajesty the King has approved theappointment of Air Vice-Marshal Philip Clermont Livingston, C.B.,C.B.E.. A.F.C., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.(E), L.R.C.P., D.P.H., D.O.M.S., as anHonorary Surgeon to His Majesty the King, with effect from ftfay 7, 1^48, insuccession to Air Marshal Sir A'ndrew Grant, K.B.E., C.B., M.B., Ch.B.,D.P.H., who has vacated the appoint- ment on retirement from the R.A.F. Air Vice-Marshal Livingston succeededAir Marshal Sir Andrew Grant as Director-General of Medical Services,Royal Air Force, on March 1, 1948, after having been Deputy Director-Generalfrom September, 1947. Previously he jserved for over a year as PrincipalMedical Officer at headquarters of Air Command, South-East Asia, and he wasformerly consultant in ophthalmology at the R.A.F. Central Medical Establish-ment. He rowed in the winning Cam- bridge crew in the 1914 Boat Race, andafter serving with the R.N.V.R. in the 1914-18 war he was commissioned in theMedical Branch of the R.A.F. in 1919. Mountaineering Vice-President T ORD MALCOLM DOUGLAS--L< HAMILTON, formerly a group captain in the Royal Air Force, has be-come a vice-president of the recently farmed R.A.F. Mountaineering Associa-tion. He has done a good deal of moun- taineering in Switzerland, Scotland, andthe Isle of Skye, and is a member of the Alpine Club. Australia—New; Zealand in 4f hours IN 4J hours, at an average speed of282 m.p.h., the Handley Page Hast- ings (four Bristol Hercules), now touringAustralasia, has flown the 1,340 miles from Sydney to Wellington. This com- pares with the 6 £ hours which theaverage airliner takes for the ocean crossing. Major R. E. Nicoll, HandleyPage sales manager, who is with the Hastings on its tour, reports that thereis very real interest in this, the fastest and largest British military, transport,as well as in its civil counterpart, the Hermes. From Government and aero- ; nautical circles in the Dominions thereis an attitude of helpfulness. New Zealand has a town of Hastingsand its mayor, a pilot, has flown with his officials in the Hastings, which circledabove the namesake town. Over the centre, the mayor received from theHandley Page chief test pilot, S/L. H. G. Hazelden, a letter of cordial greet-ings and good wishes from the mayor of Hastings in Sussex. By coincidence,Major Nicoll's mother, many years ago, presented the first gift (a Union Jack)from the Sussex Hastings to its New Zealand namesake. N.A.A.F.I. Supervisors FOUR N.A.A.F.I. Assistant CommandSupervisors (R.A.F.) have been ap- pointed for liaison duties with R.A.F.home commands, groups and stations through the new R.A.F. Regional Insti-tute Committees which have just been formed to ensure adequate and satisfac-tory N.A.A.F.I. facilities, and on which existing Station Institute Committeeswill be represented by elected members. The R.A.F. Regional Institute Commit-tees have been formed on the basis of one committee for each geographical areaadministered by the six Group Head- quarters of Reserve Command and byR. A. F.N.I., since these areas correspond with those of the N.A.A.F.I. CommandSupervisors. Liaison with the R.A.F. Regional In-stitute Committees in the Scottish and Northern areas will be undertaken fromYork ; the Western and Welsh Group and R.A.F.N.I. area from Burton Wirral(Cheshire); the Southern Group area from Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements ..^Salisbury, and the Eastern and London Group areas from London, where the four N.A.A.F.I. Assistant Command Supervisors specifically responsible for R.A.F. affairs will be situated. As the geographical relationship of these areas corresponds with those of Reserve Com- mand Groups, and R.A.F. Northern Ire- land, the Air Officers Commanding con- cerned will be appointed as the Presi- dents of the R.A.F. Regional Institute Committees in these areas. Washington Post HTHE Air Ministry announces the-*- appointment, to take effect this month, of Air Marshal Sir Charles B. H.Medhurst, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., as head of the Air Force Staff, British JointServices Mission at Washington, in place of Air Chief Marshal Sir A. Guy RGarrod, G.B.E., K.C.B., M.C., D.V.C., L.Ld., who has completed his tour of tduty in this post Air Marshal Sir Charles Medhurst wasappointed A.O. C.-in-C, Middle East Command, in February, 1945, and AirC>inC. R.A.F. Mediterranean Middle East Command in the following October.He was Commandant of the R.A.F. Staff College from August, 1943, to December.1944. Sir Charles was appointed Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelli-gence) in March, 1941, and was made an additional member of the Air Council inOctober, 1942, while acting as Vice-Chief of the Air Staff. He became AssistantChief of the Air Staff (Policy) in March, 1943. Sir Charles was commissioned in .the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in i9J5 and was seconded to the Royal FlyingCorps in the same year. He served with various squadrons in France and theMiddle East and was awarded the M.C. J in 1918. After the 1914-18 war he servedon technical engineering and staff duties and in 1925 graduated at the R.A.F.Staff College. In the following year he served in Iraq on Air Staff duties, re-turning to England for a course at the
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