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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1238.PDF
i68 FLIGHT AUGUST 5TH, 1948 Service Aviation and Winchester were active, and nearly 3,000 observers, most of them at out- door posts, were on duty. Meteor and Vampire jet fighters and Fighter Com- mand Hornets took part in the exercise, with the addition of Spitfire squadrons of the Royal -Auxiliary Air Force, Reserve Command, and a small number of Lincolns and Lancasters from Bomber Command. A. Cdre. the Earl of Bandon, Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps, accompanied by Area Com- mandants, watched the progress of the exercise from one of the operations rooms. Two New A.D.U's. Formed TWO new Air Defence Units, No.3507 and Nc. 3509 (County of Staffs)of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force have now been opened for recruiting, the former at Rudloe Manor, Box, Chippen- ham, and the latter at Trentham Insti- tute, Stoke-on-Trent. At the moment No. 3509 A.D.U. is open for recruitment of airmen only, but officers and W.A.A.F./R. airwomen will be re- cruited shortly. Meantime, men .are required for most trades, including transport and administration, and those with experience of radar, wireless and plotting aircraft are particularly re- quired. Previous Service experience is not essential. Operation "Wattleberry" '"THREE Sunderlands of No*. 209 •*- Squadron, R.A.F., operating under the code name "Wattleberry," recently completed the first post-war training and good will flight from Singapore to Sydney by flying boats. The aircraft taking part iii this operation, which involved a round flight of over 11,000 miles, were Rajang River, Brunei Bay and Flying Fish Cove; G/C. R. B. Harrison was the officer in charge of the operation. Flying in easy stages the first stop was made at Labuan, British North Borneo. The next stage was to Dar- win, some 1,650 miles on, and after a two- day halt the Sunderlands took off again for Sydney. A few minutes after being airborne, however, the Brunei Bay de- LIAISON -UkiCOLN : The first Lincoln of No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, R.A.F., which recently baid-a visit to the Colony, taxying in at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Inset is GjC. N. C. Odbeh O B E wfid commanded thi flight, A. Cdre. G. G. Banting, C.B., C.B.E., Air Officer % ompiandtng khodesian Air Training Group, and GC. G. A. Walker, C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C., veloped an oil lealfin one of her engines. After a return to land it was found that the faulty engine would have to be changed, but as the nearest spare was on the other side of the Continent it was decided to continue the flight on three engines. By shortening some of the intermediate stages to conserve fuel and manned by a skeleton crew to reduce weight, the Brunei Bay, with the other two Sunderlands, successfully completed the journey. R. Aux. A.F. Appointments '"PHE Air Ministry announces the fol- JL lowing Royal Auxiliary Air Force appointments: S/L. H. S. L. Dundas, D.S.O., D.F.C.,to command No. 601 (County of London) Frying Squadron, R.A.F. Hendon.S/L. J. M-Birkin, D.S.O., D.F.C., \ F r fc(?ftmmand No. 504 (County of^6^ Nottingham) Flying ^ Squadron, R.A.F. Huck- nall. Permanent CommissionsT HE following officers have been selected for permanent commis- sions in the R.A.F. in the branches shown: General Ditties Branch W/Cs. J. B. J. Board- man; E. J. Brooks, D.F.C.; H. Budden, D.S.O., D.F.C.; E. C. S. Fewtrell, D.F.C.; H. A. R. Holford, O.B.E., A MODEL ATTACK: A Barra- cuda 3 of 815 Squadron, piloted by Sub - Lieutenant Bradley, R.N., diving through an "ack-ack barrage" to make a low-level bombing attack on a 40ft model of H.M.S. Nelson at the open- clr display held at R.N.A.S Arbroath on July 21st. D.F.C.; M. M. Kane, M.B.E.; D. F. Las- lett; D. D.Rogers. S/L.s K. W. Mackenzie, D.F.C.; W. W. T. Titchie, A.F.C.; R. W. Turner, D.F.C., A.F.C. F/L. P. J. S. Shaughnessy. Equipment Branch S/L. J. W. C. N. Young. F/L.s G. L. Armstrong; A. F. P. Beard. R.A.F. Regiment F/L.s M. J. Burgess; C. F. Wright. Physical Fitness Branch F/L.s H. O. Jones; G. F. Turnbull, A.F.C. Technical Branch S/L.s L. J. Davey; C. H. C. Down, M.B.E.; D. E. Gibbs; K. Herring; W. A. Jones; F. Parvin; A. M. Paterson, O.B.E.; K. H. Wallis. F/L.s D. H. Beckett; R. L. Cater; W. H. Dron; S. A. Fentum; W. T. Glazier; R. Howard; H. D. Hughes; G. E. F. Johnson; N. M. Jones; S. F. Kettell; J. E. Loxton; J. Miles, M.B.E.; I. Pangbourn; J. Spence; A. Stewart; R. Storey; R. S. Voyle; B. G. Wareham. *,] F/O.s H. Chant; K. C. Skillman. . »/ • Secretarial Branch W/C.s H. F. Bishop, O.B.E.. A.F.C.; W. H. Franklin, O.B.E.; F. C Horasby-Smith. S/L.S L. G. Ash; I. G. Best; H. S. Burrows; N. S. C. Chapman; W. K. G. Nicholls; P. G. D. Taylor; E. S. Witchard. F/L.s G. A. Bowen; G. Brand; J. A. R. Chambers; L. V. Cruickshank; J. Davies; W. A. Harrison; J. John- ston; D. R. Jones; E. W. Mayfield; S. J. Palmer; R. J. Wasley; W. H. Wheeler. ,F/O.s C. W. Evans; A. J- L- Maunder. Chaplains Branch Rev. T. A. Jenkins, B.A. (C. of E.). Medical BranchW/.C. D. W. I. Thomas, M.RCS., T T? C P S/L.sE. S. Odbert, M.B., B-Ch., B.A.O., B.A.; S. M. Rigg, M.B., Ch.B.; (\ G. White, B.M., B.Ch.
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