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1948
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474 FLIGHT OCTOBER 14TH, 1948 Service Aviation bine with 616 (S. Yorks) Auxiliary Squadron for exercises. S/L. S. E. W. Norris is to command No. 2616 Squadron. For Second Thoughts BOYS accepted as R.A.F. Apprenticesor Boy Entrants may now return home from the Selection Centre beforebeing enlisted to consult their parents about the. trades offered to them. Asboys are not ahvays suitable for the trades lor which they apply, and areoffered alternatives, it is better that they should make their decisions in their ownhomes. "A.C.H." is Out T^HE trade of aircraft hand for general-*• duties is to be abolished in the R.A.F., as the Air Council considers thatthe system by which personnel in this category were employed in variousoccupations, without belonging to any particular trade or section, did not fostersufficient interest or satisfaction in their work. Five new trades are to be intro-duced, so that the variety of duties formerly allotted to aircraft hands willbe divided among the administrative orderly, messing orderly, flight orderly,technical orderly, and general duties trades. The last-named trade is forflight sergeants or warrant officers en- gaged on disciplinary and supervisoryduties. : A Qood Show NO accidents involving death or injuryoccurred during air line or trooping flights by R.A.F. transport aircraft in the month of August. The total of pas- senger miles flown was 3,916,900. R.C.A.F. Appointment ON October 1st AirVice-Marshal R. C. Dunlap, C.B.E.,R.C.A.F., took up his new appointment asAir Member for Air Plans, replacingA.V-M. A. L. Morfee, C.B., C.B.E., who isretiring. A.V-M. Dunlap, who joinedthe R.C.A.F. in 1928, has been attached tothe Air Force H.Q. since last August,when he returned from special duties in theU.S.A. In' 1946 he acted as the officialR.C.A.F. observer at the Bikini atomic bomb tests. W.A.A.F. Officers Appointed THE passing-out parade of the firstpost-war W.A.A.F. Officer Cadet Training Unit took place at Hawkingeon Sept. 21st. Successful candidates received their letters of appointmentfrom the Director of the W.A.A.F., Air Commandant F. H. Hanbury, M.B.E.,and the best cadet, now S/O D. Jenkins, was awarded a certificate of merit. "Permanent Commissions GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH Wing Commanders: F. Aikens, A.F,C. L. V. E. Atkinson, D.S.O., D.F.C., A. Montague-Smith, G. R. Nottage, D.S.O., A.F.C. ALL ABOVE BOARD : Three air mechanics on the flight-deck of H.M. Carrier Theseus, during the recent Fleet exercises, empty fuel from a Firefly's drop-tank, while a fourth squats on a chock and adjusts what appear to be fuel transfer pipe-lines. Air Vice-Marshal R. C. Dunlap R.C.A.F. Squadron Leaders: M. C. Adderley, A.F.C.,R. Findlater, D.S.O., D.F.C., C. K. Gray, D.F.C., G. R. S. Mckay, DJ.C, A. J. Moody, H. J.Rayner, DI.C, AJ.C, T. Stevenson, A.F.C. Flight Lieutenants: N. G. Alderdice, D.F.C.,R. O. Blackall, W. R. Brooks, D.F.C., H. G. Cullen, D.F.C., H. G. Davies, M. R. Davison,D.F.C., D. A. Dobbie, A.F.C., W. G. Fell. M.B.E. D. A. Hammatt, D.F.M., H. D. Johason.D.F.C., D. S. Leete, R. T. Llewellyn, D.F.M., G. K. N. Lloyd, G. J. Lynes, T. C. McNamara,D.F.C., C. Newberry, S. H. Redmond, W. D. Robertson, H. Shaw, D.F.C., R. C. Shuster.*. A. Sudul, P. G. West, D.S.O. Flyint; Officers: R. H D. Dulien, .]. A. G. Slessor. TECHNICAL BRANCH Commander: A. Hodgson. ders: L. Ballard, W. J. Burdett,. Wilson. •utenants: F. R. Boalch, E. J.Booker, M.M., A. Contaris, A.F.C., H. Drake, K. C. B. Field, F. Gibbs, P. J. Kitchen, W. A.Lamb, H. P. Langworthy, L. S. Martin, S. C. Matthews, V. Murray, A. B. Peaker, T. H. Pit-caim-Hill, G. Stirland. Flying Officers: D. H. Barnard, W. B. Miller, V. G. Piercey. Pilot Officer: N. J. Gardner. SECRETARIAL BRANCH Squadron Leaders: G. Broadhurst, G. W. Daw- son, D.F.M., H. R. Evans, R. R. P. Fisher, G. AGamble, D.F.M., W. P. Hopkin, D.F.C., P. Kirk. D.F.M., C. H. Leese, G. Tate, D.F.C.,E. T. Thompson, J. Wishart. Flight Lieutenants: A. G. Baker, T. F. Bayliss,G. G. Beaiigeard, A. L. Bryant, C. E. Bulport, H. W. Crocker, J. C. Evans, S. Ewmg, V. B.Farningham, W. J. Fry, D.F.C., J. Hobbs, K J W Jli M H T Mll A MdkFag, J y , b. J. W. Josling, M. H. T. Molloy, A. Murdock,E H. O'Toole, A. E. Pelly, F. Reeve. J. K Roberts. J. G. Sharratt, T. N. Staples, P. C.W R B WllRobs. J Warren, R. B Weller. Flying Officer: G. Alexander, Pilot Officers: A. J. M. Farquharson, J. J.Miller. EQUIPMENT BRANCH Squadron Leaders: C. S. Reade, A. C. Straker W. E. G. Vaughan. Flight Lieutenants: C, H. P. Bell, D.F.C.,.1. E. Dew-Parry. J. E. Dickerson, M. Driscoll, J. Griffiths, G. B. Latimer, V. L. Kaye, I. L.Lumsden, A. F. McCarthy, M.B.E., J. \V. Murchie. Flying Officer: J. C. G. Wilson. Pilot Officer: R. A. Bain. MEDICAL BRANCH Squadron Leader: F. S. Krusin. B.D.S.,M.R.C.S., LJ4.C.P. R.A.F. REGIMENT ,:....-- Squadron Leader: H. S. Gibbs. •-'.• ' .„Flight Lieutenant: H. E. Hunt. :" PROVOST BRANCHWing Commander: J. S. Mason. Pilot Officer: A. Smart, B.E.M. PHYSICAL FITNESS BRANCH " ""Flight Lieutenant: E. L. Horsfall. Reunions THE Second Reunion of No. 125Squadron and No. 6125 Echelon will be held on Saturday, Dec. 18th, 1948. Ex-members wishing to attend should contact J. P. Cole, River Plate House, 13, South Place, London, E.C.2. * .* * The Second Annual Dinner of theR.A.F. Netherlands East Indies Officers' Dinner Club will be held in London onFriday, Dec. 3rd, 1948. Information and tickets can be obtained from S/L.B. G. F. Drinkwater, Air Ministry, Room 201A, Bush House (S.E.), Strand, W.C.2. The Second Annual Dinner of theR.A.F. Regiment Officers Dinner Club will be held at the Cafe Royal, RegentStreet, to-morrow, Friday, Oct. 15th at 6.30 p.m. for 7 p.m. Admission byticket only; tickets, one guinea, from L. S. Symonds, 63, Woodgrange Avenue,Kenton, Middlesex. • * • The first reunion of W.A.A.F. officerswho served in the war and those who are still serving will be held at the HydePark Hotel on Nov. 26th in the form of a cocktail party, organized by a commit-tee of ex-W.A.A.F. officers. Air Com- mandant Hanbury, Director of theW.A.A.F., will be present. The Hon. Secretary is Miss O. A. Davies, 45, Basil-ton Court, Devonshire Street, London, W.I. 1? 3?
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