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1948
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7<M FLIGHT DECEMBER O.TH/ 1948 GENESIS : Illustrating the remarkable advance achieved by Vickers-Supermarine In the design and construction of amphibious flying boats : Right the Sea Otter, a pre-war design (in its turn a notable improvement on the Walrus), and left, the new Seagull. SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements R.A.F. AppointmentT HE Air Ministry has anounced thatA.V-M. F. J. Murphy, C.B.E., K.H.S., has been appointed PrincipalMedical Officer of the R.A.F. Mediter- ranean and Middle East Command. SinceJuly, 1947, A.V-M. Murphy has been P.M.O. of Technical Training Command;he was appointed an Honorary Surgeon to the King in June, 1947. Competition for Auxiliaries *T*HE annual competition for the Lord -*- Esher Trophy for Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadrons, which was sus- pended in 1939, has been revived. It will be presented annually to the most effi- cient flying squadron, judged by opera- tional standards. All aspects of squadron efficiency are embraced in the revised competition rules, marks being awardedfor pilot efficiency, maintenance effi- ciency (as reflected in flying hours), re-cruiting, attendance at annual camp, and discipline. The A.O.C.-in-C, Re-serve Command, will personally award the marks for discipline at his annualinspection, and will also award some of the marks for pilot efficiency when hesees the fly-past on the same occasion, special notice being taken of take-off andlanding as well as of the actual fly-past. Presented over 20 years ago by the lateViscount Esher, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., a great worker for the Territorial Armyand Auxiliary Air Force, the trophy is a bronze figure (by Alfred Gilbert) o£Perseus, standing on gilt bronze columns mounted on a bronze platform and base.It was last awarded in 1938, when it was won by 603 (City of Edinburgh) OLD HANDS : Two members of No. 500 County of Kent) Auxiliary Squadron—Sgt. Etches (left) and Sgt. Stitt—whose association with the unit dates back to 1938, when they were both serving as L.A'C.s. They remained in 500 Squadron throughout the war, and rejoined when it was re-formed after their " demob." Squadron. In 1926, the first year of the competition, and again in 1928, the trophy was won by No. 601 (County of London) Squadron. No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron were the second holders of the trophy, which they won in 1927 and again in 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934 and 1935. It was held by No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron in 1929 and No. 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron were the winners in 1932, 1936 and 1937. '-•• 43 Squadron RevivedF OR many years before the war, Tangmere was the base of two famous R.A.F. fighter Squadrons— No. 1 and No. 43. No. 1 Squadron returned to its traditional home in 1946, and it is now intended to complete Tang- mere's link with pre-war days by re- numbering No. 266 Squadron as No. 43. An appropriate ceremony will be held at the Station early next year and it is hoped-that Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, first squadron commander of "43" will be present. ^ Carrier Transfer ''T HE Royal Navy's light fleet carrier,H.M.S. Terrible, will be handed over to the Royal Australian Navy at Devon-port on December 16th, and is to be re- named H.M.A.S. Sydney. The first Lordof the Admiralty, Viscount Hall, will perform the handing-over ceremony, andthe ship will be received on behalf of the Dominion by the Rt. Hon. J. B-Beasley, High Commissioner for Aus- tralia. The first carrier to be built andcompleted at a Roya) Dockyard, the Terrible, will also be the first large war-ship to be completed specifically for the R.A.N. Her transfer will mark the in-auguration of Naval Aviation in Aus- tralia. Rescue by SunderlandW HEN a boat containing five menfrom the fishing village of Kalutara, on the east coast of Ceylon, 20 miles B 40
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