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1948
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732 FLIGHT DECEMBER I6TH, 1948 SQUADRONS FOR THE SYDNEY : Seen on a training flight near Eglington are Fireflies of No. 816 Squadron, and Sea Furies of 805 Squadron, which together comprise No. 20 Carrier Air Group. The aircraft are to bt embarked on the Royal Navy's former light fleet carrier Terrible, renamed Sydney, which is due to be handed over to the Royal Australian Navy to-day (December 16th.) R.A.F. AppointmentI T is announced by the Air Ministrythat A.V-M. C. E. N. Guest, C.B., C.B.E., has been appointed AssistantChief of Air Staff (Operations) at the Air Ministry. A.V-M. Guest has been A.O.C.No. 1 Group, Bomber Command, since January, 1947, and was formerlyS.A.S.O., Air Command, Far East, an appointment which he took up in March,1946. Fighter Control Unit for SomersetA IR MARSHAL SIR HUGH SAUN-DERS, Air Member for Personnel, addressed a large gathering at Bath onDecember 9th, when an inaugural recep- tion and dance were held for the newlyestablished County of Somerset Fighter Control Unit (No. 3507). Sir Hughstressed that these units are vital to the whole defensive system of the UnitedKingdom, Britain's frontier was her radar chain. "We need 20,000 men andwomen to operate this network of Auxiliary Units, in about equal propor-tions," the Air Marshal said. "This large figuTe is due to the necessity ofmaintaining continuous watches. We have now .1,000 volunteers towards our20,000—still a long way to go. In Octo- ber, 73 men and 115 women volunteered,and in the first half of November, 37 men and 102 women; so that while themen are maintaining their rate, the women have doubled theirs. If we go onlike this, the units will be mainly feminist. I am not worried about this(what is more fierce than the tigress in defence of her home ?); yet I hope themen will take heed and put up a better show." Particularly needed were those withexperience of radar work in the last war, and along with them, the youngsters towhom all this was a mystery, hut a fascinating mystery; to whom it wouldgive the opportunity of doing a real "man's work" in this hour of need. Sir Hugh expressed pleasure thatA. Cdre. Sir Egbert Cadbury had agreed to become Honorary Air Commodore ofthe Unit, saying that under his auspices the Unit would have every chance ofsuccess. Commanding officer of the new F.C.U. is W/C. W. R. Fames, O.B.E. Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements Air'lift AwardsT HE King has been graciously pleasedto approve the following awards in recognition of services performed on theBerlin air-lift. Air Force Cross F/L. J. C. D. Guthrie, D.F.C.,R.A.F.V.R., No. 242 Squadron. F/L. A. W. Hallett, D.F.C., R.A.F.,No. 240 O.C.U. F/L. D. F. Hanson, R.A.F., No. 18Squadron. F/L. A. E. Harkness, R.A.F., No.230 Squadron. F/L. S. L. Hutt, D.F.C., R.A.F.F/L. J. D. Maule, R.A.F., No. 51 Squadron.F/L. K. H. Miles, R.A.F.V.R., No. 53 Squadron. F/L. R. S. Mortley, R.A.F., No. 238Squadron. F/L. J. J. B. Ryder, D.F.C.,R.A.F.V.R., No. 59 Squadron. F/O. J. D. Beacham, R.A.F.V.R.,No. 53 Squadron Air Force Medal Pit. I C. W. Hobbs, R.A.F., No. 27Squadron. Pit. I K. G. E. Richards, R.A.F. Nav. I J. N. Sowersby, R.A.F., No. 30Squadron. Eng. I P. F. Fakweather, R.A.F., No.206 Squadron. Pit. II J. A. Windust, R.A.F., No.240 O.C.U. Nav. II E. J. Pearce, R.A.F.V.R.,No. 238 Squadron. Sig. II I. P. Frost, R.A.F., No. 40Squadron. Sig. II R. Lovie, R.A.F., No. 62Squadron. Sig. II, R. W. Marshall, R.A.F., No.206 * Squadron. Eng. II W. R. Bennett, R.A.F., No.201 Squadron. ]ets for FranceT HE first delivery of jet-fighter aircrafj^to the French Air Force took plact. last week-end, when five Vampires, flownby French pilots, left the U.K. for an airfield in France. R.A.F. ReleasesT HE last R.A.F. releases under the ageand service group scheme will take place by the end of March. The generallevels of releases for the next three months will be as follows: January: Airmen—Group 77; Officersand Aircrew—Group 76. February: Officers, Aircrew and Air-men—Group 79. March: Officers, Aircrew and Airmen—Group 80 (final group). Air Mail for Weather Ships TT'VERY opportunity is used to get mail -L-* by air to the British ocean weather ships which are at sea for 27 days at a time. A Lancaster of the Empire Air c 28
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