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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 2203.PDF
.DECEMBER 23RD, I948 FLIGHT 763 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements R.A.F. AppointmentC f is announced by the Air Ministry that A. Cdre. S. N. Webster, C.B.E., A.F.C., is to succeed A. Cdre. G. K. Niclioletts, A.F.C., as Commander of the R.A.F. Central Photographic Establish- ment at Benson. A. Cdre. Webster, who recently returned from Hong Kong, where he was A.O.C. for two years, won the 1927 Schneider Trophy competition in Venice, while serving as a flight Jieu tenant with the High Speed Flight. ? Lord Tedder Replies' " •*"pHE failure of certain units of the•*- R.A.F. to play their part in the Exercise "Sunrise," recently led toemphatic and widely publicized state- ments of dissatisfaction regarding thestate of the Air Force, many of frhich have been judged unjustified. A leadingarticle in Flight recently analysed, as far as was possible, the lessons to be learntfrom the operation, and our statements coincide closely in many respects withthe views lately expressed by Lord Tedder. : Addressing the Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers at theMansion House on December 14th, the Chief of Air Staff, Marshal of the RoyalAir Force Lord Tedder, said : "It is suggested in some quarters, Iam sure out of ignorance and not ill will, that the morale and discipline ofthe Air Force is weak. I wonder if the Berliners think that R.A.F. morale anddiscipline is weak or its skill less than .when the roar of British engines meant NAVAL AUXILIARIES : Seafires of No. 1832 (R.N.V.R) Squadron lined up at Culham during a recent week-end exercise. Training of reserve naval airmen in the London area is - ;; now undertaken at this station. not more food but more bombsfor Berlin? " Referring to Exercise "Fiasco" last week Lord Tedder com-mented: "These code names are diffi- cult so I had better interpret—Fiasco:Flying In Atlantic Storms Curtails Operation. Our opponents were theRoyal Navy and nature, and nature won. As you know as well as I do,when nature is in a bad temper she is vicious and remorseless, especially in the UPAVON OCCASION: In a recent gathering at R.A.F. Station Upavon, Wilts., were (L. to R.) A. Cdre. H. L Patch, Mrs. G. Gillan. Mrs L V. E Atkinson A.V-M. A. L Fiddament, A.V-M. R. Ivelaw-Chapman, Mrs. R. helaw-Chapman and A.V-M. W. L bawson. B 29 air, and it was only thanks to Provi-dence, to the skill, courage and deter- mination of the aircrews, who for longhours of darkness and storm fought for their lives, and to the moral courage ofthe commanders who refused to commit their main force to such conditions, thatwe got through without serious losses." R.A.F. Unit Badges BADGES have been approved byH.M. the King for the R.A.F. Medical Training Establishment and Depot, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, and the Central Signals Establishment at Watton. The M.T.E. badge consists of a torch entwined by a serpent, with the motto " Salutem Alerc Morbum Levare " ("to cherish health: to alleviate sickness"), and for the Signals Establishment the badge comprises a "hawk's lure" with the motto "Ars Est Celare Artem" ("the art is to conceal the art"). Bombing the Nelson DIVE-BOMBING attacks on thebattleship Nelson in the "Firth of Forth by Naval aircraft will be resumed on May 1st next year ; an earlier series of trials, which began last summer, was not completed. Barracudas were \ised in the previous attacks. R.A.F. Ice-hockey Team THE latest addition to Air Force sportis an ice-hockey team affiliated tothe R.A.F. Winter Sports Association. With two exceptions all trie members!ember3 ^ttk
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