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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 2246.PDF
792 FLIGHT DECEMBER 30TH, 1948 Service Aviation Chief Naval Representative (Air),Ministry of Supply. He learnt to fly in the second course of the Fleet Air Armin 1925, and subsequently flew Fleet air- craft in the Eagle and Hermes; he alsowas pilot of the Parnell Peto which was the only aircraft ever to be operatedfro,m a British submarine. He was pro- moted Commander after commanding aFleet fighter squadron in H.M.S. Hermes in 1936, and after a staff appointment hewas Commander of the cruiser Dorset- shire when sunk by Japanese aircraft inthe Bay of Bengal. Promoted Captain in 1943, he was Director of Air Organiza-tion at the Admiralty and later com- manded the escort carriers Queen andArbiter. Show for Schoolboys BOTH the Navy and the R.A.F. willbe exhibiting at the Schoolboys' Own Exhibition, which will be openedat the Royal Horticultural Hall on Saturday, January ist, at 10.45 a.m.,by Admiral of the Fleet Sir James F. Somerville, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. Thenaval stand includes a complete engine- room control platform from a destroyer,a fire-control box operating model guns, and models of the carriers H.M.S. Illus-trious and H.M.S. Superb. A power-operated turret from a Lin-coln, mounting two 0.5m Brownings, will be a big attraction at the R.A.F.stand, and a gyro sight will enable the young visitors to train the guns on aselection of models hanging from the roof. A Kirby Cadet glider, as used bythe A.T.C., will also be displayed. Auxiliary Appointment S/L. J. P. BANTON has been ap-pointed to the command of No. 3512 (County of Devon) Fighter Control Unit,R.Aux.A.F., located at Exeter. S/L. Ban ton has been a member of3512 F.C.U. since last January. He enlisted in the R.A.F. as an airman onNew Year's Day, 1941, and was released in August, 1946. During the last twelvemonths of his service, S/L Banton was engaged on flying control duties atWatchfield and Boscombe Down. AIR-LIFT MILESTONE : When the 100,000th ton of food to be flown into Berlin during the air-lift arrived at Wunsdorf in the British Zone, GC. Whitley, Station'Commander, and Lt.-Col. Myddelton helped to unload the aircraft. Watching is Berlin's Deputy Lord Mayor, Frau Shroeder, who made presentations to the crew. R.A.F. Permanent Commissions GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH. Squadron Leaders: C. N. Birch, A.F.C., D. D. M. Butcher. O.B.E., E. H. King, K. J. Powell, D.F.C., B. L. Watkin. Flight Lieutenants: D. B. Ainsworth, R. K.Bailey, A. F. Bell Williamson. B. Burton. B. W. Clayton DSO, D.F.C., C.G.M., J. E. Close,E. L. Connor, R. U. P. de Burgh, L. Hague, E. S. Hughes, D.F.C., T. H. Hutchinson, P. W. S.James, J. E. Kilduff, N. E. D. Lewis, W. S. McLehose, N. G. S. Marshall, P. D. F. Mitchell,D.F.C., A F. Osbome, D.F.C., J. N. Quick. W. P. Swaby, M. T. Wainwright, D. G. Walker, R. E.Williams, D.F.C.. W. J. Williams, D.F.C.. J. W. Wilson, S. B. Winn, D. Wood, R. Woodhouse,J. C. Woods, F. C. D. Wright, D.F.C., D. A. Young. Flying Officers: D. A. Blair, R. W. Bradley,W. R. Collins, A. Herbert, A. Johnson, I. A. L. O'Dell, J. L. W. Towler, S. Wilkinson, T. R, J.Williamson. TECHNICAL BRANCH. Squadron Leader: A. Cross, O.B.E. Y: Members of the R.A.F. College, Cranwelt, team, which beat Sandhurst month: (Back row-L. to R.) Flight Cadets: Furze, Everett, Clements, Phillips, •nson, Gordon-Johnson, Knapper. (Front row) FIC. Meredith, F/C. Sgt. Skinner, F/C. U!0. Pledger (Captain), Flight Cadets: Mossman, MacPherson, George. Flight Lieutenants: J. A. Blythe, P. D. Cherry,D.F.C., D.F.M., W. N. Cockayne, P. H. Hards, L. H. Henry, G. K. King. C. W. Layton, M.B.E.,J. H. Maguire, R. E. G. Pift, F. J. Rimer, J.. M. F. Taylor, T. Thomas, H. O. Stephens. Flying Officer: V. C. Appleton. SECRETARIAL BRANCH. :Squadron Leaders: A. E. Carpenter. W. E. Chad- wick, L. C. J. Smith, C. J. Williams. Flight Lieutenants: E. Cathcart, A. Coates,T. W. E. Dexter, P. E. Gates, V. I. Jones, F. W. J. Kemp, J. R. Marshall, W. A. Pattison, W. P.Scott, A. L. Sharp L. E. Tomkins, D.F.C., L T. Walton, D.F.C., C. E. Warn, F. L. Western. . Flying Officers: R. Booth, H. W. Cornish-Underwood, D.F.C., P. D. O. Coryton, K. F. Cuxrey, S. J. Fielding, K. F. Fletcher, E. E. Goldie,S. G. Head, E. C. Henderson, E. E. James. J. F. L. Long, G. M. Wade. MARINE BRANCH.Squadron Leader: J. G. E. Home, "O.B.E, Flight Lieutenants: W. H. Elliott, D. A. Foster,S. Rowland, S. J. Snowden, D.F.M. Flying Officer: R. Sydenharh. MEDICAL BRANCH.Flight Lieutenants: D. MacLeod, M.B., Ch.B.. I. H. Mercer, L.M.S.S.A. DENTAL BRANCHFlight Lieutenants: H. W. Callow, L.D.S.. G. W. Cloutman, L.D.S. CHAPLAINS1 BRANCH. Reverends: R. McLeod, B.A. (C. of E.), E. G.Parke (C. of E.), L. E. Sanders, M.B.E., (Methodist), W. V. Scott (C. of E.), W. A. Thomas,B.A. (C. of E.). EDUCATION BRANCHSquadron Leader: V. P. Kelly, B.A. Flight Lieutenants: R. D. Buckels, B.A., F. W.ICllis, B.Sc , D. R. Morgan, B.A., A. R. M. Watts, B.A., T. M. Webber, B.A. PROVOST BRANCH.Squadron Leaders: P. Crossley, D.F.C., G. A. Turner. Flight Lieutenants: M. Griffith, W. F. Mcllgrew. Flying Officers: G. C. Brown. B. D. Godsell,E. J. Horseman, A. Lawson, W. H. McCulloch, C. A. Mumford. PHYSICAL FITNESS BRANCH.Flight Lieutenants: P. R. Boulton, R. G. Hol- ioway, E. R. Parsons, G. B. Ramage. Flying Officers: W. P. Cooper, M. C. Stamford. Pilot Officer: R. W. Homer. B 32
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