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1949
1949 - 0780.PDF
APRIL 25TH, 1949 FLIGHT 513 West Country V.R. A NEW Reserve Flying School (No.10) and Reserve Centre (No. 27) have now been opened at Exeter Air-port. The School, which has authority to recruit 300 pilots and 250 navigatorsand signallers, is to have an establish- ment of 24 Tiger Moths and six Ansons.A total of J,OOO reservists will be re-cruited. Uxbridge Exhibition A COMBINED recruiting exhibitionfor the R.A.F., R.Aux.A.F. and Territorial Army is now being held atR.A.F. Station Uxbridge from 1800 to 2230 hours each weekday (and from 1400hours on Saturdays). It will remain open until May 7th. —Among the exhibits are a Vampire, asectioned Derwent turbojet and heavy guns used by the T.A. There are alsocinema shows, drive-pasts in the district, and performances by the Central Bandof the R.A.F., the Band of the 2nd Btn., Parachute Regt., and the Dagenham GirlPipers. No. 600 Squadron News AT last Saturday's St. George's Dayreview. No. 600 (City of London) Squadron carried their colour. Thisunique colour, which is borne by order of the Lord Mayor, was actually embroid-ered by Lady Collett, mayoress of London, whose son, S/L. S. B. Collett,commanding officer of No. 600, lost his life in a flying accident at the R.A.F.display in 1934. The colour was carried by F/'L. Jerwood, M.C. Complementary to the Squadron'sground parade, there was a fly-past by nine of its Spitfires and nine TigerMoths, as I related on p. 512. No. 600 Squadron has also beenselected at the invitation of the French Government, to attend the D Day anni-versary celebrations to be held at Cher- bourg from June 4th to 6th. S/L.Proudlove will lead the squadron, which will land in France. Runway-lengthening operations atBiggin Hill indicate the likelihood of re-equipment with iets of both No. 600 SPITFIRE'S SCION : The Vickers-Supermarine 510, a development of the Attacker, with raked wing and tail surfaces to permit attainment of Mach numbers in the transonic and supersonic regimes. Initial flight trials have proved "very satisfactory." and its companion unit. No. 615 (County of Surrey). A new Biggin Hill fighter wing has been formed, embracing the two auxiliary squadrons. It will come under the command of S/L. Peter Devitt, the new CO. of No. 615. • Cranwell Relaxes /^LIDING, mountaineering and yacht-vJ ing were among the recreations of the cadets of the R.A.F. College, Cran-well, during the Easter end-of-term leave period. Accompanied by three flying in-structors from the College, 12 flight cadets spent a week at the British AirForces of Occupation Gliding Club at Scharfordendorf, Germany, gliding andrelaxing in the Harz Mountains. Six cadets, two pilot officers recentlycommissioned from the College, with two staff officers, left for North Wales onApril 20th for a week's mountaineering. Other cadets, under S/L. J. O. W.Dyer, D.F.C., A.F.C., sailed in the former German yacht Kormoran, nowthe property of the College, from Dover to -Boston, Lines., where she will bebased. Four officers and 40 flight cadets spentfour days at the School of Land-Air War- fare, at Old Sarum, Wilts., visiting theRoyal Army Corps Centre, and the Schools of Artillery and Infantry. Theparty, under Maj. M. A. C. Osborn D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C., Army Instructorat the R.A.F. College, were shown the capabilities and characteristics of variousweapons, including tanks. R.A.F. AppointmentsT AKING the acting rank ofr-'Air Vice-Marshal, A. Cdre. C. N. H. Bilney, C.B., C.B.E., has become Air Officer inCharge of Administration, Maintenance Command, with effect from April nth. A.V-M,. Bilney has been Director ofTechnical Training at the Air Ministry since June, 1947, before which he hadcommanded No. 25 Group, Flying Train- ing Command, for 18 months. His pre-vious appointments include those of Armament Officer at Bomber CommandH.Q. and Vice-President of the Ordnance ^Fllijhl " photcgrapligy* CLOSE FRIENDS, DEADLY RIVALS: Above is seen S/L. Peter Devitt (left), ttie*new CO. of No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron, with S!L Proudlove who commands No. 600 (City of London) Squadron. Both of these R.Aux.A.F. squadrons are stationed at Biggin Hill. On the left the officers of No. 615 are seen taking dinner with their hosts at the Finsbury Barracks, the splendid town headquarters of No. 600 Squadron.
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