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1949
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84 FLIGHT JULY 2IST, 1949 Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements AVIATION FOR INSPECTION: During "Verity." the recent Western Union Naval exercise, the C.-in-C, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, used this Sikorsky Hoverfly I to tour the vessels under his command. Graduation at Cranwell MARSHAL of the R.A.F. ViscountTrencbard will be the reviewing officer at the second post-war graduationparade, at the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, of cadets who have completed the fullcourse of training for permanent com- missions in the R.A.F. This parade—ofthe 47th entry—will take place on July 27th. At the last parade, which wasdescribed in Flight of April 21st, H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester took the salute. R.A.F. Reserves Club AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR GUYGARROD, G.B.E., K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C., has accepted the invitation ofthe committee of the R.A.F. Reserves Club to become its first president. Untilhis retirement from the active list last year, Air Chief Marshal Garrod was Headof the R.A.F. Delegation in Washington, and permanent R.A.F. representative onthe Military Staff Committee of the United Nations Organization. The Reserves Club, which was startedjust over a year ago for serving and ex- members of the R.F.C., the R.A.F.V.R.,and the R.Aux.A.F., is continuing to "lodge" at the R.N.V.R. Clubhouse at38, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, pending acquisition of its own premises. Byarrangement with the R.N.V.R. Club all Reserve Club members are given the fullfacilities of the Clubhouse, which include use of all rooms and residential accom-modation. For town members the annual subscrip-tion is two guineas, and for country members one guinea. The membershipyear runs from July, and applications for membership should be addressed tothe Secretary, R.A.F. Reserves Club, 38, Hill Street, London, W.i. Cadets' New Commander OW a member of the H.Q. Staffof Reserve Command at White Waltham, G/C. E. M. Donaldson,D.S.O., A.F.C., has assumed responsi- bility, within the Command, for thedirection, administration and training policy of the Air Training Corps and the N R.A.F. section of the Combined CadetForce. He will take charge of the newly formed cadet branch, which deals withall matters affecting the pre-entry Ser- vices. Announcing the appointment, theAir Ministry states that G/C. Donaldson will virtually com-mand theSooA.T.C. squadrons—a forceof 47,000 cadets— now active through-out the United King- dom. This imaginativeappointment will undoubtedly appealto cadets. Their new commander is 37,and not only has a fine record as afighter p i 1 o t—h i s D.S.O. was awardedfor courage and of leadership when commanding No.151 Squadron over Dunkirk in 1940—but also established the second post-war G/C. £. /V. Donald- son, D.S.O., A.F.C. inspiring qualities world speed record, in 1946, of 616m.p.h., in a Gloster Meteor. As Senior Air Staff Officer of No. 12 Group, FighterCommand, he has also acquired adminis- trative experience. G/C. Donaldson'stwo brothers also won the D.S.O. in the R.A.F.—a record unsurpassed by anyother Service family. Stalag Luft III Fund THE Stalag Luft III Communal Fund,organized at the German camp to assist escapees and for other purposes, isshortly to be wound up. A sum of ap- proximately /i 1,000 remains for dis-posal, and it is felt that, since a share- out to all the original contributors inproportion to their contributions would bring only small benefit to individuals,the officers concerned would prefer to see the sum credited to the R.A.F. Benevo-lent Fund for special distribution to needy ex-P.o.W.s of all ranks, or to theirnext-of-kin or dependants. Neverthe- less, any entitled officer (or his next-of-kin) wishing for a proportionate share GLOUCESTER VAMPIRES : Second of the Auxiliary squadrons to receive Vampires, No. 501 County of Gloucester) Squadron, commanded by SjL. Tom James, took part in Exercise " Foil ". Pilots and ground crews are shown during one of the more hectic moments.
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