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1949
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332 SERVICE AVIATION • • • displays being staged at the majority. If, as on that occassion, the weather proves agreeable, the resumption ol this custom- ary part of the Battle of Britain cele- brations should be greeted with at least equal enthusiasm when 82 stations are declared open on Saturday. September 17th. This year, 57 of the Service air- fields involved will include among their guests the civic leaders of neighbouring cities and towns to which they are affiliated under the Municipal Liaison Scheme. Such affiliation is shown in parentheses after the name ot each station concerned in the following com- plete list of airfields "at home." County Aberdeenshire .. AngleseyAntrim, N. Ireland Bedfordshire FLIGHT, 8 September T949 BerkshireBuckinghamshire Cambridgeshire ..Carmarthenshire Cheshiie CornwallCumberland Devonshire Essex ... • —, Fifeshire GlamorganshireGloucestershire Hampshire ~, Huntingdonshire Kent Lancashire R.A.F. Station DyreValley Aldergrove (Belfast)Cardington (Bedford Hen- low (Hitchin)Abingdon (Oxford) Booker (Bomber CommandH.Q. " At Home,"), Hal- ton (Aylesbury)Waterbeach (Cambridge) Pembrey (Llanelly)Sealand (Chester)' St. Eval (Newquay)Silloth Mount Batten (Plymouth)Chivenor Debden (The R.A.F. Em-pire Radio School) (Saf- fron Waldeu), Chigwell.Hornchurch (Roinford and Hornchurch), NorthWeald Lcuchars (Dundee)St. Athan (Cardiff) Filton, little Kissington(Cheltenham), Aston Down, South Ccrney(Cirencestert Odiham (Basingsloke),Thorney Island (Ports- mouth), Beaulieu, An-dover (Audover) Upwood (Peterborough),Wyton (Huntingdon) West Mailing (Maidstone),M a ns t o n (Margate, Rauisgate, Broadstairs),Biggin Hill, Hawkinge (The W.R.A.H. Depot),(Koikes tone) Ringway, Woodvale, Kirk-ham (Preston), Weeton (Blackpool) COMING SHORTLY: Pilots of the R.A.F. V.R. are looking forward to replacement of their Tiger Moths with the D.H. Chipmunk—shown above in full service trim. Delivery of the new trainer to Reserve Flying Schools will begin, it is officially announced, in the "fairly near future." The Chipmunk's engins is a Gipjy Major 10. County Lincolnshire London MidlothianMiddlesex Morayshire Norfolk- Northampton Northumberland NottinghamshireOxfordshire Pembrokeshire ... PerthshireRutland R.A.F. Station ... Cranwell (The R.A.F. Col-lego) (Sleaford), Manby (Loutb), Binbrook* (Grimsby), Couingsby (Boston), Hetuswell(G ai nsboro ugh), Scampton ... Hendon (Hendon) . . Turuhouse... Northwood ... Kinloss (Elgin, Forres andNairn) ... Horsham St. Faith (Nor- wich), Feltwell (Thet-ford), Swanton Morley (East Dereham), Watton ... Wittering (Stamford) ... Acklington (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Ouston ... Syerston (Newark), Newton... Benson (Reading), Upper Heyford (Banbury)... Pembroke Dock ... Perth... Cottesmore (Oakham) County Shropshire Somerset *,. Staffordshire ... Suffolk Warwickshire Wigtownshire ...Wiltshire Vorkshire — ... -.. N«"W OllSIT R.A.F. Station Ternhill (Newcastle-m.drr-L y m e ) , Shaw bury (Shrewsbury)... Locking (Weston - suncr- Mare)... Co^ford (Wolverhaiiipton), l.ichfield ... Felixstowe, Mildenhai! Castle Bromwich (Birming-ham) ... Wig Bay... Melksham (Mclksham), Colerne (Bath), Hal- lavington (Chippenham)... Church Fen ton (Leeds), Linton-on-Ouse (York), :. I'inningley (Doncaster), , - Middleton St. George- (Darlington), Catterick (Richmond), Leconfield(Kingston-upon-Hull and Beverley), DishforthH arrogate) 'vntinn Smiarlrnn INITIATION: In the course of a recent visit to No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron, of which he is Honorary Air Commodore, Mr. Anthony Eden was taken for a flight in a Meteor 7—his first experience of jet travel—by the Squadron's commanding officer, S/L. Hugh Kennard, D.F.C., who is also seen here. Impressed by the Meteor's quietness as well as speed, Mr. Eden described the flight as thoroughly enjoyable. HUCKNALL, Nottinghamshire, is thebase of a new air observation post squadron—No. 664—of the Royal Auxi- liary Air Force. Simultaneously with the formation, on September 1st, of No. 664 Squadron, six new A.O.P. flights, detached from their parent squadrons, were set up. The new flights, and the squadrons which administer them, are at Middle Wallop (662 Sqn., Colerne) ; Wolverhampton (663 Sqn., Hooton Park) ; Yeadon, Ouston and Desford (664 Sqn., Hucknall) ; and Dyce (666 Sqn., Scone). With the formation of 664 Squadron, there are now six such units, all equipped with Austers, within the R.Aux.A.F. Their duties are to observe, correct fire, photograph and undertake reconnais- sance for the Royal Artillery. Com- manding officers and pilots are all Terri- torial Army officers, and each squadron has a Regular Army second-in-command. Adjutants and equipment officers are seconded from the Regular R.A.F., and in addition, one R.Aux.A.F. officer acts as auxiliary adjutant to each unit. N.C.O.s and men are drawn from former members of the Army and R.A.F. in approximately equal numbers. A photo- graph of the aircraft, and some details of the activities, ot a typical A.O.P. Squadron—No. 661, Kenley—appeared in Flight of June 23rd.
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