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1949
1949 - 1686.PDF
450- FLIGHT. 29 September TO49 SUB ROSA : One o' a " strong force oc Lincolns " leaves an airfield " somewhere in England " to take part in Exercise Bulldog. SERVICE AVIATION Hastings for Singapore Route Tj*ARLY next month, Handle)- Page -*-'' Hastings of Transport Command will go into regular trunk-route service for the first time. Transport Command's heavy commitments on the Berlin Air Lift (in which the Hastings, although not designed for this short-haul operation, have done especially good work) delayed the introduction of the Hastings to the R.A.F.'s overseas services. Carrying freight and mail, the new transports will be employed on the Sin- gapore route, flying via Lyneham, Malta, Fayid, Egypt, Habbaniya, Karachi and Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements Negombo to Tengah (Singapore). The journey will take five days, and there will be 10 Hastings flights per month. Yorks, which have operated R.A.F. scheduled services since the war, will WARWICK IN HAMPSHIRE : For Exercise Bulldog No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., were stationed at Tnorney Island. Left to right- F O G A Bolton, F/L. E. H. Pollard, F L. A. J. Druce, F O R. J. Ayling, S/L. J. Timmis. F,O. P. J. Cope, F/O. M. Walton and F/O. D. Monk. In the cockpit is F/O. H. Louden. continue to make eight Singapore flights a month in addition to six monthly flights to Nairobi. Fewer Postings NATIONAL Servicemen in the R.A.F.will normally be posted only once during their 18 months' service, an- nounces the Air Ministry. The new rule does not apply, however, to those selected for flying training. After an initial period of recruit training, airmen will receive trade training on the stations at which they will remain until release, instead of at schools of technical train- ing. Postings of regular airmen will not be affected by this system. For Service in Malaya THE KING has been graciously pleasedto approve a number of appoint- ments and awards to members of the Royal Air Force for distinguished service in Malaya between December 1st, 1948, and May 31st, 1949. Aircrew and groundcrew, officers and airmen, are incluHed in the list, which is given below. At the time of the awards they were stationed variously at Seletar, Semba- wang, Advanced Air H.Q., the Singapore Signals Centre, Tengah and Kuala Lum- pur; the decorations, therefore, recog- nize service not only at the front-line bases from which the campaign against Malayan bandits is being waged, but also the establishments which have done in- valuable work in supplying, and other- wise supporting, the attacking forces. In addition, 31 officers and airmen have !>een mentioned in despatches. O.B.E. S/L. F. E. McDonnell. \ >* M.B.E. F/L. A. A. G. Roke, W/O. R. W. Morgan, W/O. B. Smith, W/O. H. F. Walker. D.F.C. S/L. J. H. S. Broughton, A.F.C., S/L. J. H. Johnson. F 24 ;;
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