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1949
1949 - 2068.PDF
836 FLIGHT, 29 December 1949 SERVICE AVIATION . • • later and sent to a prisoner of war camp, from which he was released by the ad- vancing Allied forces in April, 1945. After his return to the United Kingdom he' was appointed Air Officer Command- ing, No. 38 Group, Transport Command, with which he remained until his appointment to the Defence Research Committee in December, 1946. A.V-M. Ivelaw-Chapman, who is 50, was commissioned in the Royal Flying Corps in 1917, transferring to the R.A.F. on its formation in the following year. He was awarded the t).F.C. in 1018 for valuable service in artillery co-operation in France. Radar Officers Wanted FORMER R.A.F. and W.A.A.F.officers who were radar supervisors can now apply to return to the Air Forcefor similar duties in the Fighter Control branch on short-service commissions offive years' active and four years' reserve service. A gratuity is offered at the rateof ^100 a year for R.A.F. officers (£6 JET FOR CADETS: Conspicuous among the Prentices, Ansons and Harvards which equip the Hying Wing of the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, is this recently acquired Meteor 7, shown during Field Marshal Sir William Slim's visit to the College (reported in last week's Flight). The Meteor is used to give high-speed air experience to cadets under- going basic and advanced training. for W.R.A.F.) for each year of activeservice. These short-service officers will also have opportunities of permanentcommissions according to the normal procedure. The Fighter Control branch,set up last summer, is the medium for alerting and co-ordinating the defencesof the country. This opportunity of returning to theAir Force will be of particular interest to former members of No. 60 Group,which operated many of the R.A.F. radar stations in Britain during the war.Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Arthur Harris, when A.O.C.-in-C, declared that BomberCommand could not have brought its task to a successful conclusion without60 Group's work. The Group was also described as "the eyes of Fighter Com-mand '' by Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb, a former A.O.C.-in-C., FighterCommand. Those interested should write to Air Ministry (A.R.7), BushHouse (North East), London, W.C.2. BALUOL'S BURDEiN : Tne ioaa Deneath the wing of this Boulton Paul Baltiol T.2 ad- vanced trainer comprises long-range fuel tanks, practice bombs and rocket projectiles. Although such a combination of stores would not normally be carried in flight, the Balliol has in fact flown in this condition, with little effect on its handling qualities. R.A.F. Chaplaincy Services '"THE Rev. C. J. F. Gilmore, who -*- has been Assistant Chaplain-in- Chief at the Air Ministry since 1946, is leaving the Chaplains branch of the R.A.F. at the end of the year, having accepted the wardenship of the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, where he will begin duty on January 1st. He will be succeeded by the Rev. H. L. O. Rees, at present Staff Chaplain to the Chap- lain-in-Chief. R.O.C. Recruiting OUT of a total of 369 applications tojoin the Royal Observer Corps in November, 121 were from women. Theapplications in each of the five Royal Observer Corps areas were: Southernarea, 49 men, 19 women; North-Western area, 43 men, 11 women; Scottish area,36 men, 9 women. The Air Ministry states that all areas need more volun-teers, and offers a reminder that lower age limit for new volunteers is 16, andthat the upper age limits are 45 for ser- vice at centres, and 55 for service atposts. Air Ministry Appointment AIR COMMODORE L. W. CANNON,C.B.E., has been appointed Director of Organization (Establishments) at theAir Ministry. Until recently he was at the R.A.F. Staff College, Andover, ascommandant from last January and pre- viously as assistant commandant for ayear. Before going to Andover, A. Cdre. Cannon took the 1947 course atthe Imperial Defence College and formerly commanded No. 85 Group(afterwards No. 85 Wing), B.A.F.O., Germany, from June, 1946. Previouslyhe was Air Officer in Charge of Adminis- tration, No. 2 (Bomber) Group, for twoand a half years. • Earlier in the war he served at theAir Ministry, in the Directorate of Operations; at the R.A.F. Staff Collegeas an instructor; at Bomber Command H.Q., on engineering staff duties; andin command of R.A.F. Stations, Watton, Foulsham, Lasham and Duns-fold, in No. 2 Group. A. Cdre. Cannon, who was born in April, 1904, was com-missioned from the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, in 1925.
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