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1950
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2O6 FLIUIIT, 9 February 1950 SERVICE AVIATION . . . was that even yet a considerable propor- tion of airmen and airwomen were hav- ing to live in conditions which did not yet attain this standard. Unfortunately it had been necessary to retain in use many of the hutted camps which were built for war purposes and were not intended for peacetime occupation. But as quickly as circumstances permitted more and more accommodation of the modern type would be built. Seven Professionals R.A.F. Station, Hereford, has a foot-ball team which could compete in the First Division, including as it does seven professionals and one ex-profes- sional. The forward line alone would represent at present high-level transfer fees a very considerable figure. The goalkeeper is a West Ham player, Cpl. P. Chiswick. Professionals in the half-back line include A/C. C. Poxon, of the Ashington (North-Eastern League F.C.), and A/C. F. Boyd, of Berwick Rangers. The forward line includes Cpl. F. Hardy, a former member of the Shrewsbury Town F.C., A/C. I. McMil- lan, of the Airdrieonians F.C, A/C. S. Smith (Aberdeen F.C.), A/C. C. Ware (York City) and A/C. M. J. Boxall (Guildford). Hardy and Boxall are Regular airmen and' the others are National Servicemen. Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association ; ^ ' THE first meeting of the Air AdvisoryCommittee of the Council of the Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Associa-tions was held at the Air Ministry during January. The Air Advisory Com-mittee has been set up as a liaison body between the Council of Territorial andAuxiliary Forces Associations and the Air Ministry, and contains representa-tives of both sides; in particular, it will advise the Air Council on questionsaffecting the Auxiliary and Reserve Forces The Secretary of State for Air,who opened the meeting, said that he was sure the Committee would serve a most useful function in strengthening thealready close relations which existed be- tween the Air Ministry and the Councilof the T.A.F.A.S. and in helping to resolve the very difficult problems withwhich the Auxiliary and Reserve Forces were faced at the present time. The present membership of the Com-mittee is as follows: Air Ministry Mem- bers : The Air Member for Personnel: AirMarshal Sir Leslie N. Hollinghurst, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.F.C. (Chairman);The A.O.C.-in-C., Reserve Command, Air Marshal R. M. Foster, C.B., C.B.E..D.F.C. Council of T.A.F.A. Members: The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Limerick,K.C.B. D.S.O., T.D.; Air Marshal Sir Robert Saundby, K.B.E., C.B., M.C.,D.F.C., A.F.C.; Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.; Major-General the Viscount Bridgeman, C.B., D.S.O. M.C., D.L:; Sir Herbert Creedy,G.C.B., K.C.V.O. ; Air Vice-Marshal G. H. Ambler, C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C.;Group Captain A. S. W. Dore, C.B., D.S.O., T.D., D.L.; Air Chief MarshalSir Richard E. C. Peirss, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C. Special Dispensation THE Society of Apothecaries hasagreed to admit direct to its ex- amination for assistants in dispensing, candidates from the R.A.F. who have satisfactorily completed the nine-month course at the R.A.F. Medical Training Establishment's school of dispensing. Examinations are held quarterly. The Society's certificate normally enables the holder to obtain civilian employment as an apothecary's assistant. Seletar Scouts ROVER Scouts belonging to the 17thSingapore Scout Group, which has been formed at the R.A.F. Maintenance Base (Far East), Seletar, recently sent nearly 700 toys to the Children's World Community Chest, London, for distribu- tion among the destitute children of Europe. They included 430 wooden toys and 250 cloth toys. In addition to a Rover crew of 25, most of whom are air- men who were Rover Scouts before they joined the R.A.F., the group includes a senior Scout troop, a junior Scout troop, and a Wolf Cub pack, members of which are the sons of officers and airmen stationed at Seletar, and Malay boys liv- ing in the civil lines and working in the storage sheds and workshops as mes- sengers and instru- ment repairers. FOUR ON A FIRE- FLY : Favourable reports on the capa- bilities of W.R.N.S. aircraft mechanics have persuaded the Admiralty to afford them the same training as men in Mechanics (A) and (B) categories of Naval Aviation. Four trainees are seen ministering to the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine of a Fairey Firefly trainer. R.A.F. Appointment THE Air Ministry announces that AirCommodore Alfred Randies Wardle, C.B.E., A.F.C., is shortly to take over the post of Air Officer Commanding No. 66 (Scottish Reserve) Group, in place of Air Commodore E. S. Burns, C.B.E., who is retiring from the active list. Air Commodore Wardle, who was born in October, 1898, has recently returned from Ceylon, where he was Air Officer Commanding from February, 1947. Previously he was Director of Opera- tional Requirements (A) at the Air Ministry, being appointed to this post in April, 1943, after having served for nearly two years as a deputy director. At the outbreak of the war he was an administrative staff officer at Reserve Command H.Q. He became an air staff officer at Technical Training Command H.Q. in May, 1940, and at the end of that year was appointed Senior Air Stafi Officer of No, 21 Group, where he re- mained until he went to the Air Ministry in July, 1941. In the first world war Air Commodore Wardle served in the ranks of the Honourable Artillery Com- pany and afterwards as an officer in the .Royal Flying Corps, transferring to the R.A.F. on its formation in 1918. Air Commodore Burns has commanded No. 66 Group since May, 1947, and was formerly Director of Personal Services at the Air Ministry. He was born at Chel- tenham in July, 1899, and was given a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force in 1922 after leaving Cambridge University, where he went in 1919 after having served in the R.A.F. from April, 1918, and previously in the Royal Naval Air Service for a short period after leav- ing Mill Hill School in 1917. Flying-boat Exchange Plan R.A.F. Sunderland flying-boats of No.88 Squadron, famous for its part in the relief of H.M.S. Amethyst last April, are changing places for two months with two Catalinas of No. 5 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. The New Zealand aircraft, with their servicing crews, left Lauthala Bay, Fiji, on January 26th and were due to arrive at Kai Tak, Hong Kong, on Feb- ruary 2nd. The two 'Far East-based R.A.F. Sunderlands will leave shortly with theii ground crews to arrive at Lauthala Bay, via, Auckland, New Zea- land, on February 16th. . . Reunions THE Coastal Command Officers' Re-union Dinner (1939-45), w^ take place at the Connaught Rooms on May 13th. Tickets from W/C. E. G. Palmer, Ministry of Supply, Room 4011, Thames House (South), MiUbank, S.W.i. Cheques, or money orders for 15s 6d, made out to " Coastal Command Officers' Reunion Dinner'' should be forwarded with application. * * # All ex-members of No. 106 Squadron (male and female), with one guest, are invited to a reunion dinner to be held on March 4th. Further particulars obtainable from S/L. F. Combie, R.A.F. Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxon. . *' • • No. 3 B.F.T.S. (R.A.F.) late of Miami, Okla. Third annual reunion at the Con- naught Rooms, W.C.2, on Saturday, March nth,. 1950, at 6.30 p.m. Tickets ("stag") .from H. V. D. Hallett, 22, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hants, 18s each.
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