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Aviation History
1950
1950 - 0452.PDF
JO2 SERVICE AVIATION . . . appointed Air Officer Commanding, No. 116 Wing, Transport Command, and in the following year took over command of No. 47 Group. R.N.V.R. Ratings THE recruitment of maintenanceratings for R.N.V.R. Air Squadrons. which has previously been confined tomen who have already served in the Naval Aviation Branch, has now beenextended to include youths between the ages of 17 and 17\ years. They will beentered as Junior Naval Airmen and Junior Air Electrical ratings into the fourR.N.V.R. Squadrons based at the R.N. Stations at Abbotsinch, near Glasgow ;Bramcote, Warwickshire ; t Stretton.Lanes; and Culham, Berkshire. National Service Openings OPPORTUNITIES of obtaining com-v>J missions or of training as pilots in the Royal Air Force are open to many ofthe young men who will be registering for National Service on March 4th.There are 700 vacancies for commissions in the R.A.F. and 300 places for trainingas pilots open to National Service men this year. Some 400 National Serviceairmen have already been commissioned or are being trained for commissions inthe R.A.F. and more than 250 others are training as pilots. The 700 vacancies for commissions arein the Equipment, Secretarial, Educa- tion, Fighter Control and Physical Fit-ness branches and the R.A.F. Regiment, and are additional to the commissionsgranted to graduates in the General Duties, Technical, Education, and Air-field Construction branches, and the pro- fessional Medical and Dental branches.Of the 300 places for pilot training, 100 are reserved for A.T.C. cadets. NationalService pilots are trained up to full '' wings'' standard and have officercadet status during the greater part of their training. All those who are suitableare commissioned in the Reserve on R.A.F. RUGGER ; The R.A.F. team which, as described last week, drew (6-6 pts.) with the Navy at Twickenham. The last draw between Navy and R.A.F. was in 1947 (5-5 pts.), and in 1948 and 1949 the R.A.F. won. Since the competition started in 1920 the Navy have won sixteen games and the R.A.F. six. Names of the players are as follows:— (Back Row) W/C. G. R. Howie (R.A.F. Rugby Union Secretary) ; Mr. S. S. C. Meikle (referee) ; A/C. R. G. Syrett (Fighter Command) ; P/O. S. T. H. Wright (Cardington) ; Cdt. S. D. Little (Wittering) ; Sgt. T. L. Roberts (St. Athan) ; A/C. D. H. Phillips (Watnall) ; P/O. 8. N. Phillips (Benson) ; W/C. S. G. Walker (touch judge). (Centre row) F/L. W. T. Hay (Cranwell) ; W/C. B. P. Young (Air Ministry) ; F/L. A. A. Smaiies (Brize Norton) ; S/L. R. H. G. Weyhill (Captain) (Cranwell) ; F/L. H. K. Rees (Manchester U.A.S.) ; F/L. R. V. Stirling (Waddington) ; Cpl. E. E. Rossiter (Sutton Coldfield). (Front row) Cpl. G. R. Tucker (Ternhill) ; F/L. R. G. H. Uprtchard (Mildenhall). The last-named has since been awarded an Irish cap.G. . finishing their whole-time National Ser-vice, and it is a condition of their acceptance for pilot training that at theconclusion of their whole-time National Service they will join the R.A.F.V.R. orthe Royal Auxiliary Air Force. • • Middle East Rugby WTH the new Commander-in-Chief,M.E.A.F., Air Marshal Sir John W. Baker, Lady Baker, and many high- ranking officers in the grandstand, R.A.F. Station Ismailia, recently de- feated R.A.F. Station Abu Sueir, by 13 points (two goals and a try) to nil, to win the 1950 R.A.F. Canal Zone Inter- Station Rugby Challenge Cup. Lady,Baker pre- sented the cup to the Ismailia cap- tain, Mr. W. C. W i 1 1 i a m.s, a civilian meteoro- logical assistant, who played a mag- nificent game at scrum-half, and the Air Marshal was introduced to both teams before the game. TIRPITZ TROPHY: As reported last week,this relicof the German battleship Tirpitz has been pre- sented to Bomber Command by Lt.- Gen. Oen, C.-in-C, Royal Norwegian Air Force (centre). With him at the ceremony are seen (right) Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, A.O.C.-in-C., Bomber Command, and W/C. J. B. Tait. leader of the Lan- caster force which sank the Tirpitz. Iris Married Quarters IN order to supplement marriedquarters, a new scheme has been introduced, as a temporary measure, whereby the Air Ministry hires furnished houses or flats for occupation by officers or airmen, who pay the same rent as they would for standard married quarters. Suitable properties within 15 miles of the R.A.F. station at which the personnel serve will be hired, the rental covering furniture, rates, water and insurance. Official hiring of accom- modation already occupied under private agreement may be considered* on expiry of the agreement. Each of the eight Home Commands, and No. 90 Group, has been authorized, as a start, to make 50 hirings. ., •...., , ,-,..,. .'-. ,. Hat Trick SQN. LDR. F. W. GILLHAM, ofH.Q., Middle East Air Force, Ismailia, made R.A.F. fencing history inthe Moascar Garrison Gymnasium in the Canal Zone of Egypt. Competing in thelirst R.A.F. individual fencing cham- pionships held in the Zone since beforethe war, he carried off all three titles— foil, ep6e and sabre—and with them thetitle of Master-at-Arms, for scoring the highest aggregate number of points inthe three weapons. This is believed to be the first time that a R.A.F. fencer hasachieved' such a feat. At the end of a full day's fencing, in which some 40 menfrom eight R.A.F-. stations competed. S/L. Gillharn stepped up to receive threecups and the Master-at-Arms trophv, competed for for the first time in Egypt,from Mrs. Constantine, wife of A/Cdre. H. A. Constantine, Senior Air StaffOfficer of No. 205 Group. ••» Reunion HEADQUARTERS Bomber CommandAssociation of Officers.—Fifth annual reunion at R.A.F. High Wycombe, Saturday, May 20th. Details from the hon. secretary, H.Q., Bomber Command, R.A.F. High Wycombe, Bucks.
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