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1950
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6oo FLIGHT, II May 1950 SERVICE AVIATION • • • enable the boys to visit aircraft factories and air force stations, beauty spots and nlaces of historical interest. New Director of Manning fROUP CAPTAIN G. I. L. SAYE, VJ C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C., takes the acting rank of Air Commodore on appointment to the Ah Ministry as Director of Manning. Until recently he was Group Captain (Organization) at H.Q., Middle East Air Force. Born in March, 1907, A. Cdre. Saye entered Cranwell as a cadet in 1925, and was commissioned in December, 1926. He served for seven years with flying- boat squadrons at Calshot and Mount Batten and was in the first R.A.F. crew to fly to Iceland in 1930. From 1934 to 1936 he was adjutant, Heliopolis, Egypt, and afterwards took the specialist naviga- tion course at the School of Air Naviga- tion, later becoming Navigation Staff Officer of No. 1 Bomber Group. On the outbreak of war he went to France with H.Q., Advanced Air Striking Force, and after his return to the United Kingdom in 1940 was navigation staff officer, first with Flying Training Com- mand, and later at Bomber Command Headquarters. R.Aux.A.F. Appointment THE Air Ministry announces the fol-lowing Royal Auxiliary Air Force appointment: Wing Commander Barnard Johnston Sandeman, to command No. 3602 (City of Glasgow) Fighter Control Unit. Wing Commander Sandeman joined the R.A.F. as a pupil pilot in 1935, and was appointed to a short-service commission in the general duties branch the next year. After further training and a period of flying duty at home he served on flying duties in the Far East and Middle East until shortly after the outbreak of war, when he became chief ground instructor at No. 4 Service Flying Training School, Iraq, where he remained until April, 1941. Returning to England, he served with Nos. 86 and 489 Squadrons in 1942, and, in 1943, took command of No. 1 Torpedo Refresher School at Tain, and later of R.A.F. Station, Sumburgh. In Septem- ber, 1944, W/C. Sandeman became Chief ,** " Flight " photogiaph. JUDGES: A recent scene at the Central Fiying School duri^.competition foryg g p Clarkson Trophy, awarded at the graduation of each course to the student most proficient in aerobatics. Watching the individual displays were W/C. Muangmani (Siamese Air Force); the judges—W/C. C. D. Tomalin, S/L. F. L. Dodd, G/C. G. D. Stephenson (Commandant, C.F.S.), S/L. R. B. Morrison—and Maj. J. L. Wilk, an American Air Force officer commanding a C.F.S. Squadron under the exchange scheme. Instructor at No. 5 Operational Training Unit. He joined No. 17 Group the fol- lowing June and was released from the. Service in September, 1945. ,-'".-.'••• Women's Service Visitor /^OLONEL GERALDINE MAY, Direc- V> tor of the United States Women's Air Force, is now concluding a fortnight's visit to this country as a guest of the R.A.F. Colonel May enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary CorjA in July, 1942, and was among the first eighteen officers to be assigned to the U.S.A.F. After filling various staff appointments, she became the first Director of the U.S.W.A.F. in June, 1948. She had never flown before entering the Service, but to date has covered over 300,000 miles by air. She was greeted at Northolt by the Director of the W.R.A.F., Air Commandant Dame Felicity Hanbury, who last year paid a visit to the U.S.W.A.F. in the United States. ' photograph. COMPETITORS: The interest shown in the picture above was caused by aerobatics Harvards in the hands of the four finalist students : (left to rigfit> F/L.-Be-§SfTs (Clarkson Trophy winner), F/L Petersen, Pit. II Barrell and Pit. I Lavallin. No. 3 F.T.S. Graduation A NATIONAL Service man—OfficerCadet Alan Lawrence Bussey—was twice honoured when, recently. No. 25 (Pilots') Course of officers and cadets graduated at No. 3 Flying Training School, R.A.F. Station Feltwell, Norfolk. Officer Cadet Bussey won both the Sword of Merit awarded to the best all-round cadet of the graduating course and the "Glen" trophy presented to the cadet with the highest position in flying. The graduation parade, was attended by parents and friends of the cadets and took place at Feltwell; the Reviewing Officer was A.V-M. A. Hesketh, C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group, Bomber Command, who presented the 20 graduating pilots with their wings. The Station Commander, G/C. J. G. Glen, O.B.E., announced in his report that Officer Cadet Bussey had attained a combined assessment on flying and ground instruction oi 77.9 per cent, his flying assessment being 74.3 per cent. Congratulating No. 25 Course, the Group Captain said: "Its results are satisfac- tory and the members graduating to-day have every reason to be proud of their achievements during the last 12 months." Officer Cadet Bussey, a former member of No. 775 A.T.C. Squadron (Reigate Grammar School), entered the R.A.F. direct from Reigate Grammar School. Next October he will enter Queen Mary's Collegfe, London, to begin training as a doctor. Later in 1951 he hopes to enter the London Hospital to complete this training. He will take his commission in the R.A.F.V.R. and spend as much time as his studies will allow flying at Redhill. The Sword of Merit was presented by Lt. Col. R. W. Bradley, D.S.O. Reunion M.S.F.U. officers. — Reunion at theWheatsheaf, 25, Rathbone Place, London, W.i, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 20th. Details from J. G. Pick well, 5, Cambridge Park Court, East Twicken- ham, Middlesex (Popesgrove 5025).
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