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1950
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630 SERVICE AVIATION . . . saw Hitler enter the capital. On his last escape, when he got back to England successfully across the Pyrenees—the route trodden later by several thousand Allied airmen in the course of the war— he was obliged to fight his way clear, killing three of his guards. "So anxious were the Germans to re- capture their prisoner that they placed a price of 70,000 Reichmarks on hi» head, bnt despite this the Air Marshal resumed flying against the enemy and operated in N.VV. Europe in command of a Bomber Group, which later became part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force, after D- Day.'< .;/L- -,.;.;..,- . ;,, ,^; .--., F/L. L. A. Miller ^ WE regret to record that one of theK.A.F.'s most experienced sailplane pilots, F/L. Leslie A. Miller, lost his life on May 10th in a gliding accident. F/L. Miller, who was 47, was chief flying in- structor of the R.A.F. Gliding Instruc- tors' School at Detling. Recently he made an outstanding cross-Channel flight from Detling to Coxyde, Belgium, and described his experiences in a special article in Flight of May 4th. R.A.F.A. Conference HOUSING, pensions and many otherproblems affecting ex-Servicemen are dealt with in resolutions to be sub- mitted during the annual conference of the Royal Air Forces Association, to be held this year at Scarborough. Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck, president of the R.A.F.A., will take the chair. Some 1,400 delegates and visitors from numer- ous branches of the Association will be present, and there will be representatives of all other ex-Service organizations. Di h f HMAF =^ PLIGHT, 18 May 1950 JUNGLE HEADQUARTERS: This thatched building houses the H.Q. of the 60th Fighter Group, Far East Air Force, based at Kuala Lumpur, which is playing a leading role in the current anti-bandit operations. Recent news of the R.A.F.'s measures against Communist terrorists in Malaya is summarized in an item on this page. This will-comprise the R.A.F. Central Band, five Regional bands, the R.A.F. Regiment Band, the Central Band of the Women's Royal Air Force, and the apprentices' bands of No. 1 School of Technical Training, Halton, and No. 1 Radio School, Cranwell. The 400 musi- cians will be directed by W/C. A. E. Sims, M.B.E.. L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., Or- ganizing Director of Music in the R.A.F. Honoured by U.S.A.F. AN R.A.F. Superfortress pilot, F/L.A. G. Brand, who is now stationed at Marham, last week received U.S.A.F. During the conference H.M.A.F.V. Wings at a ceremony in the Americang BridlingtoH will be anchored in Scar- borough Bay as a guard ship and will be open to visitors. There will also be a demonstration drop of an airborne life- boat. Biggest R.A.F. Band Parade T7ISITORS to the R.A.F. Display atV Farnborough on July 7th and 8th will see and hear the largest R.A.F.massed band ever assembled. g y Embassy in London. The presentation was made by Brig. John B. Ackerman, American Air Attache^ and the award was originally recommended by Lt. Col. P. K. Blair, who commands the 97 Bom- bardment Group. F/L. Brand served with the 97th Group in Alaska, Texas and Kansas, and flew B-29S with the unit, during a recent two-year tour of exchange duty with the U.S.A.F. He had previously flown Lincolns from Wvton. ACTIVE VETERAN: Sunderlands of Far East Air Force have made an important con- tribution to R.A.F. activities in Malaya. In this scene from the flying-boat base at Seletar, Singapore, a Sunderland Mk. 5 is being towed up the slipway for overhaul. Home Fleet Cruise SHIPS of the Home Fleet are this weekbeginning their summer cruise pro- gramme, which includes flying training, anti-submarine manoeuvres, exercises with other Western Union ships and air- craft and visits to home and foreign ports and resorts. The Fleet is under the com- mand of Admiral Sir Philip Viarf, the C.-in-C, who is flying his flag in the carrier Implacable. Two other carriers are included in the Fleet: The Vengeance (wearing the flag of the Flag Officer, Third Aircraft Carrier Squadron, Rear-Admiral C. E. Lambe) and the Theseus. From May 22nd-26th, the Implacable, supported by cruisers and destroyers, will take part in Exercise Activity with ships of the French and Netherlands Navies In July, the Fleet will sail from Scottish waters to visit ports in Scandinavia. Air Operations in Malaya THE tempo and strength of operationsagainst the bandits in Malaya was stepped up during April by R.A.F. air- craft based iu Malaya and Singapore. Lincolns, Sunderlands, Brigands, Tern pests and Spitfires took part in 40 air- strikes and flew 580 sorties. „• In April, Dakotas of No. no Squad- ron dropped 397,153 lb of supplies to security forces working in the jungle— the highest monthly total yet reached by any one squadron; 268 parapacks were dropped compared with 833 last month. Since the start of the emergency the amount of supplies dropped has now reached a total of 3,186,000 lb. During April, Dakotas carried over 600 pas- sengers and 2,000,000 lb of freight. Other activities of the squadrons in- cluded air sea patrols, photographic reconnaissance, air cover for convoys, and the. dropping of 155,000 surrender leaflets. In spite of periods of bad wea- ther with low cloud and heavy rain, 763 operational sorties were flown. Nos. 94 and 95 Squadrons of the R.A.F. Regi- ment (Malaya)- have been in action against the bandits on several occasions, inflicting casualties and capturing prisoners and important documents.
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