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1950
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FLIGHT, i June 1950 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements Graduation at Halton AT No. 1 School of Technical Training,Halton, the passing-out parade of the 56th Entry of aircraft apprenticeswas held on May 23rd. Consisting of 232 apprentices, the entry was the largestto graduate from Halton since the war. The reviewing officer was Air MarshalSir Hugh P. Lloyd, K.B.E., C.B., M.C., D.F.C., the A.O.C.-in-C, Bomber Com-mand, and he was accompanied by Air Marshal Sir John Whitworth Jones,K.C.B., C.B.E., A.O.C.-in-C, Technical Training Command. Making his report, the Commandant,A. Cdre. N. Carter, C.B., D.F.C., stated that the entry had been given technicaltraining in modern equipment which in- cluded jet aircraft and gas turbines,together with their associated accessories in the armament, electrical and instru-ment fields. As a result, they were well up with present-day technical develop-ments and should have no difficulty, after a little practical experience, in ser-vicing the most modern types of air- craft. Members of the entry had re-ceived a total of 400 hours' air experience, and 77 per cent of them hadvolunteered for aircrew duties. Winners of the various prizes andawards were as follows: — Sgt/App. H. J. Feeley. 677 " Flight " photograph. PASSING-OUT PARADE : Members of the 56th Entry are inspected during theja post-war passing-out parade at Halton, which is reported on th~ Merit in all subjects Merit in general service efficiency Merit in educational sub- jects Merit in C.T.T.B. practical fitting tests and Creb- bin Robinson cup Highest average for prac- tical fitting over 3 years' course Merit in general studies «nd winner of Elliott Memorial Prize, presented by R.Ae.S. ... Sgt/App. J. H. Hughes. Cpl/App. A. J. Noon. Cpl/App. K. R. Edgeley. Ldg/App. P. G. Harknett. Cpl/App. M. J. Armitage. Best Tradesmen in C.T.T.B. Examination Fitter HE Ldg/App. K. F. Greaves. Fitter HA Sgt/App. H. J. Feeley. Electrician F/Sgt/App. G. J. Osborne. Instrument maker ... Sgt/App. O. R. Vickers. Fitter Armojrer ... Cpl/App. K. R. Edgeley. Commandant's Specia/ Commendation Electrician F/Sgt/App. G. J. Osborne. Sir Thomas Elmhirst Retires AIR MARSHAL SIR THOMAS ELM-HIRST, K.B.E., C.B., A.F.C., whose last appointment was as Chief ofAir Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force, which he relinquishedin February, is now on leave pending retirement from the R.A.F. Born in 1895, Air Marshal Elmhirstjoined the Royal Naval College, Osborne, in 1908, went to sea as a midshipman in1913, and when the first world war began was serving in H.M.S. Indomitable, inwhich ship he took part in the pursuit of the German cruisers Goeben andBreslau in the Mediterranean and the battle of the Dogger J3ank. He was in the R.N.A.S. as a captain of airships from 1915 until the formation of the R.A.F. Between wars he specialized in air navigation, qualified at the Staff Col- lege, and commanded No. 15 Bomber Squadron. He was capped as scrum half in the R.A.F. XV of 1921. From February, 1937, until April,r 939. he was air attache at Ankara and he was again in Turkey for a few months early in 1941 as a member of the British mission for staff conversations with the Turkish General Staff. In the interval he had commanded the R.A.F. Stations at Leconfield and Abingdon and served at the Air Ministry of a Deputy Director of Intelligence and at H.Q., Fighter Command, during the Battle of Britain as a Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer. Sir Thomas was, in the latter stages of the war, Chief of Administration of the 2nd T.A.F. in Europe, having spent some time on similar duties in North " Flight " photographs. t^the saluting bMARCH-P/(left) are G/C. Whitworth Jones, C.-in.-C, Technical Training Command ; A. Cdre. Carter ; W/C. Biggs ; Air Marshal Sir Hugh P. Lloyd, Reviewing Officer, C.-in.-C Bomber Command ; and A. V-M. R.O. Jones, A.O.C. 24 Group. On the right Sir Hugh Lloyd congratulates the chief prizewinner, Sgt/App. Feeley.
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