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1950
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610 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Na va IA viation News and Announcements The War in MalayaD URING November, bad weather madetarget-identification difficult for the R.A.F., R.A.A.F. and R.N.Z.A.F. air-crews operating against the Malayan terrorists. As a result, activities wereslightly reduced—both on offensive strikes and supply drops. Day and night bomber and fighterstrikes took place in six States during the month, with the main effort centred onNegri Sembilan. A record number of sorties was flown on November 14th,when targets were attacked in daylight by Lincolns, Brigands and Tempests in NegriSembilan, Perak and Pahang. Activity was also intense on November 22nd, whenLincolns, Spitfires, Tempests and Brigands struck bandit concentrations inNegri Sembilan, Selangor and Perak. On November 20th, Lincolns and Brigandsmade concentrated attacks in Pahang for over an hour on a large bandit gang pur-sued by security forces. For the first time for several monthsSunderlands contributed to operations. Supply dropping and airlift operationswere carried out daily by Dakota squad- rons to dropping zones throughout theFederation. A total of 350,0001b of all kinds of supplies was dropped to securityforces in the jungle and remote outposts. An additional 11,0001b of freight wascarried between the main airfields in Singapore and Malay, as were a largenumber of official passengers. Other November operations includedhelicopter-evacuation from the jungle of five members of the security forces in-cluding British and Gurkha casualties; transport of sick and wounded from the FLIGHT, 21 December 1950 THE PRINCE AND THE PEbALLERS : Wrens and ratings at Royal Naval Air Station Lee on Solent use the two-mile perimeter track for sprint and distance cycle races. The- ship-shape Percival Sea Prince is used for communication flying and training. Federation to Service hospitals in Singa-pore; dropping of over 200,000 leaflets; provision by Brigands of air cover forschool children returning from the Cameron Highlands; and photographicand reconnaissance nights. In The HouseS /L. F. BURDEN (Cons., Gillingham)asked the Minister of Supply, on December 11th, how far the R.A.F. hadgone towards solving the problems of control at transonic and supersonicspeeds, and to what extent information was exchanged between the R.A.F. andthe U.S.A.F. on this subject. Mr. Strauss said it would not be in the public interestto disclose the state of our knowledge of transonic and supersonic flight. Satis-factory arrangements existed for the ex- change of information. There was noreply when S/L. Burden asked the Min- 5EEKERS AND LEADERS : The principal roles which are pictured above, are night fighting and of the de Havilland Sea Hornet N.F.21, four of navigating for single-seat strike aircraft. ister if he was not aware that the Ameri-cans have for some considerable time been flying faster than sound. Therewas, he said, very considerable apprehen- sion i» this country regarding our ownposition, and he wished to know why this country should be lagging behind Americain this matter. No reply was forthcom- ing when A. Cdre. Harvey (Cons.,Macclesfield) asked the Minister, "Do you realize it would be in the public in-terest for them to know we have aircraft faster than Russian jet aircraft? Unlessyou do something, the situation in the future is a very ugly one." Christmas in M.E.A.F. AT all stations in the Middle East Air•**• Force where_ officers and airmen have their families living with them, children'sparties, with visits by Father Christmas, will be the main feature of the Christmasfestivities. Although at most Middle East stations Santa Claus will more probablyarrive riding on a camel than by any other means, he will conform to tradition atR.A.F. Station, Ismailia, the Headquarters of M.E.A.F., by arriving in a sleigh. AtPort Said he will land from a motor launch, with presents for the children ofthe R.A.F. Embarkation Unit there. He will appear at other Suez Canal Zonestations by way of the chimney, and after **his arrival in this way at a big aircraftmaintenance unit the children will per- form a Nativity play. At some otherstations, including the one at Amman, capital of Jordan, he will arrive by air,and at Kabrit, in the Canal Zone, he will descend by parachute. Outdoor events will include a cere-monial meet of the only R.A.F. Hunt in the Service — the Royal Exodus — atHabbaniya, Iraq; a comic three-sided soccer match played with a Rugby ball,at El Firdan, in the Canal Zone; and a fancy dress football match against theRoyal Navy at Basra, in the Persian Gulf. Indoors there will be bar and billetdecoration competitions, dances and enter- tainments.
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