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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 0085.PDF
FLIGHT, 11 January 1951 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News and Announcements Fighter Command Appointment pROUP CAPTAIN T. C. DICKENS, J C.B.E., has been appointed Assistant Air Officer in Charge of Administration Headquarters, R.A.F. Fighter Com- mand, where he began duty on December , with acting rank of Air Commodore. Return of "The Hawk" AFTER a 12-year lapse The Hawk,f* journal of the Royal Air Force Staff Colleges, has reappeared. This hand-somely produced journal is published annually and costs five shillings. A fore-word to the current issue has been con- tributed by Marshal of the R.A.F., theViscount Trenchard. " There are still many great problems ahead of the RoyalAir Force," he writes, "—they will have to be solved by readers of The Hawk." Royal Air Force Awards IN addition to the New Year Honoursand awards listed in Flight last week, the following R.A.F. awards are an- nounced : — Royal Red Cross (First Class).—WingOfficer A. W. Marsland, P.M.R.A.F.N.S. OUT IN THE COLD, COLD SNOW : Chilling spectacle in the Korean campaign—Sea Furies and Fireflies immobilized by weather aboard H.M.-S. Theseus (see news-story on this page). Bar to Air Force Cross.—W/C. H. P.Ruffell Smith. Air Force Cross.—Wing Commanders P. G. Wykeham-Barnes, J. R. D. Braham, Acting Wing Commanders R. E. Bell, R.A.A.F., P. C. Fletcher. Squadron Leaders R. T. Bainbridge, R. B. Cole, L. C. E. de Vigne, J. S. Howitt, L. H. Lambert, E. L. McMillan, R. A. Watts. Acting Squadron Leader M. T. Wainwright. Flight Lieuten- ants W. N. H. Brawn, A. N. Bristow, F. C. Dray, R. Emett, B. L. Garner, G. E. H. Hackman, F. S Hazlewood, F. M. Hegarty, R. W. J. Horsley, J. K. Hough, J. A. W. Long, D. H. Mackie, W. E. Martin, J. L. Nelson, R. B. Phillips, B. A. Templeman- Rooke, P. Sherriff, C. A. Sullings, D. A. Trotman, C. Watklnson. Master Navigators H. J. Baxter, A. J. Haygreen. MasterSignallers R. H. Hooley, C. Jones. Lieuten- ants A. R. Rawbone, R.N., R. H. Reynolds,R.N. Royal Red Cross (Second Class).—FlightOfficer F. Short. P.M.R.A.F.N.S. Air Force Medal.—Pilots I H. Andrew,J. R. Foster, I. R. Gordon, C. J. S. Howard, L. S. Ketcher, A. P. Mackie, D. W. R.Thompson, A. L. S. Welvaert. Signallers I R. E. Hardwick, L. C. Turnbull. Engineer IT. Kennedy. Pilot II F. Harvey. The King's Commendation for ValuableServices in the Air.—Squadron Leader J. R. W. Blyth. Acting Squadron LeadersR. U. P. de Burgh, C. Hardman, G. S. Hulse, H. G. Slade, H. W. Taylor. Flight Lieuten-ants J. H. Appleton, R. Baker, H. J. W. Bareham, A. G. Brown, A. Campey, M. G.Casselman, D. Datmer, J. J. Doyle (de- ceased), R. C. H. Easy, R C. Everson, K. W.Dalton-Golding, L. G. Hurrell, L. A. A. Mac- Killigin, L. R. Miedzybrodzki, J. H. C. Plum-mer, F. Reid, W. G. Smith, J. A. Stephen, D. Thomas. Master Navigator, B. Weller.Pilot I N. E. Cooke. Signallers I E. Davles, W. E. Lowther. Engineers I A. P. Fraser,T. P. Milligan. Pilot II J. Mackenzie. Navigator 11 G. A. Cohen. Signaller II F. C.Slee. Signaller III J. Corkery. Leading Aircraftman T. H. John. Army: MajorB. E. M. Repton, R.A. A Carrier's Record CONFERRING AT OTTAWA : Eleven senior officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force are por- Commandant, R.C.A.F. Staff College ; A. Cdre. M. Costello, Group Commander, Tactical Group : G/C. W. R. ^Brien, Group Commander, Air Defence Group ; and A. Cdre. M. M. Hendrick, Air Member of the Canadianio "" Staff. Washington and mule trains used by Com-^—' munist forces in North Korea to transport ammunition and supplies to thefront were recently spotted and attacked by Sea Fury pilots of the light fleet carrierH.M.S. Theseus (Capt. A. S. Bolt, D.S.C., R.N.). During 16 flying days Theseus pilotsflew 630 sorties. One pilot. Lt. Cdr. M. P. Gordon Smith, D.S.C., R.N., Com-manding Officer of a Sea Fury squadron, set up what is probably a carrier recordby flying 27 sorties in this period. Tho average flying time per pilot was 50 hour:;. Sea Fury and Firefly pilots, during thelatter half of December, destroyed and damaged three railway wagons, six tanks,41 military buildings, four oil dumps, 15 M.F.V. type vessels, 11 junks, 13 roadbridges, several rail bridges, three loco- motives, two rail tunnels and one airfieldrunway. One of the Sea Fury pilots, Lt. D. P. W. Kelly, R.N., was rescued when his
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