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1951
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244 FLIGHT, 23 February 1951 SERVICE AVIATION . . . (Military) of the Cabinet since April, 1949.He had previously been A.O.C.-in-C, Fighter Command, for over two years. Class G Call-up GOOD progress is being made by theR.A.F. Records Office at Gloucester in organizing the call-up, this summer, of10,000 members of Class G Reserve for service with control and reporting units.By the end of last week, 7,000 men had replied to the preliminary warning notices;only a small percentage had given notice of appeal. Appointed to Air Ministry AIR COMMODORE D. N. Roberts,O.B.E., A.F.C., who has been presi- dent of the R.A.F. Selection Boards at Ramridge House, Andover, since October, 1949, has been appointed to the Air Ministry as Director of Operations (2), with effect from March 1st. On April 1st, A.Cdre. W. J. M. Aker- man, C.B.E., also takes up a new appoint- ment at the Air Ministry—as Director of Organization (Establishments). Since July, 1949, A.Cdre. Akerman has commanded No. 65 (London Reserve) Group, Home Command. Mediterranean Rescue ON February 12th, the first day of theAnglo-American Naval exercises in the Mediterranean, a U.S.N. pilot was rescued 90 miles from his carrier by the British destroyer St. Kitts (Cdr. G. A. G. Ormsby, D.S.O., D.S.C.). The pilot, Lt. R. E. Davis, was forced by engine trouble to ditch in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the S.W. coast of Italy. Other members of his search-and-attack squadron circled overhead while the R.N. task force was notified of his position. Lt. Davis was picked up from his dinghy after about an hour. Both the Home and Mediterranean fleets, together with the U.S. Sixth Fleet, have been taking part in the exercises—the largest since the war. The two British carriers involved were the Indomitable and Indefatigable. Cold-Weather Trials NOW in America as R.A.F. representa-tives at the joint U.S.-Canadian trials of cold-weather flying equipment are LOCAL PRODUCE, n pioioirpc Bristol 171 Sycamore helicopter, bearing Service insignia, was used in Exercise "Medusa," held recently in the Bristol area to give the Army and Civil Defence practice in co-operation during an atomic attack. Seen after his arrival by helicopter is Col. J. T. Gough of the Royal Armoured Corps. W/C. A. J. Barwood, of the R.A.F. Insti-tute of Aviation Medicine, and Mr. J. Pragnall, Mechanical Engineering De-partment, R.A.E. Experimental survival equipment andrations for use in Arctic conditions have been tested by the R.A.F. in field conditionsin Canada and Norway in recent years. The equipment now under test in NorthAmerica, which includes a full rarge of cold-weather clothing, sleeping bags, vari-ous types of rations, as well as many accessory items, incorporates improve-ments made as the result of the earlier trials. The headquarters base for the trials isthe R.C.A.F. Winter Experimental Estab- lishment at Edmonton, Alberta, and fieldwork will be carried out at the U.S.A.F. bases of Fort Churchill and Fort Nelson,Alaska. W/C. Barwood won the 1950 L. G. Groves Memorial Prize for Aircraft Safety with his essay, based on research in thelaboratory and practical studies in the field, which made an outstanding contributionto the protection of aircrews against tem- perature and climate. Reunions NO. 201 Squadron Dinner Club.—Dinner at Londonderry House, 19 Park Lane, London, W.i, at 1930 hr onFriday, April 20th. Details from the Secretary, R.A.F. Pembroke Dock, SouthWales. * * * No. 780 Naval Squadron (inadvertentlyreferred to as 708 Squadron in a recent issue).—Fifth annual reunion dinner atSimpsons - in - the - Strand, London, on Friday, March 2nd. Details from H. T.Molyneux, Sarre Court, Sarre, near Birchingham, Kent. \ R.A.F. RUGGER TEAM: Members of the R.A.F. Rugby XV, which lost narrowly to the Navy dur- ing the recent match at Twickenham: (back row) Mr. Yorston, referee; A/C. D. M. Rose; Sgt. P. M. Davies; AjC. R. E. Syrett; O/Cdt. S. D. Little; F/L. R. J. H. Uprichard; F/L. N. J, Carver; F/L. P. G. Yat- ranton;FjO.R.B. George; WjC.S. G.Walker (touch judge); (seated) S/L. h W. Higginson;F/L. W.T. H. Hay; S/L. R. H. G. Weighill (captain); Cpl E. E. Rossiter; F/0. S. T. H. Wright; (front row) A/C. Glyn John; P/0. K. J. Dalgleish.
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