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1951
1951 - 0530.PDF
328 SERVICE AVIATION . . . United Service Institution on March 8th.Until recently, Sir Frank was A.O.C. Malaya, an appointment now held byA.V-M. R. S. Blucke, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C. The lecturer outlined events since 1941,when British officers were training a corps of agents for employment against theJapanese when they came. In 1945 an attempt was made to disarm this body;some 6,000 complied and the remainder carried on in the Malayan Communist Party. After describing the early attempts bycivil authorities to put down the insur- rection, Sir Frank gave details of the partnow being played by the R.A.F. (This was dealt with at length in our issue ofJanuary 18th, 1951.) Giving some specific figures, A.V-M. Mellersh told his audi-ence that in more than 4,000 supply drops to the troops fighting in the jungle over6,000,000 lb. of stores had been delivered with only 11 per cent failure. At the end of the lecture a film wasshown depicting the work of the R.A.F. in Malaya. Many of the shots in thiswere excellent in all but their photographic quality. The chair was taken by Air MarshalSir Hugh P. Lloyd, K.B.E., C.B., M.C., D.F.C., A.O.C.-in-C. Bomber Command. Naval Retirement AFTER 44 years' service with the Royal**> Navy, much of it concerned with aviation, Admiral Sir Reginald H. Portal,K.C.B., D.S.C., relinquished the post of Flag Officer Air (Home) on March 8th.In this post, which he took up in Novem- ber, 1947, Sir Reginald has been succeededby Vice-Admiral Charles E. Lambe, C.B., C.V.O. Admiral Portal volunteered for duties asan observer in 1916, and within six months had been awarded the D.S.C. for gallantryin combat off the Dardanelles. After the war—from 1923-25—he was seconded tothe R.A.F. for pilot-training, and eventually left front-line Naval flying with the ranksof Commander, R.N., and Honorary Squadron Leader. As Deputy Director ofthe Naval Air Division, and of Air Materiel, in the immediate pre-war years, SirReginald helped to prepare the Fleet Air Arm for action. He resumed his connectionwith aviation in 1943 as the first Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air), after spendingperiods at sea in command of H.M. Ships ', 16 March 1951 AT CAMBRIDGE: Groups of hosts and guests at the recent annual dinner of the Cambridge University Air Squadron. (Top left) WjC. K. C. Doran, W/C. A. N. Willan and W/C. C. N. Foxl0 Norris; (top right) W/C. C. H. Simpson, GjC. Viscount Acheson and WjC. F. W. Wiseman-ClarkeM (lower left) W/C. A. V. Rogers, G/C. C. J. Mount and W/C. P. C. Hilton; (lower right) Mr. S. C? Roberts, Vice-Chancellor, Air Marshal C. W. Weedon and Air Marshal Sir Robert Foster. York and Royal Sovereign. From Decem- ber, 1944, until the end of the Japanese War, he commanded Naval Air Stations (Pacific) and directed Pacific Fleet opera- tions against Okinawa and the Japanese mainland. R.A.F. AppointmentsT HE Air Ministry announces the ap-pointment, effective from March 19th, of A.V-M. Gerard Combe, C.B., as AirOfficer in Charge of Administration, Main- tenance Command. Until recently, A.V-M.Combe was President of the Ordnance Board, Ministry of Supply, a post filled inrotation by senior officers of the three Services. He succeeds A.V-M. C. N. H.Bilney, C.B., C.B.E., who takes up a new appointment on March 26th as Director-General of Technical Services (1) at the Air Ministry. DROGUE-DRAGGER : In place of the port drop-tank, this Hawker Tempest T.T. Mk. V target-tower (Napier Sabre) carries a nacelle housing a wind-driven winchand towing-gear. A.T.C. Gliding in 1950 A LTHOUGH severely handicapped by.•**• bad weather, Air Training Corps gliding schools carried out a total of105,614 launches and trained 1,474 cadets to the international "A" certificate standardduring 1950. Of these cadets, 252 received additional training and qualified for the"B" certificate, and three cadets qualified* for the "C" certificate. During the year the Instructor Schoolcarried out 5,682 launches, flew a total of 673 hours 31 minutes, and passed out 304?students. The best results from an A.T.C-y School were 72 "A" certificates and 15 "B"'certificates for 5,307 launches by No. 89" Gliding School at Christchurch, Hants. Naval Display in the North O ATURDAY, June 2nd, has been fixed^ as the date for this year's Naval Air Day at R.N.A.S., Anthorn, near Carlisle.A full-scale flying programme, which will: include almost every type of modern Naval ;•aircraft, should ensure the success of the event, which is the only Naval air display ito be held this year in the north of England. New Auxiliary Commanders APPOINTMENTS are announced of **• new commanding officers for threes fighter squadrons of the R.Aux.A.F. f S/L. P. J. Anson, D.F.C., who now com- mands No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, based at Turnhouse, enlisted in the R.A.F.V.R. for pilot training in. : 1940. He is a Regular officer and spent a period in 1949 as acting adjutant of No. 603 (Warwickshire) Squadron. Another Scots Auxiliary squadron now commanded by a regular officer is No. 612 (County of Aberdeen), located at Dyce. Its new CO. is S/L. G. W. Cory, A.F.C., who joined the R.A.F. in 1938. The third new squadron-commander, also a Regular, is S/L. H. R. P. Pertwee, D.F.C., who has taken over No. 611 (West Lanes) Squadron at Woodvale. \V -rr
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