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1951
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FLIGHT, 6 April 1951 4ix SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News THE Air Minister, Mr. Arthur Hender-son, arrived at Gutersloh on March 28th for a six-day visit to units of the R.A.F. in Germany and Austria. On April 2nd he attended a combined R.A.F.- U.S.A.F. demonstration of fire-power at Fassberg, in the British Zone. The display included the first European ex- hibition of the use of napalm bombs, which were dropped by Thunderjets. No. 25 Group Re-formed TO meet the increasing demand for air-crew, Flying Training Command is being expanded, and a war-time group, No. 25, which was disbanded in 1948, has been re-formed. Its A.O.C.-in-C. is A.V-M. R. B. Jordan, C.B., D.F.C., A.D.C., who was until recently Com- mandant of the Royal Observer Corps. Small-arms competition RESULTS of the R.A.F. Small ArmsAssociation championship shoots, held at Uxbridge on Saturday, March 31st, were as follows:— Individual Small-bore Rifle Champion- ship.—I, S/L. K. Alder (R.A.F., Ux- bridge), 200 ex 200; 2, F/L. K. H. Wallis (Scampton), 199; 3, G/C. G. E. Watt (H.Q. Fighter Command), 199. R.A.F. Pistol Championship.—I, W/O. R. Sperring (Kirkhem), 179 ex 200; 2, W/C. R. F. B. Guy (H.Q. Flying Train- ing Command), 178; 3, F/O. Williams (Waddington), 177. W.R.A.F. Pistol Team Championships. —1, Leconfield, 208; 2, Uxbridge, 205. W.R.A.F. Rifle Team Championships— 1, Leconfield, 777; 2, Sealand, 755. R.A.F. Inter-station Pistol Team Cham- pionship for the "V.J." Trophy.—I, H.Q. Flying Training Command Unit, 673; 2, R.A.F. West Kirby, 648. R.A.F. Inter-station Rifle Team for Nobel Cup. — I, Leconfield, 1,171; 2, Hemswell, 1,167. (I*1 the semi-finals of this contest R.A.F. HemsweU's shoot against Bridgnorth resulted in a dead heat, score 1,188, and the tie had to be re-shot at Uxbridge.) Indian Anniversary /CEREMONIES were held on April 1st. ^ at all bases of the Indian Air Force to mark its 18th birthday. The Indian President and Prime Minister witnessed a fly-past and display at New Delhi, at which Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw- Chapman, the A.O.C.-in-C, pledged the "wholehearted and unswerving allegi- ance" to India of all ranks of the Service. R.A.A.F. Follow R.A.F. '"THE Transport Command practice of •*• employing rearward-facing seats in its newest passenger aircraft—Hastings and Valettas—is being followed by the Royal Australian Air Force. Declared R.A.A.F. policy is to install tail-facing seats whenever possible in the fujjpre; some Lincoln trans- ports have alreafljlbeen so equipped. Inter-Services BoxingA N R.A.F. station—Hullavington—has been selected as the venue for this year's Imperial Service Boxing Association Championships. Preliminary bouts will be on April 10th; the finals take place the following day. Mid-Atlantic AmbulanceD URING the search for survivors of the American Globemaster lost on Good Friday, the torpedo officer of the submarine Thule, Lt. F. D. Willis, was taken ill with suspected mastoiditis in mid- Atlantic. The Admiralty, informed of the situation by wireless, advised penicillin treatment and arranged for his transfer to the American carrier Coral Sea. The carrier sent a helicopter to the submarine, and Lt. Willis was helped into a stretcher hanging from the helicopter as it hovered overhead. A few minutes later he was being tended by a doctor in the Coral Sea. F.E.A.F. LiaisonN OW responsible for liaison between the H.Q.s of the two Far East Air Forces (British and American) is S,L. M. C. Adderley, D.F.C., who his been trans- ferred from Singapore f>r a tour of exchange duty with the U.S. \.F. in Korea. He replaces S/L. J. F. Sach, D.S.O., D.F.C., who has been attached to the U.S.A.F. for nearly a year. S/L. Adderley FIGHTER TYPES: Two British Commonwealth pilots in Korea. In the cockpit M his Mustang is H1- Ian Olorenshaw, D.F.C., of No. 77 Squadron, R.A.A.F.; he was one of the firstfiAustralian pilots to fly over 100 sorties in Korea. Wearing American fl/ing-kit, F/L. Stephen Danielf D.S.O., D.F.C., Vight) is a Scot serving with the 4th Fighter-lntercepter Wing, U.S.A.F., un^tjfie exchange scheme. He flies an F-86 Sabre. A.V-M. R. G. HART, C.&., C.&.E., M.C., A.R.C.S., recently ap- pointed Direc- tor-General of Technical Services (II), Air Ministry. will serve under the American F.E.A.F. Directorate of Operations, spending the first six months in Korea and completing his exchange duty in Tokyo. R.A.A.F. CanberrasR ECENT newspaper reports that an English Electric Canberra would attempt a record flight to Australia have been officially denied by the Australian Minister for Air, Mr. T. W. White. He explained that, pending production of Canberras by the Government aircraft factory at Melbourne, the R.A.A.F. was buying two aircraft from Britain. The first would be flown to Australia by WC. D. R. Cuming, A.F.C., and F/L. C. G. Harvey. There was no definite intention of breaking records in the course of this normal ferrying operation. R.C.A.F. Ambulance ServiceP REPARATIONS have been made by the R.C.A.F. for flying Canadian soldiers wounded in Korea frcm McChord Field, Washington, to hospitals in Canada. Evacuation frcm Japan will be carried out by aircraft of the Pacific airlift to Korea, including the Canadair Noith Stars of No. 426 Squadron, which are operating under the U.S. Military Air Transport Service. Frcm McChord, the casualties will be carried by Dakotas of No. 435 Squadron, which have been equipped with stretchers and oxygen equipment. Each Dakota will carry 14 patients, a nursing sister and a flight medical assistant. Casualties not requiring attention en route will fly to Vancouver by C.P.A. R.A.F. Appointments HTAKING the acting rank of Air Com- A modore, G/C. W. S. Hebden has been appointed Director of Flying Training at the Air Ministry. Until recently he served for a year at the Ministry in the Directorate of Personal Services. Aged 42, A. Cdre. Hebden joined the R.A.F. as a cadet in 1927 and was commissioned from Cranwell in 1929. An exchange of appointments is announced for two senior officers of the &. A.F. Regiment—A. Cdre. E. W. Towsey, ©.B.E., and A. Cdre. C. J. Luce, D.S.O. A- Cdre. Towsey thus becomes Command Defence Officer and Senior R.A.F. Regi- ment Officer at H.Q., Middle East Air Force, and A. Cdre. Luce takes up a similar appointment in Germany with B.A.F.O. Both officers were originally in the regular Army and received permanent R.A.F. Regiment commissions in 1948. ReunionN O. 83 Group (R.A.F.) Officers' Associa- tion.—All-ranks reunion in London on Friday, April 7th. Tickets (5s exclusive) and further details from F. B. Berry, ii, Bush Hill Road, London, N.21.
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