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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 0706.PDF
440 FLIGHT, 13 April 1951 SERVICE AVIATION... squadron service. Three other duties have so far been announced for the Can- berra: high-altitude bombing, low-level tactical bombing and (in its American form) night intruding. Army win at Twickenham AS briefly recorded last week, in the final• Inter-Service Match of the season at Twickenham on Saturday, March 31st, the Army fifteen comfortably beat the R.A.F. by 14 points to nil. Considering the wet, cold and windy conditions there was a good deal of open play but the match lacked real excitement. Playing with the wind in the first half, the R.A.F. hald their own quite well, but except for the opening movement the backs made little headway against excellent Army defences, though Glyn John and Dalgleish individually looked dangerous on more than one occasion. Smailes at full back gave confidence and help with sure catching and long touch-kicking. For the Army, Hardy and Shuttleworth played very well together, but the Army line made frequent muddles and so the score at half time was only 3—nil to the Army, the points coming from a good drop goal by Army centre Edwards. After changing ends the Army started AIR COUNCIL: (Left) Travelling by Dakota from Schweinfurt to Nuremberg during his recent visit to B.A.F.O., Mr. Henderson, Air Minister, conferred with the C.-in-C., Air Marshal Sir Thomas Williams. CANUCK IN KOREA: FjL. 0. Levesque (right) recently be- camethe first R.C.A.F. pilot to be decorated by the U.S.A.F. in Korea, receiving the Air Medal. On ex- change duty, he flies an F-86 Sabre. pressing again at once, and halves and out- sides all probed the R.A.F. line. Hardy, using the wind, found some excellent touches, and the R.A.F. centres in particu- lar had a shaky period of slow, unsure tackling. Encouraged, the Army threes tidied up their passing, and after one near miss in the corner scored three times in quick succession; twice through Hardy, Scott and Hyde, and the third time through forward Taylor, who was up to touch-down a loose ball. This try was converted by Edwards with the only good kick of many attempts during the afternoon. During this first part of the second half the R.A.F. achieved little but some frantic defence and an occasional individual rush. Towards the end, however, things livened up a little and twice Glyn John and Dal- gleish made excellent runs which came near to beating the Army defence. Unfortunately they could not seem to combine. Hay lengthened his passes in the later stages of the game, but neither of the R.A.F. halves seemed to be at his best. Rossiter in the forwards was frequently outstanding and both Little and Stirling were seen to do good work. The whistle came when 14 points to nil had been scored, almost all during the Army's brilliant spell in the second half. Both teams might well have added several points had kicking been better. Full credit must go to the Army GOOD LOSERS: The R.A.F. Rugger team (names below) who, as related above, were beaten by the Army in the final Inter-Service match. The Navy are winners of the tournament. (Back row, I. to r.), T. C. Atkinson (referee); Cpl. D. M. Baker (Langcoft); S/L. F. W. Higginson (Air Ministry,S.D.L.); Off./Cdt. S. D. Little (Cottesmore); A/C. R. E. Syrett (H.Q. Fighter Command); A/C. R. H. Williams (Spitalgate) ; F/L. R. J. H. Uprichard (Marham); F/O. S. T. H. Wright (Innsworth); A/C. D. M. Rose (ChurchFenton); W/C. S. G. Walker (touch judge). (Seated, /. to r.), F/L. A. A. Smiiles (Little Risiington); F/L. W.T. H. Hay (Cranwell); S/L. R. H. G. Weighill (captain) (Cranwell); F/L. R. V. Stirling (Cranwell): Cpl. E. E. RosiiterSutton Coldfield). (Front row. I. to r.), A/C. Glyn John (Compton Bus(tt); P/O. J. K. D»lglei«h (Ltuchars). outsides for their excellent tackling1 opportunism. Having won both their matches, the Royal Navy are this season's Tournament winners. The teams in the match here described were :— Royal Air Force.—Full back: F/L. A. A.Smailes (Little Rissington); Three-quarters: A/C. D. M. Rose* (Church Fenton); AC. Glyn John(Compton Bassett); PO. J. K. Dalgleish* (Leu- chars); Cpl. D. M. Baker (Langtoft); Half-backs:F L. R. J. H. Uprichard * (Marham); F/L. W. T. H. Hay (Cranwell); Forwards: F L. R. V. Stirling(Cranwell); S L. F. W. Higginson (A.M. (S.D.L.); FO. S. T. H. Wright* (Innsworth); Cpl. E. E.Rossiter (Sutton Coldfield); AC. R. H. Williams (Spitalgate); Off./Cdt. S. D. Little (Cottesmore);S L. R. H. G. Weighill * (Captain) (Cranwell)j A C. R. E. Syrett (H.Q. Fighter Command). « The Army.—Full back: Capt. J. M. H. Robert!(Captain) (The Welsh Guards); Three-quarterfl Pte. W. C. Major * (The Welch Regiment); Sgt.A. B. Edwards (R.A.E.C); Sfrt. D. M. Scott* (R.A.E.C); 2nd Lt. J. P. Hyde * (The Northamp-tonshire Regt.); HalJ-backs: Lt. E. M. P. Hardy* (The Duke of Wellington's Regt.); Lt. D. W.Shuttleworth • (The Duke of Wellington's Regt.); Forwards: Capt. A. G. C. Jones (R.E.); Lt. F. R.Beringer (R.E.); Lt. B. J. B. Hazel (R.A.E.C.); Maj. B. A. Neale • (R.A.); Pte. I. Zaidman(R.A.O.C.); Pte. D. S. Gilbert-Smith (The Duke of Wellington's Regt.); Cpl. P. J. Taylor (The Dukeof Wellington's Regt.); Trooper P. Batten (14th 20th Hussars). * International. Straight-lacedN O longer will the term "Wavy Navy" apply to the R.N.V.R., following a new Admiralty ruling for a fundamental change in the distinguishing lace worn by Naval officers as marks of rank. Wavy stripes will in future be worn only by officers of the Sea Cadet Corps and Com- bined Cadet Force. Broadly speaking, the new regulations provide that:— (a) "Qualified officers" of both the R.N.R. and R.N.V.R. will wear straight stripes and curl according to rank, similar to that worn by R.N. officers. Qualified status is normally only attainable in war. (b) Other officers of the permanent R.N.R. and R.N.V.R. will wear straight stripes and curl according to rank, similar to that worn by R.N. officers, but with a letter ' R inside the curl. Officers of the R.N.V.R. Air Branch will wear the letter "A" instead of the letter "R" inside the curl, (c) Tem- porary officers of all categories will wear straight stripes according to rank, similar to that worn by R.N. officers, but with a wavy curl instead of a normal R.N. curl. If these officers become fully "qualified they will exchange their wavy curl for a normal curl. Temporary Air Officers win wear an "A" in the curl. _ The traditional R.N.R. and R.NA'.K. buttons will be reintroduced at the Mine time. They differ only very slightly from R.N. buttons, but it is hoped that they ww help to maintain the esprit de corps ; 1 Reserves.
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