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1951
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%6 November 1951 635 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News Royal Investiture AMONG more than 300 men and womenL who received decorations and awardsfrom the Duke of Gloucester, holding an investiture on behalf of the King, were Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh P. Lloyd and Air Chief Marshal Sir George Pirie. Both re- ceived the K.C.B. Sir Hugh is A.O.C-in-C. Bomber Command and Sir George is head of the Air Force Staff, British Joint Ser- vices Mission to the United States. At the same investiture, which was held on November 7th, Capt. A. Bolt, R.N., who commanded H.M.S. Theseus in Korean waters, received the D.S.O. Promotion THE promotion of Air Marshal SirArthur P. M. Sanders, K.B.E., C.B., to the rank of Air Chief Marshal is announced in a R.A.F. supplement to the London Gazette. Sir Arthur has been a member of the Air Council since November, 1948, and is at present Deputy Chief of the Air Staff with responsibility for inter-Service policy and planning and co-operation with Common- wealth and Allied air forces. Skyraiders for the Navy T'HE first shipment of Douglas Skyraiders •*- to the Royal Navy, under the U.S. Military Aid Programme, arrived at Glas- gow by the S.S. American Clipper last week. IN GRAND HARBOUR: The aircraft carrier, H.M.S. '•Warrior" made a short stop at Valetta, Malta, on her way to the Far East with reinforcements. With other deck cargo will be seen Fairey Fireflies, Hawker Sea Furies and a Supermarine Sea Otter. At a ceremony held in the King George V dock, the four aircraft were handed over by Rear Ad. W. F. Boone, U.S.N., Deputy C-in-C. Eastern Atlantic, to Rear Ad. W. T. Couchman, R.N., Flag Officer Flying Training. A party of naval officers and ratings has been in the United States this last summer, training in the operational use and maintenance of the Skyraider. The Skyraider, of which "substantial numbers" are promised to the Royal Navy, is a standard American strike aircraft, modified for long-range search purposes and equipped with radar. Its primary use in the CANAL ZONE PATROL: Sgt. J. Marshall climbs aboard his Vampire for a reconnaissance over th troublesome Suez Canal area. Under the Egyptian sun the cockpits get extremely hot. Every jet take-off produces a miniature sandstorm. Royal Navy will be for anti-submarine operations. A photograph of the type appears on page 624. R.I.A.F. AppointmentH IS MAJESTY'S Government have made available to the Government of India the services of A. V-M. G. S. Gibbs, C.I.E., C.B.E., M.C., for appointment as Chief of Air Staff and C-in-C. of the Royal Indian Air Force. Assuming the acting rank of Air Marshal, A. V-M. Gibbs will take up his new appointment from mid- December. In this post he succeeds Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, who has held the appointment since last February. Wings Presentation in Canada ON the 30th of last month, 25 officersbecame the first R.A.F. trainees to get their pilot's wings in Canada since the end of the wartime British Commonwealth Air Training plan. In a parade at Gimli, Manitoba, in company with 33 R.C.A.F. students, they received their badges from Air Marshal W. A. Curtis. The R.C.A.F. Scroll of Honour, awarded to the student graduating first in order of merit, was won by P/O. W. H. Orrell, one of the R.A.F. officers. Dramatic Helicopter Rescue A NAVAL Aviation crew, Sub. Lt.M. D. MacMillan and Obs. 1st Class J. Hancox, occupants of a Firefly recently shot down 50 miles behind the lines in Korea, were rescued in a most dramatic fashion by the U.S.N. helicopter from the Australian carrier H.M.A.S. Sydney. It was a race against darkness and the fuel range of the rescuing and protective air- craft. The Firefly was hit during a successful bombing sortie against a railway tunnel, north of the Han river. Sub. Lt. Mac- Millan made a wheels-up landing in a rice paddy field. There was doubt whether a helicopter could reach the two men and get back before darkness. At 1620 hr, however, H.M.A.S. Sydney sent off her helicopter. A second, shore-based, helicopter was also
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