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1952
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140 FLIGHT SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News Queen Presents New Badge AFTER seeing Princess Elizabeth and • the Duke of Edinburgh off on their tour of Australia and New Zealand yesterday, the Queen was to visit No. 600 Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., of which she is the Honorary Air Commodore, to present the unit with a new squadron badge. The new badge will incorporate the arms of the City of London and will be used in addition to the present badge which, with a sword and moon motif, illustrates the squadron's night-fighting role during the war. Thus No. 600 will be the only unit to hold the distinction of having two official badges. Air Equerries for Royal Tour TWO wing commanders have been appointed extra air equerries for the Australian and New Zealand tour by Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edin burgh. In Australia W/C. M. G. Cowan, D.S.O., R.A.A.F., Director of Postings, has been chosen and W/C. D. F. St. George, D.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F., will act while the Royal couple are in New Zealand. Appointments IT has been announced by the Air Ministry that A. V-M. R. L. Ragg, C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C., who for the past two years has been S.A.S.O. at H.Q. F.E.A.F. is to be Director General of Personnel (2). The present D.G.P., A. V-M. T. C. Traill, C.B., O.B.E., D.F.C., is to command No. 19 Group, Coastal Command. Another appointment from the Far East Air Force is that of A. Cdre. F. E. Lips comb, Principal Medical Officer, to be one of the two new Honorary Physicians to the King. The other medical officer to be so honoured is A. Cdre. R. H. Stanbridge, the Principal Medical Officer of Bomber Command. Two recent appointments in the W.R.A.F. are for G/Off. A. M. Muir to be W.R.A.F. Staff Officer, Technical Train ing Command and W/Off. E. M. Pitter, O.B.E., to be W.R.A.F. Staff Officer at H.Q. 2nd T.A.F. W/Off. Pitter will have the acting rank of Group Officer. AUSTRAL/AN AIR BOARD: Air Marshal Hardman, the new C.A.S. of the R.A.A.F., at his first meeting with the Air Board. The members of the Board, left to right, are:— Mr. J. N. A. Andrews, Acting Finance Member; A. V-M. F. M. Bladin, Air Member for Personnel; A. V-M. J. E. Hewitt, Air Member for Supply and Equipment; Air Marshal G. Jones, retiring C.A.S.; Air Marshal J. D. I. Hardman; Mr. F. Mulrooney, Secretary; Mr. E. Hicks, the new Secretary of Department of Air; A. V-M. F. C. Wackett. Air Member for Technical Services; G/C. J. Waddy, Citizen Air Force Member. New Air Attache' for Paris AFTER having been an air attache for a ^ longer period than any other R.A.F officer, A. V-M. R. A. George is retiring from his post in Paris. He will be suc ceeded by A. Cdre. J. G. Elton who, until recently, was the Commandant of No. 1 School of Technical Training, Halton. A.O.C. Delivers Meteor 10 THE intention of A. V-M. David Atcherley to fly out to the Canal Zone when he took over command of No. 205 Group was referred to in Flight Janu ary 18th. He took off from Abingdon, Berks, and flew via Istre (Marseilles), El Aouina (Tunis), Castel Benito (Tripoli) and El Adem (Libya) arriving at Fayid on January 24th. The Meteor which he flew was one of two long-range P.R.ios for delivery to Egypt. The other was flown out at the same time by S/L. T. Stevenson. R.N.V.R. Flying Times OF all the R.N.V.R. air squadrons, the unit to achieve the greatest number of flying hours in 1951 was No. 1832 Fighter Squadron, which is stationed at Culham, Oxford. They put in some 2,893 hours while the runners-up, No. 1831, had a total of 2,141 hours. No. 1840 totalled 1,757 hours, No. 1830 1,625 hours and No. 1833 1,527 hours. R.A.F.A. Membership NEARLY 20,000 new members were enrolled in the R.A.F.A. during 1951. In the 53 overseas branches there was an over-all increase of 17 per cent but the lapsed membership in Great Britain is still a cause for anxiety. A welcome windfall for the association's funds was a cheque for £1,000 from the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, presented by the society because the S.B.A.C. Display and the Battle of Britain Week coincided last September. More Forces for Canal Zone R EPORTS from Nicosia, Cyprus, state that the Third Division, stationed on the island, will go to the Canal Zone. The Scots Guards have already left by air in Hastings of Transport Command. No. 32 Squadron has also departed for Egypt. The light fleet carrier Ocean was due to dock at Famagusta from Malta on January 29th. R.A.F. Regt. Ten Years Old T HE Royal Air Force Regiment is ten years old today, having come into being as an airfield protection corps on Febru ary 1st, 1942. Its rifle, armoured car and light anti-aircraft squadrons served with distinction in all theatres of the last war— at times fighting in the front line with the Army. In recognition of the regiment's excellent record, the King became its Air Commodore-in-Chief in 1947. To mark the occasion, ceremonial parades are being held at all of the Regi ment's depots and establishments. At Catterick, Yorkshire, the salute will be taken by A. V-M. S. C. Strafford, Com mandant-General of the Regiment. To Command "Vengeance" T HE admiralty has appointed Capt. H. C. N. Rolfe, R.N., to command the light carrier H.M.S. Vengeance, which is ferrying stores, aircraft and personnel to the Far East. As far as Malta the ship will have on board about 100 ground crews for No. 809 R.N. Air Squadron. This unit, commanded by Lt. Cdr. D. H. Richards, R.N., is an all-weather fighter squadron, flying two-seater Sea Hornets. It is to fly out to Malta and will be based on the island for a few months. A.T.C. Flying Badge A IR TRAINING CORPS cadets who • qualify for their Private Pilot's Licences under the Air Ministry flying scholarships scheme are to receive a specially designed flying badge. During the next two or three weeks SPRING CRUISE: The carrier H.M.S. "Indom itable" shortly after leaving Portland Harbour at the start of the Home Fleet's spring cruise, during which combined exercises will be held with the Mediterranean Fleet. RSwSsSigsi
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