FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1952
1952 - 1605.PDF
1 I-^Xl L% *-* < ftllll !•"'•'• ' * r •/ «ta«,^ 3 ; *-r "••'• ^Bi •Hi* ^%l *•»!«» «•»"•*«& *'' i HgBg^lggyJ r5*s3 "*• "^^V* v -----li :-• !•••• BHV •^•f • •• mwm H^BVH - HALTON PRIZE-WINNERS: (Front row) F/S. Apf>. C. A. Mackenzie, A/'r Af>p. P. J. Midlane, Air App. G. T. Bedggood, Sgt. App. K. C. Brine and Sgt. App. I. G. Hilton. (Back row) Air App. A. W. Elsegood, Air App. K. J. Hobbs, L App. P. M. Goodwin, Cpl. App. I. E. Sinclair-Day, Cpl. App. A. R. Conway, L App. S. Hazzard and Cpl. App. G. R. Aspinall. On the right, fjS. App. Mackenzie, who was in charge of the parade, reports to the saluting base and asks Lord Tedder if he will inspect No. 62 Entry. "Flight" photograph SERVICE AVIATION . . . fighter pilot in the war. Her two squadrons are No. 802 (Sea Furies), commanded by Lt. Cdr. S. F. F. Shotton, D.S.C., R.N., and No. 825 (Fireflies), commanded by Cdr. C. K. Roberts, R.N. No. 62 Entry Graduates T HE reviewing officer at the passing-out parade of the 62nd Entry of apprentices at Halton on May 27th was Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder. With him on the dais were Air Marshal Sir John Whitworth Jones, A.O.C.-in-C. Technical Training Command; A.V-M. R. O. Jones, A.O.C. No. 24 Group; A. Cdre. J. G. W. Weston, Commanding R.A.F., Halton; G/C. D. O. Findlay, Senior Training Officer, Halton; and W/C. L. D. Dadswell, O.C. No. 1 Apprentice Wing. There is no parade (writes a Flight representative who was present) quite like a Halton passing-out parade. In precision it is equal to the best the professional soldiers can show, and yet it is entirely in the hands of the apprentices—none of the staff is on parade. This last Entry, although small—a reflection of the poor recruiting figures in 1949—was well up to standard. Even Lewis Mk 1, who had been brought out from retirement owing to the indis position of Lewis Mk 2, was quite up to standard and showed no sign of the irascibility usually associated with goats of his age. In his report on the 62nd Entry, the Commandant, A. Cdre. Weston, said that it arrived in June, 1949 at a strength of 126 boys. During the three-year course no fewer than 66 left the Entry because of discharge, sickness, transfer to other schools or recoursing to later intakes. Twenty-six apprentices, however, had been re-courscd from other entries, and this made a total of 86. Of these, five failed. Only two cadetships were awarded, F/S. App. C. A. Mackenzie receiving one in the General Duties branch, and Sgt. App. K. C. Brine the other in the Technical branch. Other prizewinners were : Mon-sigrtor Beauchamp Memorial Prize (best all- round apprentice), F/S. App. C. A. Mackenzie; Crebbin-Robinson Cup (best trades standard fitting test), Air App. P. J. Midlane; Elliott Memorial Prize (highest in English and general studies), Air App. G. T. Bedggood; Air Ministry Prizes: Highest in all subjects and highest in educational subjects, Sgt. App. K. C. Brine; highest in general service efficiency, Sgt. App. I. G. Hilton; highest average for practical fitting, Air App. P. J. Midlane. The best tradesmen in the trade stan dards test were : Airframe fitter, Air App. A. W. Elsegood; Armament fitter, Air App. THE OPEN ROAD: While at Halton last week Lord Tedder opened "Tedder Road," a new road of married quarters for other ranks. With him at the tape-cutting ceremony is A. Cdre. J. G. W. Weston, the Commandant at Halton. "Flight" photograph K. J. Hobbs; Electrical fitter air), L. App. P. M. Goodwin; Electrical fitter ground), Cpl. App. I. E. Sinclair-Day; Engine fitter, Cpl. App. A. R. Conway; Instrument fitter (nav.), L. App. S. Hazzard; Instrument fitter gen.), Cpl. App. G. R. Aspinall. Lord Tedder, in his address after distributing the prizes, referred to those who had passed-out that day as "survivors" —"a good thing," he added, "because the Royal Air Force must maintain its high standard." He also stressed the importance of team work, and to illustrate his point told the apprentices that in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization it was the airmen who were setting the pace for teamwork. It is interesting to note that the school now has a number of apprentices under training from Commonwealth Air Forces. These include New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma. No distinction of any sort is made, neither is there any segregation of any kind and all prizes are awarded widiout regard to which Air Force sponsors the, apprentice's atten dance at Halton. Halton'Colour Presentation F OR the presentation of the Queen's Colour to No. 1 School of Technical Training, which Her Majesty has signified her intention of making personally, it is intended to provide enclosures to enable a maximum number of ex-Halton appren tices to attend the ceremony. However, owing to space limitations, it is necessary to restrict invitations to those apprentices who have successfully com pleted their whole course at Halton and who are still serving with the R.A.F., or who have done so and are now retired on completion of full service. Even with this restriction it is expected that a ballot will have to be held for the places available. For this reason, also, it is regretted that invita tions cannot be extended to families. All eligible ex-apprentices who wish to receive an invitation should forward, not later than June 10th, the following details to the Personal Staff Officer to the Com mandant, No. 1 School of Technical Training, R.A.F. Halton, Buckingham shire : (a) Name, initials, Service number, rank and decorations; b) entry number at Halton; (c) present unit; d) address to which invitation should be sent. Applicants who are unsuccessful in the ballot will be notified; others will receive an invitation, which will include full information on routeing, parking and other arrangements. For those not included in the list of official guests, lunch will be available at a reasonable charge.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
