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1952
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786 FLIGHT, 27 June 1952 SERVICE AVIATION . R.O.C. Summer Camps ON Monday last, 450 men and 150 women observers from 39 groups of the Royal Observer Corps were due to meet at R.A.F. Waterbeach, in Cam bridgeshire, for the first of five consecutive 7-day camps. S.A.A.F. in Korea HPHE little-publicised No. 2 Squadron, •*• South African Air Force, recently completed 8,000 sorties in Korea. Pilot casualties in the unit now number 36 killed, missing or prisoners-of-war. Fifty-five aircraft havn been lost. North Weald History ANYONE who possesses photographs, or has knowledge of interesting items of information concerning R.A.F. Station North Weald, or units which have served there, is invited to communicate with the station adjutant. The intention is that all collected matter and illustrations shall be made up in the form of a scrapbook. Weather Beaten T HE winner of the Duncan Trophy for 1952 is No. 74 Sqn., with Nos. 1, 56 and 63 as joint runners-up. The Duncan Trophy does not, as might be thought, come from Scotland. It is, in fact, a two-handled silver cup presented to the Royal Air Force by Gen. Gervasi Duncan, C.A.S. of the Brazilian Air Force, to commemorate his visit to the R.A.F. in 1947. It is at present awarded to the day fighter squadron achieving the best all- weather flying record. In future, however, it is to be competed for by squadrons of the 2nd T.A.F. for efficiency in weapon training. Under this new arrangement there will be three gunnery contests for R.A.F. fighters in Europe: the Dacre Trophy for Regular squadrons of Fighter Command, the Cooper Trophy for R.Aux.A.F. squadrons of Fighter Command and the Duncan Trophy for fighter/bomber squadrons of 2nd T.A.F. No. 74 Sqn. is commanded by Major G. W. Milholland, U.S.A.F. BY JET TO STOCKHOLM : Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane with General Nordenskibld, chief of the Swedish air force, at Barkaby airfield near Stockholm. Sir Ralph had travelled in an English Electric Canberra to make a good-will visit to Scandinavia. has given a pew, each having at its head the command crest. The sanctuary carpet, a rare example of Isfahan weaving, has been presented by the Royal Pakistan Air Force, while the specially constructed sanctuary floor has been given by the officers and cadets of the College. Many donations towards the furnishing of the chapel have been received from relatives of those who lost their lives, and among other donations received are those from the Royal Navy, the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, the United States Air Force and the Hawker Siddeley Group. Benevolent Fund Expenditure THE R.A.F. Benevolent Fund spent £169,911 on all forms of assistance to serving and ex-Service personnel during the first three months of the year, an increase of £13,517 on the figure for the corresponding period of 1951. The number of cases helped totalled 6,497. In England 5,146 cases accounted for £147,477; 454 Scottish cases shared £6,593 j there were 313 Welsh: cases, who received a total of £7,3705 in Northern Ireland 115 cases accounted for £1,016; and 396 cases in the Republic of Ireland shared £3,445- Speaking recently, A.V-M. Sir John Cordingley, controller of the Fund, said : "I should like to emphasise that during the whole of 1951 the total amount received in donations and subscriptions from the general public and from members of the Royal Air Force was £249,622. Although this was an increase of more than £50,000 on the amounts received in 1950, it is a fact that public support still covers less than half our annual expenditure. For the rest the Fund must rely on income from invest ments and capital and, sad to say, the gap between income and expenditure continues to widen." Squadron Tie MEMBERS of No. 67 Squadron, both past and present, can obtain squadron ties on application to the Adjutant, No. 67 Squadron, c/o Information Division, Air Ministry, Whitehall, London, S.W.I. S/L. J. A. Kinnimont, D.F.C. and Bar, who has been appointed to command Australia's No. 77 Squadron in Korea. He won his D.F.C. in 1942 while flying Brewster Buffalo fighters against the Japs in Malaya. Cranwell Memorial Chapel . ON Sunday last the new memorial chapel at R.A.F. College, Cranwell, was dedicated by the Bishop of Lincoln, assisted by the Reverend Canon L. Wright, Chaplain-in-Chief, R.A.F. The chapel is to perpetuate the names of 477 cadets of the College who subsequently lost their lives in the last war. It is within the College building, on the second floor of the west wing, and is panelled in fumed oak, with carved pews of the same wood. The Roll of Honour is contained in a glass- topped case in an alcove at the end of the chapel farthest from the altar. Each operational command of the R.A.F. IN MEMORIAM: Princess Astrid of Norway unveiling, at North Weald, a memorial erected to the memory of Norwegians who died while fighting in the air over Britain. The monument, by Roar Carlsen, bears the inscription "A gift from Norwegians of Nos. 331 and 332 Squad rons, in gratitude for the hope and opportunities so kindly given at a difficult time." Behind Princess Astrid is Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor.
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