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1953
1953 - 0156.PDF
154 FLIGHT, 30 January 1953 SERVICE AVIATION . . . Oundle and Rugby before becoming, in 1949, Rector of the Royal College, Mauritius, which appointment he has resigned to go to Cranwell. R.A.F. Appointment AFTER serving at the Air Ministry for L the past two years as Director of Equipment (A), A.V-M. B. E. Essex is going to Maintenance Command as Senior Air Staff Officer. The appointment will take effect from April 1st. 15,000 Korean Sorties IN the two-and-a-half years during which No. 77 (Fighter) Squadron, R.A.A.F., has served in Korea, it has completed over 15,000 individual sorties, 11,000 of which have been made on the Gloster Meteors that replaced the N.A. Mustangs. No. 77 is now commanded by W/C. J. R. Kinnin- mont, D.F.C. Battle of Britain Week THIS year, Battle of Britain Week will be observed from September 14th to the 20th. As in past years, September 15th is Battle of Britain Day, on which ceremonial parades and the usual fly-past will take place. The R.A.F. "At Home" day, when a selected number of stations will be open to the public, is fixed for Saturday, Septem ber 19th. R.A.F. Half-yearly Promotions THE following list of officers receiving promotion as from January 1st is in continuation to that published on January 16th, page 83 :— TECHNICAL BRANCH. Air Vice-Marshal to Air Marshal —R. O. Jones, C.B., A.F.C., B.A., D.I.C., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.Ae.S. Air Cot.imodore to Air Vice-Marshal—R. G. Hart, C.B., C.B.E., M.C., A.M.I.E.E., A.R.C.S., H. W. Heslop, C.B., O.B.E., A.F.R.Ae.S. Group Captain to Air Commodore.—H. Ford, A.F.C., B.A., T. U .C. Shirley, C.B.E., A.D.C., A.M.I.E.E, A.F.R.Ae.S. Wing Commander to Group Captain.—A. P. Chamberlain, B.Sc.(Eng.), D.I.C., F. E. Stokes, M.A., A.F.R.Ae.S., E. M. T. Howell, J. E. Kirk, O.B.E. Squadron Leader to Wing Commander.— L. T. Wright, O.B.E., S. W. Byrne, W. J. Gale, I. E. Hill, L. Wakelin, C. R. C. Howlett, F. E. Ludgate, A. H. Hewitt, L. F. Woolcott, H. F. Davis, S. F. Mitchell, M.B.E., A.F.R.Ae.S., A. C. Nisbet, W. R. Owen, M.B.E., V. F. Wallace, J. T. Main, O.B.E., T. B. Jones, H. H. C. Hester, A.F.R.Ae.S., C. H. C. Down, HONOURED GUEST: Air Marshal Sir Basil £. Embry, A.O.C.-in-C. Fighter Command (right), was the principal guest at a dinner held at Sutton-on-Hull to celebrate the appointment of Mr. G. W. Odey, M.P. (second from left), as Hon. Air Commodore of No. 3505 Fighter Control Unit, R.Aux.A.F. The CO. of the squadron, W/C. A. V. Duffill, is on the left and next to Sir Basil is Col. Lord Middleton, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire. M.B.E., J. J. Dennis, O.B.E., R. H. C. Sampson, P. W. Nunn, A.F.R.Ae.S., E. J. Watts, M.B.E., A. Murray, P. C. Wright, M.B.E. Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader.— T. de T. MacDonald, R. Duckworth, J. G. Coward, M.B.E., H. C. Flemons, K. H. Wallis, T. U. Dunn, A.F.R.Ae.S., H. Simpson, A. S. Wickins, D.F.C., J. Harvey, G. B. Weston, M.A., P. D. Cherry, D.F.C., D.F.M., A. H. Hope, R. J. Mitchell, M.B.E., A.M.I.E.E., D. D. Thompson, L. A. Marland, H. A. Pook, H. D. Steger-Lewis, W. F. G. Withers, J. C. Dixon, E. N. Beswick, M.B.E., W. Muirhead, A.M.I.Mech.E., R. Los, M.B.E., D. W. Munro, M.B.E., B.E.M., F. W. Evans, R. Tillyard, D. L. Hart, C. F. Whitelock, W. A. Cormack, M.B.E., F. H. Fearnside, C. W. Chesney, M.B.E., H. W. Jarrett, J. F. Humphreys, A.M.I.Mech.E., L. M. Courtenay, T. S. Wilkinson, B. Lock, B.E.M., G. E. Lazzary, T. M. G. Bury, D. R. Levinson, B.E.M., C. Jordan, T. D. Spencer, W. H. Phipps, K. E. Christensen, H. Woolstencroft, D.F.C., H. J. Parker, D.F.M., K. Hellawell, W. C. Hawken, M.B.E., A. Fraser, F. G. Thouard, D. A. Tierney, L. Cottingham, D.F.C., M. F. Hatton, R. J. Franklin, M.B.E., M. G. Bourdaud'hui, E. J. Brimblecombe, F. Roman, M.B.E., L. H. Evans, G. S. Gough, A.M.I.E.E., L. R. Miedzybrodzki, A.F.C. IN SERVICE : Boulton Paul Balliol 7.2 trainers (Rolls-Royce Merlin 35) which are now in service at No. 7 Flying Training School, R.A.F. Cottesmore, Rut/and. H. G. Jordan, D.S.O., P. M. S. Hedgeland, M.B.E., B.Sc.(Eng.), A.C.G.I., A.M.I.E.E., B. F. Fermor, D.F.C., J. S. Palmer, A. P. Morgan, D.F.C., G. Morgan, G- Satherley, L. J. A. Theobald, R. G. Seymour, T. Taylor, S. M. Davidson, A. P. Harvey, G. L. Quirk, D. G. Dunphy, W. M. Smedley, B. O. RatclirTe, J. H. Ramsden, G. V. R. Jones, A.F.R.Ae.S., W. Sykes, O.B.E., J. B. Yates, A.F.R.Ae.S., D. K. Kempston, A.F.R.Ae.S., E. Burchmore, M.B.E. EQUIPMENT BRANCH. Air Commodore to Air Vice-Marshal.—B. E. Essex, C.B., C.B.E. Group Captain to Air Commodore.—M. S. Shapcott. Wing Commander to Group Captain.—K. T. Nicklin, O.B.E. Squadron Leader to Wing Commander.— R. F. B. Guy, A. W. Heath, A. J. Goatly, O. R. Toyne, M.B.E., E. F. Hales, A. M. R. Ramsden, O.B.E., I. G. H. Drummond, H. C. D. Blasbery. Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader.— V. R. D. Borman, R. K. Simmonds, R. C. Hogg, T. J. Partridge, A. F. Betts, A. Childs, J. T. Prentice, W. E. Barrow, C. H. Clarke, J. A. Reddington, G. J. Matthews, C. Murray, C. H. Tamsett, A. G. West, A. J. Dicker, M.B.E., H. J. Ovens, H. F. Whiteman, S. McKeith, R. H. Knight, W. R. Hart, H. Gill, D. G. A. Valentine, J. F. Baker, G. W. Bennington, D.F.M., T. R. I. R. Sanceau. Flight Officer to Squadron Officer, W.R.A.F. —I. B. West. (To be continued) Reunions A REUNION of ex-members of No. 458 Squadron, R.A.A.F., is being held in London on February 28. The organizer is Mr. P. W. Pettit, 46 Mecklenbury Square, London, W.C.i. A second northern reunion of past mem bers of No. 166 Squadron and R.A.F. Station Kirmington is to be held in Man chester on Saturday, February 28th. Parti culars from F/L. F. G. Tighe, 31 Mayo Road, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham. No. 56 Squadron will hold its first re union dinner since the war at Claridges Hotel on March 4th. Lord Trenchard and Lord Tedder have both accepted invita tions to attend. The function is being organized by W/C. G. Maxwell, G/C. H. Dundas and S/L. R. Spooner, the present commanding officer. Members wishing to attend should write to S/L. R. Spooner, R.A.F. Station, Waterbeach, Cambridge.
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