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Aviation History
1953
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240 FLIGHT, 20 February 1953 SERVICE AVIATION . . . Russell, C.B.E., who is retiring from the Service. Another appointment is that of A. Cdre. J. M. Cohu, C.B.E., to be S.A.S.O. at No. 205 Group, M.E.A.F. To take up his new post, A. Cdre. Cohu leaves the Defence Research Policy Committee, on which he was the R.A.F. member. Canadian D.F.C. F OR his service in Korea, while attached for duty with the U.S.A.F., F/L. E. A. Glover has been awarded the D.F.C. His tour of duty included 50 operational sorties and he was officially credited with the des truction of three Mig-i5s and the damaging of two others. F/L. Glover served during the war with No. 1 Squadron, R.A.F. Turnhouse Commander A T present serving as personal staff • officer to Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry, C.-in-C. Fighter Command, W/C. W. G. Duncan Smith, D.S.O., D.F.C., has been appointed to command R.A.F. Station Turnhouse, Edinburgh. W/C. Smith has a Bar to his D.S.O. and two Bars to his D.F.C. R.A.F. Chaplain-in-Chief WITH effect from May 15th next, the Reverend A. S. Giles, O.B.E., Q.H.C., is to succeed the Reverend Canon L. Wright, C.B.E., Q.H.C., as Chaplain-in- Chief of the R.A.F. Canon Wright is retiring from the Service. First Raters BECAUSE the category "frigate" has ceased to be indicative of the differing capabilities of the various ships to which the name is applied, the Royal Navy is to return to the old terms of "first-raters" and "second-raters." "First-rate escorts" will include all anti-submarine and anti-aircraft vessels with speeds of 30 knots or more, whatever their displacement. Malayan Operations AIR strikes in Malaya by the R.A.F. and - R. A.A.F. during the month of January totalled 34, in which Lincolns, Hornets, Vampires and Sunderlands all took part. The chief targets were in the states of Selangor and Johore, in support of "food denial" operations by troops of the Camer- onians and Royal West Kent Regiment. Valettas, based on Changi and Kuala Lumpur, delivered 310,000 lb of stores to 153 dropping-zorjes. In addition a million and a half surrender leaflets were dropped. On January 28th the paratroop operation at Labis, North Johore, took place, and during the month six casualties were flown out of jungle clearings by helicopters of No. 848 Squadron, R.N., and the R.A.F. Far East Helicopter Evacuation Flight. Hack Trophy T HE annual award of the Hack Trophy to the best all-round University Air Squadron, goes for 1952 to the Queen's University Air Squadron, Belfast, with a marking of 86.9 per cent. Birmingham was second with 84.6 per cent and Manchester third with 84 per cent. W/C. E. J. Hack presented the Trophy in 1943. The competition consists of flying tests for six selected cadet officers— one from each "year"—a written examina tion for these cadets, and a detailed inspec tion of the squadron's ground and flying training facilities, organization and records. Marks are deducted for avoidable flying accidents. Naval Air Training in Canada THE Royal Canadian Navy is now train ing a group of Royal Navy officers for duty as naval observers in H.M.C.S. Shearwater, the observer school near Dartmouth, Novia Scotia. The school was opened last October to absorb an overflow from Britain, resulting from increased training requirements of NATO countries. It is intended to train 32 observers a year in the Canadian school. At present there are a sub-lieutenant and nine midshipmen of the Royal Navy undergoing the course. Future courses will have a percentage of Canadian enrolment. The first three months of the nine- month course are devoted to academic subjects, particularly mathematics and physics, and a grounding in air communi cations. The second three months cover basic navigation and maritime warfare, and the final phase is devoted mainly to advanced air navigation and allied subjects. Meteorology, photography, ship and air craft recognition and armaments are some of the other subjects taught. Flying experience is gained throughout the course in Grumman Avengers, and it is expected that almost 200 hours' flying time will be logged by each student. DARTMOUTH MARK //: Midshipmen of the Royal Navy receiving instruction at H.M.C.S. "Shear water," the Canadian naval air station at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with their instructor Lt. H. D. Buchanan, R.C.N., prior to take-off in the Grumman Avenger seen in the background. (See "Naval Air Training in Canada," on this page.) MOUNTING UP: FjS. K. Murray, serving with No. 77 Squadron, R.A.A.F., who has com pleted no fewer than 300 operational sorties on Meteor 8s in Korea. Several long-range cross-country exercises planned for later stages in the training will take the midshipmen to various Canadian and United States centres. The training received in Canada com prises the initial basic observer training in general subjects. The final anti-submarine practical instruction is continued in the United Kingdom—at Eglinton, in Northern Ireland. The Commanding Officer of the School is Lt. Cdr. (O) J. A Stokes, R.C.N. The Royal Navy has provided three observer instructors, three pilots and two Chief Aircrewmen as its share of the instructional task. Two in particular have a rich and varied naval aviation lore to offer the students. The senior instructor is Lt. Cdr. A. J. McCulloch, who has served for 27 years in the Royal Navy. He started his flying 20 years ago as a telegraphist air gunner. Another old hand is Senior Commissioned Observer Wallington, who joined in 1921 and logged his first flight six years later. He served on the staff of the Royal Navy's Air Gunner School in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, for a while in the Second World War. Inter-services Toboganning T HE inter-services toboganning event on the Cresta Run, St. Moritz, Switzerland, was won by the Royal Air Force. The combined times for three runs were : F/O. C. Mitchell, 143.2 sec; Major R. Dixon, 144.2 sec and Lt. W. H. Wenworth 144.7 sec- Reunion THE 31st all-rank reunion of No. 269 Squadron and R.N. Seaplane Bases Port Said and Alexandria will be held at Stewart's Restaurant, Old Bond Street, London, W.i, on April 25th at 6 p.m. Tickets are 13s 6d each, from W. C. Shilling, "Selgrove," Kewferry Drive, Northwood, Middlesex.
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