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452 FLIGHT, 25 September 1953 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News The Battle of Britain Service YI/ESTMINSTER Abbey having been ~* closed since the Coronation, the Thanksgiving Service for victory in the Batde of Britain was held in St. Paul's Cathedral. The Queen was represented by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Baker, Vice-Chief of the Air Staff, and among many other high-ranking officers present were Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson, Chief of the Air Staff, and Lord Dowding, A.O.C.-in-C. Fighter Command in 1940. Canon L. J. Collins, who conducted the service, is the Chancellor of St. Paul's and was at one time a chaplain in the R.A.F. The Ensign was carried to the High Altar by W/C. P. Simpson, a Battle of Britain pilot. A service was also held at St. George's Memorial Chapel, Biggin Hill, at which representatives of squadrons stationed there in 1940 and bereaved relatives took part. The Duke at Ford "LT R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh is to J-A» pay a visit to the Royal Naval Air Station at Ford, Sussex, on Friday, Octo ber 23rd. R.A.F. Appointments HITHERTO Director of Operations (2) at Air Ministry, A.Cdre. D. N. Roberts, O.B.E., A.F.C., has been appointed Senior Air Liaison Officer on the United Kingdom Service Liaison Staff in Canada, from October. He will be succeeded by G/C. N. C. Hyde, C.B.E., who, as commander of R.A.F. Station, Binbrook, led the Canberra units in the Queen's birthday and R.A.F. Review fly pasts. G/C. Hyde will receive the acting rank of Air Commodore. In succession to A.Cdre. J. Warburton, who is retiring from the Service, A.Cdre. R. L. Kippenberger, C.B.E., has been appointed A.O.C. No. 64 (Northern) Group, Home Command. Born in New Zealand in 1907, A.Cdre. Kippenberger has, during the last 16 months, served in the organization branch of H.Q. Fighter Command. During the previous two years he commanded R.A.F. Station, Upwood. "Flight" photograph BATTLE OF BRITAIN FLY-PAST: One of the Miteor formathns passes over the Royal Air Force Memorial on the Thames Embankment. Third and First THE Squadron Standard will be presented to No. 7 Bomber Squadron at R.A.F. Upwood on October 9th by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond, G.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O., the Squadron's first commander. No. 7 Squadron will be the first bomber squad ron to receive its Standard, and the third squadron in the R.A.F. to do so. Nos. 1 and 600 (City of London) Squadrons were the first to receive Standards. "Bobbie" Yule IT is with regret that we record the death of W/C. R. D. Yule, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar, in a flying accident while practising for the Battle of Britain fly-past. He was 31 years of age. W/C. Yule was outstanding both in personality and as a pilot. He fought in the Battle of Britain and was given com mand of No. 66 Squadron at a very early stage in his career. At the time of his death he was Wing Commander Flying at Horsham St. Faith. R.Aux.A.F. Appointments TWO recent R.Aux.A.F. appointments announced by the Air Ministry are those of W/C. E. B. R. Lockwood, D.S.O., M.B.E., to command No. 3508 (County of Northumberland) Fighter Control Unit and S/L. J. A. Stephen to command No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron. W/C. Lockwood served for a while during the war in the capacity of an in structor but later, in the Middle East, he FROM TWO WARS: Watching the Battle of Britain fly-past from the roof of the Air Ministry are, left to right: Lady Dowding and Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding and Marshals of the Royal Air Force Lord Trenchard and Sir John M. Salmond. became a flight commander with No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Aux.A.F. His D.S.O. was awarded for outstanding leader ship and successfully directing six major attacks against well-defended targets. S/L. Stephen entered the R.A.F. as an apprentice in 1936 and was commissioned in the General Duties Branch in 1944. He has served with No. 137 Squadron in B.A.F.O. and in April last year became a flight commander of No. 19 Squadron. Laurence Minot Trophy "DOMBER COMMAND'S visual night -*-* bombing competition for the Laurence Minot Trophy was due to take place on the nights of September 21st and 22nd. Two crews from each of 20 squad rons were to make 800-mile flights to bomb the ranges at Nordhorn in Germany, and two of the ranges at Wainfleet, Lines, Berners Heath, Suffolk, or Otmoor, near Bicester. Two U.S.A.F. B-50 crews have accepted an invitation to take part. More than half the bombers competing this year will be Canberras. Remembering Arnhem A MEMORIAL to members of the British forces who died in the libera tion of the Netherlands in 1944-45 was unveiled in Arnhem by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands on September 17th. Among those present at the ceremony was Maj. Gen. R. E. Urquart, commander of the 1st British Airborne Division in September, 1944. After the ceremony a procession visited the area around the Rhine bridge where the airborne action was fought. At the same time 1,200 men of the 44th Parachute Brigade (TA) were dropped with their equipment in the Stan ford battle area in Norfolk; part of exercise "Kings Joker II," their jump commemorated the Arnhem action of which many of the men were veterans. Reunion T HE sixth annual reunion of No. 166 Squadron will be held in London on October 17th. Information and tickets, price 12s, from F. C. Tighe, 31 Mayo Road, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham.
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