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1953
1953 - 1450.PDF
604 SERVICE AVIATION . . . R.Aux.A.F. Appointments AT a parade held at Biggin Hill on - October 4th, S/L. J. McR. Cormack took command of No. 600 (City of London) Sqn., R.Aux.A.F. He succeeded S/L. J. P. Meadows, D.F.C., A.F.C., who has retired from the R.Aux.A.F. S/L. Cormack was born on December 13th, 1924, and educated at Wellington College, Berks, and Trinity Hall, Cam bridge. He enlisted in the R.A.F. in 1943 and, after a short course at Cambridge, trained as a pilot in South Africa, receiv ing his "wings" in July, 1945. On release he went up to Cambridge, where he was a member of the C.U.A.S. and, after gradu ating, joined No. 600 Sqn. in November, 1948. The appointment is announced of W/C. E. M. Kerr to command No. 3605 (County of Warwick) F.C.U., R.Aux.A.F., at Casde Bromwich, Birmingham. W/C. Kerr was born in 1904 and, after serving from 1927 till 1940 in the Royal Corps of Signals, T.A., joined the R.A.F.V.R. to serve at No. 1 Signals Depot, and with Nos. 12 and 26 Groups. He joined the Aircraft Control branch of R.Aux.A.F. in 1949 and transferred to No. 3605 F.C.U. in the same year. Sir Robert Brooke-Popham T^HE funeral of the late Air Chief -*- Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham was held at St. Edburg's Church, Bicester, on October 23rd. The cortege came from Halton, and on arrival at Bicester die coffin was transferred to a Service trailer. The procession was headed by 30 officers and 300 airmen with arms reversed, fol lowed by a firing party. Air Chief Marshal Sir William F. Dickson represented the Air Council and die Royal Air Force. The pall-bearers were Marshal of the R.A.F. Viscount Portal, Field Marshal Lord Wilson, Mar shal of the R.A.F. Sir John Slessor and Air Chief Marshals Sir Christopher Courtney, Sir Arthur Longmore and Sir Roderic Hill. The service was conducted by the Rev. Canon A. S. Giles, Chaplain- in-Chief of die R.A.F. After the service the coffin was taken to Somerset for private burial. PLIGHT, 30 October 1953 A MODEL AIRCRAFT: At a recent ceremony Mr. John Gale, on behalf of the Hawker Aircraft Co., Ltd., presented a scale model of a Sea Fury to Commodore H. S. Royner, R.C.N., who commands the Canadian aircraft carrier H.M.C.S. "Magnificent." The model is ultimately to be displayed in the Maritime Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia. appropriate guard of honour had been chosen; it was provided by No. 600 (City of London) Sqn. and No. 2600 Sqn. R.Aux.A.F. Regiment—of which units the Queen Mother is Honorary Air Com modore. The guard of honour was commanded by S/L. J. M. Cormack, commanding officer of No. 600 Sqn., and was accompanied by the R.A.F. Central Band. The Lord Mayor gave special per mission for die Squadron's Standard to be paraded in the City on this occasion. Citizen Air Force Jets TN the near future No. 22 (City of Sydney) •*- Fighter Squadron, Citizen Air Force, will receive six Vampire fighters and two Vampire trainers at R.A.A.F. Richmond. This is die diird C.A.F. squadron to receive jets, and all squadrons will eventu ally be so equipped. No. 22 Sqn. will now relinquish its Mustangs but retain its Wirraways for basic training. Award of M.B.E. T HE London Gazette of October 13th announced the award of die M.B.E. to W/O. O. E. Currier, R.A.F., for his bravery when a U.S.A.F. aircraft caught fire after an accident at Kai Tak, Hong Kong. The citation, in part, reads: "Regardless of his own safety he seized the first available hose and, despite the intense heat, approached and remained close enough to the furiously burning air craft to direct a constant jet onto and through the main door to help to keep the flames back from the only exit for the pas sengers. By his prompt and deliberate actions W/O. Currier showed considerable personal bravery and inspired others to assist him in fighting die fire. He was later admitted to hospital for minor burns. W./O. Currier set a fine example and it was largely due to his courage and promptitude diat all twenty-two passengers escaped from the burning aircraft." Reunions I N in a recent reference to the 5th annual dinner of the R.A.F. Reserves Club, to be held on November 26th, it was stated that the price of the tickets was 17s 6d; diis should have read 27s 6d. The late Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert M. Brooke-Popham, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C. Home Fleet Carriers THE fleet carrier H.M.S. Eagle (Capt. A. N. C. Bingley, O.B.E., R.N.) wear ing the flag of Vice-Admiral J. Hughes- Hallett, C.B., D.S.O., Flag Officer Heavy Squadron, has arrived at Portsmouth from Invergordon and will prepare for opera tional flying training in the English Channel. H.M.S. Glory, die light fleet carrier (Capt. R. T. White, D.S.O., R.N.), is pre paring for service in the Mediterranean and will later sail for Malta to relieve H.M.S. Theseus (Capt. D.Mc.I. Russell, R.N.) now on her way home. R.Aux.A.F. Guard of Honour WHEN Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth die Queen Modier visited die City of London, which she was due to do on October 28th, to receive the freedom of die city she was the first parent of a reigning Sovereign ever to do so. A very THE DUKE AT FORD: During his visit to H.M.S. "Peregrine" (R.N. Air Station, Ford, Sussex) last Friday, the Duke of Edinburgh spent much of his time in conversation with aircrews. He is seen talking to Lt-Cdr. H. R. Spedding, with a Naval-Westland Sikorsky S-55 helicopter in the background.
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