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1953
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27 November 1953 715 FRONTAL ASPECT: Although anvil clouds would obviously be more appropriate as a back ground for the Avro Vulcan, this head-on photograph by Paul Cul- lerne is impressive and emphasizes the sharply tapering wing and the huge air intakes, through which over 22 tons of air per minute have to pass. SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News Cranwell Scholarship Scheme TN the House of Lords, on Wednesday •*• of last week, the Secretary of State for Air outlined a scheme whereby parents who wish to send their sons to the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, but who can not afford to keep them at school long enough to gain the necessary entrance qualifications, would be able to obtain financial assistance from the Air Ministry. Normal entrance to the College, by com petitive examination, is at the age of 18, unless the applicant has sufficient passes in either the General Certificate of Educa tion or the Scottish Leaving Certificate. Without affecting the normal means of entry the new scheme will allow for 60 R.A.F. scholarships, the winners of which will be enabled to remain at school until the required qualifications are attained. The awards, which will be made four times a year, will be available only to boys whose parents or guardians are satisfied that they genuinely wish to make a perma nent career in the Service. Selection will ordinarily take place as the boys come into the age-group 15 years 8 months to 16 years, but in the first two competitions for places there will be extra scholarships available for older boys, up to 16 years 8 months. Applicants may be attending either independent, direct-grant or maintained schools. Applications should reach the Air Ministry (A.R.I), Whitehall, S.W.I, during December, March, June or September and each must be supported by the boy's headmaster. Before acceptance, candidates will be re quired to pass practical and written tests (including questions on cockpit presenta tion) to assess flying aptitude, a medical examination and an R.A.F. Selection Board. These tests will, as far as possible, take place before the applicant's 16th birthday. A stipulation is that all success ful candidates must become members of the Air Training Corps or the Combined Cadet Force as soon as possible, and must be prepared to attend training camps in school holidays if required to do so. Boys granted a scholarship will remain at school, pursuing the normal course of higher studies until they are 18—unless they qualify for entry to Cranwell before that age. During this two-year period parents or guardians will, according to their means, receive tax-free awards, and contributions to tuition fees if paid, at the following annual rate: Net income £ Below 700 700-899 900-1,099 1,100-1,299 1,300-1,500 Award £ 50 45 40 35 30 Percentage claim for tuition fees (£100 maximum) 100 90 80 70 60 The scheme, as is obvious, is primarily to produce officers for the General Duties branch; but it is possible that a boy might be accepted for the Equipment and Secretarial Branch if his medical category should change during training. A parent or guardian has to sign an agreement to reimburse the Air Ministry if a boy is withdrawn for "unacceptable reasons" (which are not specified). On the other hand, the Air Ministry commits itself to reserving a place in the College for all boys who qualify and remain medically fit. Awards pOR their work in the Korean theatre -*• of war as aircrew and groundcrew of Sunderland flying boats and A.O.P. and Light Liaison Austers the following per sonnel have been decorated. Distinguished Flying Cross.—S/L. J. T. Ormston, F/L. D. H. Clarke, F/L. K. J. Wells, Capt. P. F. Wilson (The Buffs), Capt. P. J. A. Tees (Royal Canadian Artillery*), Capt. K. Perkins (Royal Artillery). Distinguished Flying Medal.—Sgt. E. C. W. Tait, Staff Sgt. J. C. Rolley (Glider Pilot Regt.). British Empire Medal.— Sen. Tech. R. V. Pattrick. Mentioned in Despatches.—Capt. R. S. Deacon (Royal Australian Artillery). F/Sgts. D. Baird, J. A. Bown and R. J. Booth. Sgts. J. J. Regan, R. E. Tait, A. Evans, M. P. Hayward and D. G. Scarle. Cpls. F. D. G. Grogan, D. Fish and R. Ivins. L.A/C. R. T. Pugsley. The Queen has granted permission for 55 pilots of the Royal Australian Air Force to accept and wear American decorations also awarded for service in Korea. The pilots are all of No. 77 Squadron, R.A.A.F., flying Gloster Meteor 8 aircraft under the operational control of the U.S. Fifth Air Force. Fifteen of the pilots have since been killed or are missing. American D.F.C.—W/C. R. Susans, D.S.O., D.F.C. F/L. W. R. Bennett, D.F.C. F/O.s W. B. Rivers, D.F.C. and R. V. Oborn. American Air Medal.—W/C. R. Susans, D.S.O., D.F.C. S/L.s V. B. Cannon, E. W. Guy, D.F.C., J. J. O'Donnell, D.F.C., C. G. Thomas, D.F.C. F/L.s W. R. Bennett, D.F.C., L. B. Brown, L. L. Cadan, R. McR. Frayne, J. T. Hannan, K. A. Martin, D.F.C., P. M. Middleton, D.F.C., E. G. Ramsay, D.F.C., R. A. E. Taylor and V. L. J. Turner, D.F.C. F/O.s K. J. Blight, V. Drummond, W. M. Garroway, B. Gogerly, D.F.C., P. V. Hamilton-Foster, D.F.C., E. J. Myers, D.F.M., R. V. Oborn, D.F.M., A. Philp, D.F.C., W. H. Sim- monds, B. L. Thomson and K. G. Towner, D.F.M. P/O.s T. C. Armstrong, D.F.M., J. C. Kichenside, K. J. Murray, D.F.C., D.F.M., J. N. Parker, D.F.M. W/O.s K. G. Hill and W. Middlemiss. F/Sgts. F. R. Blackwell, F. T. Collins, J. A. Evans, C. G. King, D.F.M., G. W. Lushey, D.F.M., M. A. Outhwaite and P. Zupp. Also awarded the American Air Medal, but posted as missing, are—F/L. M. A. B. H. A. Browne-Gaylord, D.F.C. and P/O.s E. D. Armit, M. E. Colebrook, D.F.M., and B. T. Gillan. Posthumous awards of the same medal were made to— F/L.s W. V. Gray and I. G. S. Purssey, D.F.C. P/O.s A. J. Avery, D.F.M., L. A. C. Cowper, I. R. Cranston, D. N. Robertson, R. G. Robinson, K. D. Smith, R. A. Strawbridge, D.F.M., J. L. Surman and Sgt. R. Robson. U.L.A.S. Annual Dinner TPHE annual dinner of the University of •*• London Air Squadron, held at the Park Lane Hotel, London, on November 17th, was the occasion of a good deal of merriment and some very fine speech- making. The guests of the squadron included for the first time the Chancellor of the University, the Earl of Athlone, as well as the Secretary of State for Air, Lord de LTsle and Dudley, ¥.C. Others present included Sir Henry Tizard, the dis tinguished aeronautical scientist; Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson, Chief of the Air Staff; Air Chief Marshals Sir Hugh P. Lloyd, Sir Francis J. Fogarty and Sir Roderic M. Hill; and Air Marshals Sir Dermot A. Boyle and H. T. Lydford. When attention had at length turned from earnest occupation with an excellent dinner to the lighter contemplation of port and cigars, the squadron's commander, W/C. A. W. Heward, O.B.E., D.F.C.,
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