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Aviation History
1954
1954 - 0041.PDF
1 January 1954 25 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News New Year Honours AMONG the names of R.A.F. senior • officers in the New Year Honours List, published today, are Air Marshals G. H. Mills and C. B. R. Pelly, both of whom are made Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath. These two officers are, respectively, C-in-C. of Bomber Com mand and of Middle East Air Force. Air Chief Marshal Sir John W. Baker (Controller of Aircraft, M.o.S.) is made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. Other Military Division honours, and civil honours, will be listed in our next issue. Education Adviser ON the resignation of Dr. Keith A. H. Murray from the office of chairman of the R.A.F. Education Advisory Com mittee his place will be taken by Sir Lionel Whitby, Master of Downing College, Cambridge. Sir Lionel is Regius Professor of Physics at Cambridge and was vice- chancellor of the university from 1951 to 1953. R.A.A.F. Graduation Parade T HE reviewing officer at the graduation parade of No. 3 Entry to the R.A.A.F. College, Point Cook, was the Governor General of Australia, Field Marshal Sir William Slim. He presented 24 awards for flying, academic and other activities at the college, the chief of which were: Sword of Honour, Air Cdt. W/O. P. K. Brown; Queen's Medal, Air Cdt. Sgt. B. T. HEADS IN LINE: No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., performs a not unworthy echelon to starboard. The leading Meteor, with squadron markings on the tail, is being flown by the CO., S/L. Desmond de Villiers, who is also chief test pilot to the Engine Division of de Havillands. Sweeney; Flying Trophy, Air Cdt. F/Sgt. P. A. Young. Passing out of the College were 11 pilots, two navigators and one technical cadet. The latter will go on to take a degree in aeronautical engineering at Sydney University. R.A.F. Appointments AMONG recent R.A.F. appointments ** are the following: Group Captains. —T. N. Coslett, O.B.E., to department of Air Member for Supply and Organization; A. Pyke, O.B.E., to H.Q. F.E.A.F. for technical and staff duties; D. M. Strong to R.A.F. Staff College directing staff; F. S. Stapleton to R.A.F. Flying College direct ing staff and W. R. Brotherhood to com mand R.A.F. Lindholme. Wing Commanders.—B. G. Meharg, A.F.C., to R.A.F. Gutersloh administra tive staff; G. C. Hibberd to department of the Chief of the Air Staff; A. E. Davies, O.B.E., to Ministry of Supply; M. C. F. Witty to air staff of No. 90 Group; J. M. Evans to Flying Training Command for air staff duties; J. Dowling, R.A.A.F., and D. W. Triptree, A.F.C., to Ballykelly. STINGER: Rarely nowadays do we have occasion to print a photograph of a Hornet, o type little seen in the United Kingdom. In Malaya and Hong Kong, however, it is still very much alive, as is shown by this attractive photograph from No. 80 Squadron's Christmas card. A. J. Hicks, A.F.C., to R.A.F. Horn- church; R. A. B. Tarns to H.Q. Technical Training Command; and J. H. Sindall, D.S.O., to H.Q. 2nd T.A.F.—all for ad ministrative staff duties; C. S. W. Harte to command R.A.F. Chilmark and E. B. O'H. Bennett to the department of the Chief of the Air Staff. R.Aux.A.F. Appointments "THE Air Ministry announces the -*• appointment of S/L. R. B. Davidson, D.F.C., to command No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, R.Aux.A.F.; S/L. E. Evans to command No. 609 (West Rid ing) Squadron, R.Aux.A.F.; S/L. J. H. Dodd to command No. 2616 (South York shire) L.A.A. Squadron, R.Aux.A.F. S/L. Davidson was first commissioned in the Royal Scots in 1939 and transferred to the G.D. Branch of the R.A.F. in 1941. After operational flying in the Middle East during 1943 and 1944 he returned to Britain and became a flying instructor at No. 9 Advanced Flying Unit until his release from service in 1945. In 1947 he joined the R.Aux.A.F. as a member of No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron and a year later went back into the Regular service. His D.F.C. was an im-' mediate award which he won in 1944 while flying R.P. Hurricanes with No. 6 Squadron, then known as the "Flying Tin Openers." S/L. Evans first enlisted in the R.A.F.V.R. in 1939 as an electrician but remustered for aircrew duties in 1941 and was commissioned in 1942. He, too, served in the Middle East—with No. 32 Squadron—until the end of the war in Europe. He left the Service for a short while but returned in 1946 and was later granted a permanent com mission. Recently he has been Senior Administrative Officer at Church Fenton, has served with No. 226 Operational Con version Unit and attended a course at the Central Fighter Establishment. S/L. Dodd has specialized in code and cypher duties. After being commissioned in 1943 he served at A.H.Q. West Africa, at H.Q. No. 298 Wing and, after returning to England, at H.Q. Transport Command. When released in May 1946 he joined the R.Aux.A.F. R.N. Bird-watching Society LAST month a small private exhibition was held in London of photographs and paintings by members of the Royal
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