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1954
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628 FLIGHT SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News Malaya Awards T^HE London Gazette of May 4th an--•• nounced a number of awards for gallantry and distinguished service in Malaya. A.V-M. F. R. W. Scherger, C.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C., R.A.A.F., is appointed a C.B., and G/C. C. M. Champion de Crespigny, R.A.F., a C.B.E. F/L. H. J. Bell-Walker, A.F.R.Ae.S., R.A.F., Lt. (E) A. W. Lloyd, R.N. and W/0. G. W. F. Powell, R.A.F., are all made M.B.E. Six officers receive the D.F.C.—W/C. C. C. F. Cooper, R.A.F., F/O. C. P. Flavell, R.A.F., F/L. D. M. Fleming, R.A.F., F/L. K. Kingshott, R.A.F., Lt-Cdr. S. H. Suthers, D.S.C., R.N., and Lt.-Cdr. J. E. Breese, R.N. Sgts. G. J. Turley, R.A.F., and R. I. Cross, R.A.F., are both awarded the D.F.M. The B.E.M. is awarded to F/S. G. May, R.A.F., Sgt. R. A. Thompson, R.A.F., Sgt. J. H. Swan, R.A.F., Act. Sgt. J. Williams, R.A.F., Ch.Air Art. W. G. Keen, R.N., and Ch.Pty.Off. P. J. Hunt. The following have been mentioned in despatches:— S/Ls. P. A. Alt, N. C. R. Cowan, D.F.C., C. J. Hayne, A. St. J. Price, F/Ls. G. T. Cherry, A. J. Clarke, W. J. Dowd, L. H. Lake, R. R. Mac- ON THE MALL: The scene in Malta as the Queen unveiled the memorial to 2,301 members of the Commonwealth Air Forces who lost their lives in the Mediterranean area and have no known graves. The memorial is situated on the Mall, between the towns of Flohana and Valletta. Donald, M.B., Ch.B., C. H. Sanderson, S. D. Singleton, G. M. Wade, E. Webster, D. W. White, W/O. J. C. Fitzsimmons, F/Ss. W. S. Bodys, M. Burdett, C. F. Framingham, F. E. Kyte, G. Walmsley-Moss, A. J. Rand, C/Tech. B. W. C. Ford, Sgts. D. Farmer, T. Peacock, R. Williamson, Act.Sgt. S. D. Bissett, Cpls. R. E. Bell, W. E. H. Dodman, N. E. Fuller. D. L. Hickling, G. P. C. Moore, T. Murphy, Senior Aircraft men D. M. A. Williamson, G. A. Machen, Leading Air craftmen R. B. P. Baxter, C. R. Branston, D. J. Selfe, J. H. Smith. A-V-M. Scherger has been A.O.C. Malaya for the past year—a period of intensive operations—and G/C. Cham pion de Crespigny has com manded R.A.F. Station Tengah since the end of 1951. W/C. Cooper commands a squadron in Malaya and during the period for which these awards were made (June 1st to November 30th, 1953) he led no fewer than 142 strikes. The awards made to F/O. Flavell, F/L. Fleming and Sgt. Cross are all for exceptional work as aircrew in supply dropping. F/L. Kingshott has completed BOMBER COMMAND MEMORIAL: This window in the Airmen's Chapel of Lincoln Cathed ral was unveiled on Saturday last by Air Marshal Sir George Mills; it is in memory of the 55,000 men of Bomber Command who lost their lives in the war. Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Arthur T. Harris, the war-time C-in-C. of Bomber Com mand, was present. two-and-a-half years in the command, during which period he has made a number of special flights as captain of a Sunderland and conducted other special operations at great distances from his base over a protracted period. Sgt. Turley has made over 100 strike sorties and has demonstrated an exceptional ability as a marksman and in being able to locate small targets in jungle areas. The Naval officers and petty officers re ceiving awards are all members of No. 848 Squadron, the helicopter unit. Lt.-Cdr. Suthers, the commanding officer, trained the squadron before going to Malaya. The unit has a magnificent record and has been responsible for carrying over 10,000 troops into various jungle zones. On one occasion, when flying an American official, Suthers experienced a complete engine failure. With great skill he landed in a paddy field without damage to the aircraft. Lt.-Cdr. Breese flew over 400 hours with No. 848 Squadron in Malaya, on many occasions making extremely difficult flights to evacuate casualties from jungle clearings. An article by him, describing the work of the unit in Malaya, appeared in our helicopter issue last March. Staff College Commandant AFTER having been Director of Policy - (Air Staff) for the past two years, A. Cdre. D. W. Lane, C.B.E., has been appointed Commandant of the R.A.F. Staff College, Andover. A. Cdre. Lane's career has been very varied. He entered as an apprentice and was awarded a Wakefield scholarship to Cranwell. In the early part of the war he served on the organization staff at the Air Ministry and later commanded Stradishall. In 1944 he was A.O.A. No. 85 Group. Since the war he has commanded Hab-baniya and attended a course at the Im perial Defence College.
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