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PLIGHT, 11 'June 1054 775 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News Birthday Honours |"\N the occasion of the Queen's Birth- *** day, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve the following honours and awards to officers and men of the Royal Air Force: — ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commander.—Air Marshal Sir John Nelson Boothman, K.B.E., C.B., D.F.C., A.F.C.; Air Marshal W. L. Dawson, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. Companions.—A.V-M. H. H. Brookes, C.B.E., D.F.C.; A.V-M. J. G. Franks, C.B.E.; Act. A.V-M. P. D. Cracroft, A.F.C.; A.Cdre. R. Coats, M.A.; A.Cdre. K. B. B. Cross, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.; A.Cdre. D. G. Morris, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.; A.Cdre. E. L. S. Ward, D.F.C.; G/C. F. J. Manning, C.B.E. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (Mil. Div.) Knight Grand Cross.—Air Chief Marshal Sir John Whitworth Jones, K.C.B., C.B.E. (retd.). Knights Commander.—Air Marshal L. F. Pendred, C.B., M.B.E., D.F.C.; Act. Air Marshal G. E. Gibbs, C.I.E., C.B.E., M.C. Commanders.—Act. A.Cdre. M. D. Omman-ney; G/C. J. R. A. Embling, D.S.O.; G/C. W. F. Lamb, O.B.E.; G/C. C. V. Mears; G/C. P. T. Philpott, O.B.E.; G/C. C. F. G. Rogers, O.B.E.; G/C. A. A. Saw; G/C. E. A. Whiteley, D.F.C.; G/C. A. W. Younghusband (retd.). Officers.—W/C. T. Bradley; W/C. R. D. Elliott, D.F.C.; W/C. E. J. Harrington, B.Sc, A.R.C.S., D.I.C.; W/C. I. G. S. Hemming; W/C. W. I. C. Inness; W/C. D. S. Lindsay, D.F.C.; W/C. A. J. Payn, M.B.E.; W/C. J. F. Roberts; Act. G/C. J. B. Russell, D.S.O.; W/C. D. R. Stubbs, D.S.O., D.F.C.; W/C. C. E. Thurston; Act. W/C. F. Herbert, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E.; Art. W/C. M. G. Pearson; S/L. D. H. Beckett; S/L. J. A. Brignell, D.F.C.; S/L. R. A. N. McCready; S/L. R. H. Stephenson. (To be continued) New C-in-C. Far East '"THE Queen has approved the appoint- * ment of A.V-M. F. J. Fressanges, C.B., as Commander-in-Chief Far East Air Force, in succession to Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson, who is retiring from the R.A.F. A.V-M. Fressanges will take up his new post next November, with the acting rank of air marshal. Since May 1952, A.V-M. Fressanges has been Assistant C.A.S. (Intelligence) and before that was A.O.C. Aden. At the out break of war he was commanding No. 210 (Flying-boat) Squadron and later was attached to the United States Atlantic Fleet as adviser on anti-submarine warfare. From 1944 to 1946 he was A.O.C. No. 47 Group, Transport Command—the Group which was responsible for carrying the British members, including the Prime Minister, to the conferences at Casablanca, Cairo, Teheran and Yalta. BIRTHDAY HONOUR RECIPIENTS: (Left to right) Air Chief Marshal Sir John Whitworth Jones—G.B.E.; Air Marshal Sir John Nelson Boothman—K.C.B.; Air Marshal G. E. Gibbs— K.B.E.; and Air Marshal L. F. Pendred—K.B.E. OFF THE LINE: A new view of the first production Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant B.1 (four Rolls-Royce Avon RA.Hs), showing the under-wing tanks. Several production B.1s are now in being, but no order for the B.2, which flew at last year's S.B.A.C. Display, has been announced. NATO Channel Exercise TPHE major NATO maritime exercise in •*• the Channel Command (English Channel and Southern North Sea) of 1954 will take place between July 16th and 25th. It will be jointly directed by the Allied Commander-in-Chief Channel, Admiral Sir John Edelsten, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.B.E., and the Allied Maritime Air Com mander-in-Chief Channel, Air Marshal Sir John Boothman. Naval forces taking part will include minesweepers, escorts, fast patrol boats, submarines and auxiliary craft from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, together with United Kingdom maritime aircraft. The exercise, known as Haul, will be held in conjunction with Exercise Divi dend, the major air defence of Great Britain exercise, and with Exercise Winch, in which a United Kingdom Beach Brigade will be exercising the landing of stores on the Belgian beaches. The aim of Haul will be to exercise the forces of the Channel Command in their wartime roles, including minesweeping and anti-submarine and anti-E-boat war fare. Emphasis will be laid on exercising the liaison between the NATO maritime authorities and the national air defence forces concerned with the fighter defence of shipping. Royal Fly-past TTOMORROW, June 12th, as part of the * celebrations of the golden jubilee of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 96 air craft drawn from the five air divisions of the R.N.V.R. will pass over the Horse Guards Parade in salute to the Queen, who is reviewing the R.N.V.R. The flypast, which is timed to take place shortly after 3 p.m., will be led by Cdr. R. I. Gilchrist, M.B.E., who commands the Northern Air Division. It will comprise 48 Sea Furies from Nos. 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836 Squadrons, and an equal number of Fireflies from Nos. 1830, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844 Squadrons. Anti-Aircraft Ships TTHE first of the 22 anti-aircraft frigates * under construction at the beginning of the financial year in the Navy estimates is due to be launched this month from the Scott shipyards at Greenock.
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