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Aviation History
1954
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30 July 1954 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News u 159 ide-de-Camp to the Queen i N July 20th it was announced that the Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sanders, K.C.B., K.B.E., as her Air Aide- de-Camp. In this>new appointment, vhich takes effect ^fom April 19th last, sir Arthur succeeds Air Chief Marshal Sir William jiffiott, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., ;.B.E., D.F.jSf, who has retired from the Joyal Air I Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sanders ssent the Commandant of the mpenal Defence College, a post which he took ujp after being C-in-C. Middle East jr Force. Before that he was Deputy fciief, and later Vice-Chief, of the Air Staff. He was C-in-C. B.A.F.O. for a year, during which the Berlin Air Lift was started. loyal Presentation ^ N Friday last, at Buckingham Palace, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh pre- ented a Squadron Standard to No. 601 County of London) Squadron, l.Aux.A.F., of which he is the Honor- ry Air Commodore. Commanding the Darade was S/L. C. C. McCarthy-Jones, LF.C, the CO. of the unit, and the Central Band of the R.A.F. was in attend- mce. Precisely to time the squadron paraded in the lawn at the rear^of the Palace and :he new Standard wa4 uncased and laid icross the piled drittns. As the Duke lescended the step/* from the terrace he vas received with a royal salute. He then nspected the squadron—which included a light of former members of the Squadron trading in civilian clothing. Then camethe dedication of the Stand ard by the/Rev. Canon A. S. Giles, Ihaplain-itf-Chief of the R.A.F. In the juietude df the service it was difficult to ealize jfiat this ceremony was taking ilace ir/the centre of the world's greatest T«y. a'rom the Palace grounds only Jawnsj trees and grassy banks are to be and the turmoil of the surrounding necropolis provided only a gentle back- AT THE PALACE: The newly presented No. 601 Squadron Standard is marched past H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh at the conclusion of the ceremony. ground against the summer song of the birds. At the close of the service G/C. G. £. Eveleigh, O.B.E., ,&e Station Commander at North Weald, handed the Standard to the Duke, who jfi turn presented it/ to the squadron; die bearer was P/O. /T. P. A. Norman (one of three brothers ist 601). The Duke ttf'en briefly addressed the parade and X$c Squadron Commalider replied. Nexf followed what was perhaps the most impressive part of the ceremony—the receiving of the Standard with a general salute as it was marched on in slow time to the centre of the parade. In accordance with custom the presen tation ended with three cheers for Her Majesty and three more for the Honorary Air Commodore. This was followed by a march-past in first quick and then slow time, with a final advance in review order. Cranwell Goes Holidaying "CLYING takes but a very utilitarian part -*- in the summer leave of the cadets of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell. Six cadets proposed to canoe across the Channel on *he first favourable oppor tunity after July 28th, and intend to return the same way after spending a day or two in France. Eleven other cadets are canoe ing on the Thames and Severn and four more have travelled by air to Wiesbaden to start a trip down the Rhine to Holland. Going farther afield are twelve cadets of the College's pot-holing section. Under P/O. J. Barnard, a former cadet, they are going to Valence in -Stance, where they will explore caves jwth the local French club. It is hopMTthat the big cave of Luire will be injmided in the itinerary. An even dte fortunate five cadets are due to fly uf Nairobi, whence, under the leadershiprof a member of the R.A.F. Safari Quib, they hope to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanganyika.. They plan, also, tp return via the Amboselli game reserve, watching and photographing the animals to be seen there. The Benevolent Fund I N the 34th report of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, the Controller, A.V-M. Sir John W. Cordingley, revealed that expenditure on assistance in 1953 was £588,364, of which £172,774 repre sented the expenditure on education. Cases totalled 22,752 and of these 7,907 applicants were assisted for the first time. Since the Fund was first founded in 1919 by Lord (then Sir Hugh) Trenchard NOW IN COMMISSION: Last week the Duchers of Kent visited the new aircraft carrier "Centaur," which she launched at Relfast in 1947. In this photograph Her Royal Highness is taking the salute at a march past by the ship's company. I / k J, i
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