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AT TANGMERE: The Queen leaves the R.C.A.F. Canadair C-5 after bidding the Duke of Edinburgh farewell before he left for Canada. (Right) Flying the Duke's personal standard, the C-5 taxies from the apron to the take-off point. SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News The Duke's Canadian Flying F OR his tour of Canada, the Dukg of Edinburgh left Tangmere, England, for Ottawa on the evening of July 28th in a Canadair North Star C-5 of xhf Royal Canadian Air Force. The Queen, with the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, with whom she j^as staying, were at the airfield to see dip aircraft take off at 1922 hr. The GZ5 arrived at Keflavik at 0051 hr, July/59th and stayed for 90 minutes to refuei^Defore leaving for Goose Bay. He arrived**!: Ottawa at 0930hr. Various aircraft ar/being used to enable the Duke to fulfil fArery busy programme. From Ottawa hejwas due to go to Chalk River by Otter/ reverting to the C-5 to travel to RiveiS and Victoria. His journey from Kitimat to Sandspit is due to he made by a Canso and this amphibian/will also be used for touring the northjern areas. The journey south to Quebec fa Churchill will again be by C-5, whichj^ill also be used for travelling the final stage from Knob Lake to Goose Bay but me journey from Mile 80 to Knob Lake will be by Dakota. W/C. H. A. Morrison, R.C.A.F., has been appointed Captain of the Duke's Flight. Cranwell Passing-out Parade THE flag of SHAPE flew alongside that * of the R.A.F. over the R.A.F. College, Cranwell, on July 27th, when General AM. Gruenther, Supreme Commander, Allied Esrces, Europe, reviewed the passing-out parade of No. 62 Entry. The entry consisted of 45 flight cadets, of whom seven were destined for the Equip ment Branch and two for the Secretarial Branch. After presenting the Sword of Honour and the Queen's Medal to F/Cdt. Sen. U/Off. P. H. Stanning, General Gruenther recalled in a speech that he himself had taken part in a very similar parade at West Point in 1918. On that occasion it was announced that the course due to graduate in 1921 would instead pass out on November f 1st, 1918; and the Germans surrendered just 11 days after that date. He did not expect that the present Entry would have a similar effect on a future conflict, but he did stress the fact that the cadets would find themselves more than ever engaged in operations alongside officers of other NATO nations. He went on to say that no nation could now stand by itself, and that the'R.A.F., which he con sidered second to none, would play a major part in the defence of peace. After the parade, General Gruenther inspected the College Flying Wing on the north airfield (the south airfield is at present out of commission while a runway is constructed to accommodate Vampire Trainers), and planted a tree in the College grounds. Among the distinguished guests present at the ceremony were Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, D.C.A.S., Air Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle, A.O.C-in-C, Fighter Command, and a number of officers from the R.C.A.F., the U.S. Army, and the U.S.A.F. After lunching in the College, General Gruenther departed in his personal Constellation. Prizewinners: F/Cdt. &en. U/Off. P. H. Stanning, Sword of Honour, Queen's Medal, A. G. Fellowes Memorial Prize, United Ser vices Institution Award; F/Cdt. Sen. U/Off. E. D. Frith, Philip Sassoon Memorial Prize; Sen. F/Cdt. I. D. Brimson, R. M» Groves Memorial Prize, Hicks Memorial Trpjfoy; Sen. F/Cdt. C. P. James, Air MinistrWPrize for Equipment Studies; Sen. F/Cdt^JS. M. Richard, Dickson Trophy and Miclufel Hill Memorial Prize; F/Cdt. Sen. U/Off. I. H. Keppie, J. A. Chance Memorial Prize; Sen. F/Cdt. A. Dufton, Air Ministry Priz£ for Secretarial Studies; Sen. F/Cdt. A. J. W. Whitaker, Air Ministry Prize for Imperial and War Studies. World Parachuting Championships U NDER the charge of W/C. J. R. W. Blyth, A.F.C., who has himself made over 1,000 jumps, four instructors/from No. 1 Parachute Training School are forming part of the British teanrf in the World Parachuting Championships held from August 2nd to 8th at St. Jzn airfield, France. They are: F/L. Wf T. H. Hay, F/Sgts. H. Wood and A. Qfrd and Sgt. T. Maloney. In reserve arePySgt. D. Sutton and Sgt. N. Hoffman. yThe civilian mem ber of the team is Ayf. Harrison. Sir Raymond Quifter is piloting his own D.H. Rapide, from which the drops are being made aija Major T. W. Willans is the despatched: Capt. Huggins is operating the DeccajFlight Log used for dropping. Mr. JoruyBeadle, chief project engineer of die G. Q. Parachute Co., Ltd., is doubling as "tnet" man and statistician and Mr. Frarik Dodd is seeing to 'chute repairs and packing. Exercise Medflex B CHIPS of six navies, French, Greek, ** Italian, Turkish, British and United States, took part in Exercise Medflex B, which was held in the Ionian Sea and Malta areas from July 20th to 23rdf' Overall control was in the hands^'of Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, C-in-C. Allied Forces, Mediterranean. The opposing sides were called^ Orange and Blue, the former comrjrfanded by Admiral Girosi (Italy) and Admiral Lappas (Greece), andyfhe latter by Admiral Altincan (Turiefey). Blue head quarters were at Jltalta, and Orange (enemy headquaneTs) in Athens. Only in Admiral M^fintbatten's headquarters were the twercommanders' plans simul taneously known. The opening rounds of the exercise were mainly concerned with manoeuvring BRITAIN'S WEST POINT: General Alfred M. Gruenther, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, takes the salute during the passing- out parade of the 62nd Entry at R.A.F. College, Cranwell.
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