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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 0031.PDF
FLIGHT, 7 January 1955 31 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News New Year Honours THE names of a large number of officers-*- and airmen of the Royal Air Force ap- pear in the New Year Honours List, pub-lished in the London Gazette. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur P. M. Sanders, Com-mandant of the Imperial Defence College, is promoted in the Order of the Bath toG.C.B., and Air Marshal Sir Harry Broad- hurst, C-in-C. 2nd T.A.F., to K.C.B. In the Order of the British Empire AirMarshal L. G. Harvey, A.O.C.-in-C. Maintenance Command, becomes a KnightCommander and both Air Commandant N. M. Salmon, Director of the W.R.A.F., andAir Commandant R. M. Whyte, Matron- in-Chief, P.M.R.A.F.N.S., become DameCommanders. The complete Service list is as follows(civil Honours are listed on the preceding page).: — ORDER OF THE BATH (Mil. Div.)Knight Grand Cross: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur P. M. Sanders, K.C.B., K.B.E., A.D.C.Knight Commander: Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, K.B.E., C!B., D.S.O., D.F.C.,A.F.C. Companions: A. V-M. C. L. M. Brown,O.B.E., A. V-M. W. G. Cheshire, C.B.E., Act. A. V-M. A. F. Hutton, C.B.E., D.F.C.,Act. A. V-M. L. T. Pankhurst, C.B.E., A. Cdre. C. G. Lott, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., A. Cdre.W. C. Sheen, D.S.O., O.B.E., and Act. A. Cdre. D. R. Evans, C.B.E., D.F.C., ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE(Mil. Div.) Dames Commanders: Air Commandant R.M. Whyte, R.R.C., Q.H.N.S., P.M.R.A.F.N.S., and Air Commandant Nancy Marion Salmon,O.B.E., A.D.C., W.R.A.F. Knight Commander: Act. Air Marshal L. G.Harvey, C.B. Commanders: A. Cdre. M. S. Shapcott,A. Cdre. A. H. Wheeler, O.B.E., G/C. J. B. Altham, G/C. A. L. Derry O.B.E., G/C. A. G.Dudgeon, D.F.C., G/C. M. H. Dwyer, G/C. A. L. Holland, The Rt. Rev. M. P. J.O'Connell, G/C. J. D. T. Revell, G/C. J. M. Thompson, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C., and G/C.C. Turl, O.B.E., D.S.M. Officers: G/C. H. E. Bufton, D.S.O., D.F.C.,A.F.C., W/C. F. G. Foot, W/C. A. K. Furse, D.F.C., W/C. C. C. Howes, W/C. J. E. Allen- The spacious bomb-bay of a Coastal Command Shackleton, from which, in this photograph, mail and supplies have just been dropped to the meteorological ship "Weather Recorder," stationed 300 miles south of Iceland. Each year special efforts are made by Coastal Command aircrews to deliver Christmas and New Year mail to the weather ships. Jones, W/C. W. N. Kenyon, A.F.C., W/C. R.C. Pearson, W/C. E. F. Pippet, W/C. R. A. Roy, W/C. C. F. N. Seaman, W/C. R. D.Williams, Act. W/C. J. Finch, D.F.C., A.F.C., Act. W/C. J. H. Pool, M.D.B.S., R.A.A.F.,S/L. E. C. Bennett, D.F.M., S/L. F. W. M. Jensen, D.F.C., A.F.C., S/L. A. C. Morris,S/L. J. R. Oswald, S/L. S. W. Timmis, S/L. A. L. Walker and Act. S/L. F. Kasz,R.A.F.V.R. (To be Continued) R.A.F. Promotions IN the half-yearly list of promotions tak-ing effect from January 1st, both Air Marshal F. J. Fressanges, C.B., and AirMarshal T. G. Pike, C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., are confirmed in their rank. They areC-in-C. Far East Air Force and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff respectively. Three air vice-marshals also confirmedin rank are: J. G. W. Weston, C.B., O.B.E., A.O.C. No. 90 Group; L. W. C. Bower,C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C. S.A.S.O., Fighter Command; A. F. Hutton, C.B.E., D.F.C.,B.A., M.I.Mech.E... S.A.S.O. Technical Training Command. The following air commodores are pro- moted to the rank of air vice-marshal: J.Cox, O.B.E., D.F.C., A.O.C. Ceylon; E. M. F. Grundy, O.B.E., S.A.S.O. BritishJoint Services Mission, Washington; A. D. Selway, C.B., D.F.C., Air Attache, Paris;A. Earle, C.B.E., Director of Policy (Air Staff); J. C. Neely, C.B.E., D.M., B.Ch.,M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.O.M.S., D.O. (Oxon), Q.H.S., Consultant in Ophthalm-ology, C.M.E. Group captains promoted to air com-modores are: K. J. Mclntyre, C.B.E., D. M. T. Macdonald, C.B., H. Eeles, C.B.E., F. A. Pearce, C.B.E., M. W. S. Robinson,C.B.E., W. E. Oulton, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., R. A. R. Rae, O.B.E., S. C. Wid-dows, D.F.C., J. Worrall, D.F.C., L. P. Moore, C.B.E., W. D. J. Michie, D. A.Wilson, A.F.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.M.R.E., D.M.R., F.F.R., and L. M.Corbet, C.B.E., M.B., B.S. The following wing commanders arepromoted to the rank of Group Captain: fR, E. Drake, O.B.E., A.F.C., W. G. Old-bury, O.B.E., D.F.C., J. E. Innes-Crump, W. I. C. Inness, O.B.E., P. Fleming,O.B.E., K. S. Batchelor, D.F.C., G. V. In the Honours List: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sanders—G.C.B.; Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst—K.C.B.; Air Marshal L G. Harvey— K.B.E.; Air Commandant N. M. Salmon—D.B.E.; Air Commandant R. M. Whyte—D.B.E.
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