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1955
1955 - 1641.PDF
762 FLIGHT, 11 November 1955 SERVICE AVIATION . . . Acting Pilot Officers and will spend someten months in Canada training alongside men of the Royal Canadian Air Force andother NATO countries. St. Edward's Memorial Window A STAINED-GLASS window com-**• memorating old boys of St. Edward's School, Oxford, who lost their lives whileflying with the R.A.F. during the war is to be unveiled in the School MemorialLibrary on November 19th. Designed by Mr. Hugh Easton, whowas responsible for the Westminster Abbey and Biggin Hill Battle of Britainmemorial windows, it will be unveiled by Air Chief Marshal Sir John WhitworthJones, a former Member of the Air Council and a Governor of the School. It hasbeen given by the Air Council, and paid for by money allocated from the RoyalAir Force Prize Fund. It will be formally presented by the Air Member for Per-sonnel, Air Chief Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty. The Air Council has also endowed ascholarship of £40 a year, named after W/C. G. P. Gibson, V.C., D.S.O., D.F.C.,an old boy of the school. Better known as Guy Gibson, he won the Victoria Crossafter leading No. 617 Squadron in the attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in1943. The scholarship award will be made to the son of a serving officer of theR.A.F. for the duration of the time at the school, the first being awarded in Septem-ber 1956. A prospectus giving full details may be obtained from the Warden, St.Edward's School, Oxford. The Whittle PrizeF IRST winner of the Whittle Prize,given to the R.A.F. Technical College, Henlow, by A. Cdre. Sir Frank Whittle,is ex-Technical Cadet (now P/O.) Donald James Grant. Subject of his essay waselectrical power systems for future Service aircraft. In offering the prize to theCollege Sir Frank Whittle wrote: "A pre- liminary idea is that it should be used foran essay on 'future developments in air- craft design,' the title I used for my Cran-well thesis which really marked the start- ing point of my work on the jet engine."The prize, to be competed for annually by Henlow Technical Cadets in the third Mr. Peter Birch, D.F.C. (right), Rolls-Royce representative in Australia, presents to A.V-M. A. M. Murdoch, C.B.E., the Rolls-Royce Shield, to be awarded annually to the best engineering apprentice at the R.A.A.F. School of Technical Training at Wagga. and last year of their training, consists ofsuitably inscribed and specially bound books. P/O. Grant's essay will appear inthe October issue of the R.A.F. Technical College Journal. He was educated atSouthfield Grammar School before enter- ing the College. R.A.F. Winter Sports /~\PEN to all past and present members^-' of the three Services, their families and friends, is the Winter Sports HolidayScheme of the Royal Air Force Ski and Winter Sports Association. This year theAssociation has seven parties going out to Zermatt between December 22nd andMarch 30th. Travel will be by rail or air, and whenever necessary more than one air-craft will be used. Advantages are the unlimited use of all ski lifts and chair lifts,as well as the full length of the Gornergrat mountain railway. Four hours' ski schoolis included every day for ten days. Dur- ing January and at the end of March theinclusive charge is £38 10s, including third class return fare. The air fare and theextra night in Zermatt is £2 15s more. Brochures concerning the scheme areobtainable from S/L. P. D. O. Coryton, Honorary Secretary, R.A.F. Ski andWinter Sports Association, No. 1 Officers' Mess, R.A.F. St. Athan, Barry, Glamor-gan, South Wales. Exercise "Cracker Jack" AN air defence exercise will be con-**• ducted jointly this winter by the United States and Canada. In order tolend a note of realism to the exercise, the opening date will be announced only afterthe exercise has begun. The purpose of "Cracker Jack" is to provide radar track-ing and interception practice to defending forces. Elements of the U.S.A.F.'sStrategic Air Command will penetrate the northern radar screen. Land/Air Warfare ShowD URING a senior officers' study periodat the R.A.A.F. School of Land/Air Warfare, a demonstration of various tactical techniques was given at the MornaPoint operational training area near New- castle, N.S.W. Australian Canberras made dummymedium-altitude bombing runs and were attacked by Avon-Sabres. Hastings car-ried out paratroop and supply drops, Meteors fired rockets and dropped napalm;and it was reported that jeeps and light field guns were dropped by parachutefrom R.A.A.F. Lincolns. R.A.F. Appointments TPHE following continues recent lists of -1 Royal Air Force appointments as announced by the Air Ministry:— G/C. D. L. Amlot, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C.,to R.A.F. Staff College, Bracknell, for direct- ing staff duties; G/C. G. D. Garvin to H.Q.No. 25 Group, for air staff duties; G/C. D. I. P. Macnair to H.Q. 2nd Tactical Air Force, forjoint liaison staff duties; G/C. A. B. Riall, O.B.E., to R.A.F. Regiment Depot, to com-mand; G/C. P. G. St. G. O'Brian, O.B.E., D.F.C., to H.Q. Fighter Command for airstaff duties; G/C. R. J. Oxley, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C., to R.A.F. Dishforth to command;G/C. C. A. Watt to R.A.F. West Kirby to command; G/C. A. H. McM. Hely, O.B.E.,to H.Q. Far East Air Force for administrative staff duties; G/C. T. S. Kennedy, O.B.E., toH.Q. Allied Air Forces Central Europe for staff duties; G/C. I. B. Newbigging, D.F.C.,to Air Ministry for duty in Department of C.A.S. Reunion A REUNION dinner of No. 79 (F.R.)-**• Squadron is being held at the Officers' Mess, R.A.F. Wunstorf, on November26th. Any ex-squadron officers wishing to attend will be most welcome. Furtherinformation can be obtained from the squadron adjutant at R.A.F. Laarbruch, 2nd A.T.A.F., B.A.O.R. 43. ... •*. - With one of the squadron Meteor 8s at Biggin Hill are these officers of No. 675 Squadron, R.Aux.A.F.: (L to r.) F/L. J. W. C. Judge, F/O. G. I. Smith, S/L. R. A. Eeles (commanding officer), F/L. P. V. Pledger, F/L. M. A. D'Arcy and F/O. J. A. Vivian. Leader of the aero- batic team is F/L. Judge. His No. 2 is F/O. Vivian, No. 3 F/O. Smith, and No. 4 F/L. Pledger.
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