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Aviation History
1956
1956 - 0031.PDF
6 January 1956 31 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News Half-yearly Promotions ., IN the half-yearly list of promotions tak-ing effect from January 1st, Air Marshal Sir Dermot A. Boyle, K.C.V.O., K.B.E., C.B., A.F.C., is appointed Chief of the Air Staff and promoted to the rank of air chief marshal, in succession to Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William F. Dickson, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C. The following air vice-marshals in the General Duties Branch are promoted to air marshal: D. Macfadyen, C.B., C.B.E., Sir George R. Beamish, K.C.B., C.B.E. (acting air marshal), and Sir Bryan V. Reynolds, K.C.B., C.B.E. (acting air marshal). Birthday HonoursT HE New Year Honours list, published last Monday as a special supplement to the London Gazette, includes the names of a number of R.A.F. recipients of honours in the military divisions of the various orders. Among names of senior officers in the Honours List is that of Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry (Commander, Allied Air Forces, Central Europe), who is appointed a Knight Grand Cross in die Order of the Bath. In the same Order, Knights Com- manders are Air Marshal L. Darvall, who until recently was Commandant of the NATO Defence College, and A.V-M. D. Macfadyen, Commandant of the R.A.F. Staff College. ORDER OF THE BATH (Mil. Div.) Knight Grand Cross: Air Chief Marshal SirBasil Embry, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. Knights Commanders: Acting Air MarshalL. Darvall, C.B., M.C.; A.V-M. D. Macfadyen, C.B., C.B.E.Companions: A.V-M. D H. F. Barnett C.B.E., D.F.C.; A.V-M. A. Earle, C.B.E.A.V-M. W. M. L. MacDonald, C.B.E., D.F.C. Act. A.V-M. W. J. M Akerman, C.B.E.A. Cdre. G. Bearne; A. Cdre. G. J. C. Paul D.F.C.; G/C. J. M. Birkin, D.S.O., O.B.E.D.F.C., A.F.C., R.Aux.A.F.; Act. A. Cdre! R. A. C. Carter, D.S.O., D.F.C. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE(Mil. Div.) Knight Commander: A.V-M. L. J. V. Bates,C.B., C.B.E. (Retd.). Commanders: A. Cdre. Alick Foord-Kelcey,A.F.C.; Act. A. Cdre. G. A. M. Knight, M.B., B.S., D.L.O.; G/Off. M. H. Barnett, O.B.E.,W.R.A.F.; G/C. A. J. Biggar; G/C. M. Q. Candler (Retd.); G/C. P. A. Lombard, D.F.C.;Act. A.V-M. A. C. Kermode, O.B.E., M.A., F.R.Ae.S., A.D.C.; G/C. D. I. P. MacNair;G/C. C. J. Mount, D.S.O., D.F.C.; G/C. P. H. R. Saunders; G/C. A. W. Taylor (Retd.). Officers: Wing Commanders J. O. Barnard;G. W. Emeny, B.E.M.; R. C. Fordham, M.B.E., A.F.R.Ae.S.; F. L. Jenkins, M.B.E.; Act. G/C.Thomas William Kean, A.F.C.; Wing Com- manders P. H. Lcgg, B.Sc., A.F.R.Ac.S.; C. N.Foxley-Norris, D.S.O.; F. J. Robinson, D.F.C.; J. Seldon; S. T. Underwood; G. W. Whittaker,D.S.O., M.A. (commission relinquished); W/C. I- C. Hover; W/C. N. MacMillan, M.C.,A.F.C., R.A.F.V.R.; S/L. W. T. Dunlop; S/L. C Holdway, A.F.C.; S/L. T. McGreevy;S/Off. P. F. MarshaU, W.R.A.F.; S/L. P. R. Robinson; S/L. B. R. R. Snape; F/L. E. J. A.Stephenson. Members: S/L. M. Hermiston, A.F.R.Ae.S.;S/L. W. J. Randall; Act. S/L. R. B. Evans, R.A.F.V.R.; Act. S/L. A. F. Ransford; FlightLieutenants R. N. Archer; K. Ellis, B.Sc; C. Glossop; A. R. G. Jackson, A.F.C.; F. C. S. Jones; Fit/Off. M. J. Lincoln, W.R.Aux. A.F.;F/L. R. G. Preece; F/L, R. G. Robertson, R.Aux.A.F.; Fit/Off. S. H. Scott, W.R.A.F.;F/L. W. Stringer; F/L. A. L. Tauwhare; F/L. G. B. Tyler, B.Sc., D.C.Ae.; F/L. S. J.Wandrag; Rab Tremma Abood Karim (Retd.), ex-R.A.F. Levies, Iraq; F/L. J. A. M. David-son; F/L. R. J. Lloyd, R.A.F.V.R.; F/O. L. Boyle; F/O. A. H. Norman; Rab EmmaShlimon Bukko (Retd.), ex-R.A.F. Levies, Iraq; M. Pit. A. E. Heath; Warrant OfficersW. M. Allardyce; J. Beer; J. Bishop; A. E. Brown; T. A. Bryant; J. T. Campbell; R. F.Cooper; J. Douds; F. J. Finlay; G. V. Halliday; B. Harbourne; H. A. Jude; A. Kinnaird, M.M.;F. T. McCrory; J. W. Mason; P. H. Mason, B.E.M.; D. Moor; W. F. Perry; W. E.Robinson; J. Sharpe; E. E. Smith. Further awards (A.F.C.s, B.E.M.s, Queen's Commendations, etc.) will be printed in our next issue. R.A.A.F. Senior AppointmentsF * is announced that A.V-M. W. L. Hely, C.B.E., A.F.C. has been appointed Air Officer Commanding, R.A.A.F. Training Command, Melbourne. For the past two years he has been Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, R.A.A.F. At Training Command he replaces A.V-M. A. M. Murdoch, C.B.E., whose appointment was recently announced as the first Assistant Secretary Military in the Australian Department of Defence. A. Cdre. C.T.Hannah, C.B.E.,R.A.A.F., has been appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at the R.A.F.'s Far East Air Force Head- quarters in Singapore. This appointment has been given to an R.A.A.F. officer by agreement between the R.A.F. and the R.A.A.F. as part of the plan to integrate Australian officers in those R.A.F. Head- quarters which will control the operations and training of R.A.A.F. units serving in Malaya. In 1953 A. Cdre. Hannah became the first Director-General of Personnel and was appointed C.B.E. in the 1954 Birthday Honours List. He has just returned to Australia after attending the 1955 course at the Imperial Defence College. The appointment is also announced of W/C. I. J. Roberts, who now becomes Senior Air Staff Officer at R.A.A.F. Over- seas Headquarters in London. For the past two years he has been Staff Officer to the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sir John McCauley, K.B.E., C.B. Junior Harness "VTEW seat harness, designated lap-strap -L* Type Y, has been developed to cater for children riding in the rearward-facing seats of R.A.F. passenger aircraft. The harness consists of a standard lap-strap with a special short belt for children in- corporated with it. It will be fitted in Valettas and Hastings as well as in Bever- leys. This is believed to be the first case of the introduction of such a harness in either civil or military flying. 1,000 Jet Hours THE first R.A.A.F. pilot to complete1,000 hours in jet aircraft is F/O. T. Stoney, of No. 2 O.T.U., Williamtown, N.S.W. At present he is flying Avon- Sabres. Much of his early jet experience was gained during the Korean war in Meteors of No. 77 Sqn., and he has now flown three types, Meteor, Vampire and Sabre. F/O. Stoney flew with Nos. 456 A new portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry, who commanded Allied Air Forces Central Europe until his retirement on Decem- ber 31st. Sir Basil's successor is Air Chief Marshal Sir George Mills. and 35 Sqns. during the war and re- enlisted in 1948. No. 10 Squadron "CARLY this year No. 10 Squadron will *~' be presented with its Standard, and for the occasion a full history of the squad- ron is to be compiled. Accordingly, F/O. B. A. Mellor is anxious to contact all ex- members who have information and/or photographs which may be of interest. He assures us diat every care will be taken of the material sent to him at No. 10 Squad- ron, Royal Air Force, c/o Air Ministry, and all photographs, etc., will be returned where requested. "One of the Few" Raised £10,000 AN appeal for the Royal Air Force **• Benevolent Fund made last Batde of Britain Sunday by an anonymous pilot described simply as "One of the Few" has, it is now announced, raised £10,015. Among the 8,265 people who sent money were 2,055 anonymous donors. Air Ministry Appointments '"FAKING up the post of Director of -*• Operations (Bombing and Recon- naissance) at the Air Ministry this month is G/C. B. K. Burnett, D.F.C., A.F.C., who, for the past 18 months, has com- manded the V-bomber station at R.A.F., Gaydon, Warwickshire—No. 232 Opera- tional Conversion Unit, which trains Valiant crews for Bomber Command. G/C. Burnett himself qualified as a first pilot on Valiants. Born at Hyderabad and educated at Charterhouse and Oxford, G/C. Burnett joined the O.U.A.S. in 1932 and was granted a permanent commission in the R.A.F. two years later. After a period with No. 18 (Bomber) Squadron, he took the specialist navigation course and in 1937 joined the Long Range Development Unit. He was co-pilot, a year later, of one of the Wellesleys which established a new world long-distance record by flying non- stop the 7,162 miles from Ismailia to Darwin. For his part in this flight, G/C. Burnett was awarded the A.F.C. When war broke out in 1939 he was on the staff of H.Q. Advanced Air Striking Force, and later served with Nos. 1 and 4 Groups. He was given command of a Whitley bomber squadron (No. 51) in
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