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1956
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13 January 1956 63 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News Senior Officers' Conference THE first senior officers' conference oninternational affairs, to which all NATO nations were invited, ended onJanuary 6th at Christ Church, Oxford. Canada acted as the host nation and Mr.H. S. C. Archbold, Current Affairs Adviser to the Canadian Forces in Europe,directed the proceedings. Mr. Archbold stated, "This is the first such conferenceheld by any nation of NATO, and it is expected that these will be held annually,with Canada acting as the host nation." A.O.P. Efficiency Trophy THE Air Observation Post EfficiencyAward for 1955 will be presented to No. 663 A.O.P. Squadron, Royal AuxiliaryAir Force, at R.A.F. Castle Bromwich on Friday, January 27th. The award—asilver cup donated by the A.O.P. Officers' Association—will be handed to thesquadron commander (Maj. H. B. War- burton, M.B.E., D.F.C., R.A.) by BrigadierW. J. Norman-Walker, O.B.E., Brigadier Royal Artillery, Western Command. Thesquadron, which is based at R.A.F. Hooton Park, Cheshire, has detachedflights at Ringway (Manchester), Llan- dow (Glamorgan) and Castle Bromwich.In the near future the Llandow flight will be moved to R.A.F. Station St. Athan,Glamorgan. Benevolent Art AS the result of a one-man exhibition of**• paintings of aircraft, railway scenes, factories and landscapes, the sum of £102has been raised for the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund. The exhibition, for which Parsonsand Sons made their galleries available, was given by Mr. David Shepherd, youngestmember of the Society of Aviation Artists, last October. A.V-M. Sir John Cordingley,Controller of the Fund, said recently that the sum represented a share of theproceeds from the sale of Mr. Shepherd's paintings. In addition, the Fund received£13 from the public attending the exhibition. Royal Air Force Appointments 'THE following are among recent Royal ••- Air Force appointments announced by the Air Ministry:— G/C. A. G. P. Brightmore to Headquarters, Second Tactical Air Force, for air staff duties; G/C. O. M. Berkeley, O.B.E., to Air Ministry, for duty in the Department of the Air Member for Supply and Organization; G/C. H. W. Penney, C.B.E., to Air Ministry, for duty in the Department of the Air Member for Supply and Organization; W/C. R. E. C. J. Beeny, O.B.E., to R.A.F. Compton Bassett, to command (with acting rank of group captain); W/C. J. R. Whelan, D.S.O., D.F.C., to R.A.F. Topcliffe, for flying duties; W/C. D. H. Cross to Head- quarters, Coastal Command, for administrative staff duties; W/C. P. L. Crowell to R.A.F. Biggin Hill, for technical duties; W/C. A. R. Glading to Air Headquarters, Levant, for Air Staff duties; W/C. H. W. Lamond to R.A.F. Syerston, for flying duties; W/C. G. H. S. Smith to R.A.F. Benson, for flying duties; S/L. J. C. Forbes, D.F.M., to R.A.F. Linton-on- Ouse, for flying duties (with the acting rank of wing commander); S/L. C. M. Gibbs, D.F.C., to the R.A.F. Staff College, Bracknell, for directing staff duties (with the acting rank of wing commander); S/L. R. B. Lord, A.F.C., to R.A.F. Oakington, for administrative duties (with the acting rank of wing commander); S/L. W. G. Meachen to Headquarters, No. 3 Group, for air staff duties (with the acting rank of wing commander). "Alfa Bravo" for R.A.F. AIRCREWS, air traffic control staffs and**• other members of the R.A.F. will be occupied during the next three months inre-learning the new phonetic alphabet adopted by I.C.A.O. and NATO. As theR.A.F. has widespread commitments in NATO and shares world-wide civil avia-tion facilities it has been decided to adopt the new alphabet for use in the Service.It will come into use on March 1st, and use of the present "Able Baker" alphabetwill be discontinued from that date. Air Commodore AppointmentsT HE appointment is announced ofA. Cdre. J. R. Hallings-Pott, C.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C., as Air Officer Command-ing, No. 62 Group, Home Command, with effect from January 16th. His predecessorat No. 62 Group, A. Cdre. M. H. Dwyer, will become Senior Air Staff Officer atNo. 3 Group, Bomber Command, in March. A. Cdre. Dwyer has been AirOfficer Commanding No. 62 Group since September 1954, and before that wasSenior Air Staff Officer at No. 1 Group, Bomber Command, for two years. New A.O.C. for BracknellT HE Air Ministry announces thatA.V-M. Denis H. F. Barnett, C.B.E., D.F.C., has been appointed Air OfficerCommanding, the R.A.F. Staff College, Bracknell, with effect from May, 1956.A.V-M. Barnett has been Air Officer Commanding, No. 205 Group, MiddleEast Air Force, since May 1954, before which he was Senior British LiaisonOfficer at the United Nations Military Headquarters in Japan during the KoreanWar. Previously he was Director of Operations at the Air Ministry, and Com-mandant of the Central Bomber Estab- lishment. In 1940 he commanded No. 40(Bomber) Squadron and was awarded the D.F.C. in December of that year. Mostof his wartime service was with Bomber Command. He was born at Dunedin,New Zealand, in February 1906 and educated at Christchurch and ClareCollege, Cambridge. H.M.S. "Centaur's" City Link AS we briefly recorded last week, the cap-• tain and several officers of the light fleet carrier H.M.S. Centaur were enter-tained on January 3rd at a Court and Livery dinner of the Worshipful Companyof Coachmakers and Coach Harnessmakers, at the Tallow Chandlers' Hall in London.The occasion was to mark the "adoption" of the ship by this ancient city company,many of whose members are today—by a logical progression—engaged in the auto-mobile and aircraft industries. The adoption was celebrated by the pre-sentation to H.M.S. Centaur of a drum major's mace, engraved with the Com-pany's crest, with sash and gauntlets. They were handed to the commanding officer,Captain H. C. N. Rolfe, R.N., by the Master, G/C. F. C. V. Laws.The other ship's officers present were Cdrs. Mellis, Empson, Baird and Perks,and Capt. Gardner, R.M. Centaur was laid down in May 1944, launched by the Duchess of Kent in April1947 and commissioned in September 1953. In company with Albion, Centaur leftPortsmouth last Tuesday for tactical exercises with the Far East Fleet andAustralian and New Zealand naval forces. The two carriers are due home early in May. .. '.-•• ::"r •' -: New Year Honours '"THE following New Year Honours and-*- awards form a continuation of the list in last week's issue of Flight.Second Bar to Air Force Cross: W/C. M. D. Lyne, A.F.C.; S/L. P. D. Thorne, A.F.C.Bar to Air Force Cross: Act. W/C. K. C. Giddings, O.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C.; S/L. J. G. Claridge, D.F.C., A.F.C. Air Force Cross: W/C. W. J. Burnett, D.S.O., D.F.C.; W/C. G. B. Johns, D.S.O., D.F.C.; W/C. J. R. H. Merifield, D.S.O., D.F.C.; Squadron Leaders G. A. Catling; H. J. Cobb, D.S.O., D.F.C.; J. T. Haughton; R. E. Lelong, D.F.C.; A. Maisner; P. G. Marman; T. F. Neil, D.F.C.; D. J. G. Norton; G. J. Storey; J. H. Walton; S. Wandzilak, D.F.C.; Flight Lieutenants P. A. Clarke, D.F.C.; V. C. Hester; E. A. Knighton; F. Masarik, M.B.E.; I. R. Ponsford, D.F.C., R.Aux.A.F.; J. Rees; J. W. Sutherland; J. J. Webster; F. J. Wheeler, D.F.C.; F/O. B. W. Dodd; F/O. J. S. Duncan. Royal Red Cross (Second Class): Sqn/Off. E. C. Cross and Sqn/Off. M. T. Russell, Princess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service. Air Force Medal: Flight Sergeants R. G. Harrington; P. Harper; A. Maddison; A. Naismith; J. Nyc; Act. F/Sgt. H. Wood; Sergeants A. G. Bourne; A. B. Cass; P. B. Hawker; V. G. Holland; R. Meaton, R.A. British Empire Medal (Military): Flight Sergeants L. j. Balcombe; J. C. Bryce (now Acting Warrant Officer); J. Clint; R. J. F. Darvill; F. Ellerby (now Act. W/O.); T. E. Frazer (now Act. W/O.); J. T. P. Frith; I. W. Gosling; T. L. Hartas; W. H. Horton; W. C. Johnson (now Act. W/O.); E. H. B. Jones; C. B. H. McNiven; E. J. Nightingale; D. J. Paling; S. Platten; W. S. Smith, R.Aux.A.F.; C. A. L. Williams (now Act. W/O.); Ch. Tech. E. T. Robinson; Ch. Tech. A. E. Taylor; Acting Flight Sergeants F. G. Churchill; S. G. Harris; J. W. Hughes; Helga Mary Neilson, W.R.A.F.; C. E. Valentine; J. Wensley; P. C. G. Woolston (now Pilot Officer); Sergeants J. W. Barber; N. Camilleri; R. A. Cartmell; M. W. V. Hart; G. C. Hillier; S. M. Lamb; B. R. E. Moore; M. J. Ryan; J. Vincent; Audrey Con- stance Whittaker, W.R.A.F.; Sen. Tech. A. J. Ellis; Acting Sgts. J. F. Bartlett; J. E. McLoughlin; J. F. Miller; P. MacD. Lewis- Rozier; P. M. Kearney; Cpl. E. E. Southwick; Act. Cpl. C. W. Capel. Queen's Commendations for Valuable Service in the Air: W/C. R. A. Jell, D.F.C.; W/C. P. G. H. Matthews, D.F.C.: W/C. C. L. W. Stewart, D.S.O., A.F.C.; Act. W/C. R. H. G. Weighill, D.F.C.; Squadron Leaders E. Evans; R. J. Hopkins; B. P. Mugford; R. E. Tickner; Flight Lieutenants J. W. Adams; D. W. E. Allum, D.F.C.; J. H. Appleton; D. W. Barnard; J. G. Baxter, R.Aux.A.F.; J. W. Beale: H. Birch; R. C. Bridges; F. H. I. Cattle; R. C. Chapman, D.F.C.; J. L. W. Dunn; W. G. Gray; C. R. Keeley; R. L. Kerr; D. A. H. Mortimer; H. D. Moseley; G. R. Price, D.F.M.; N. M. Shorter; E. F. Smeeth; R. E. W. Smerdon; A. G. Smith; D. E. Vickers; J. I. T. Williamson; R. I. Young; F/O. D. Hurley; M/Sig. A. Moore-Brown; M/Sig. I. C. Webb, B.E.M.; Flight Sergeants I. B. Black; W. A. Copley; G. W. E. Foster; Cpl. G, M. Young. 71 Squadron TieT IES are now available to ex-membersof No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron. Further details may be obtained from the squadronadjutant at R.A.F. Station Briiggen, 2nd T.A.F., B.A.O.R., 1.
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