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790 FLIGHT, 15 June 1956 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News No. 19 Squadron StandardO N Wednesday, July 11, at 1100 hr, AirChief Marshal Sir Donald Hardman is to present the Standard to No. 19 Squad-ron at Royal Air Force Church Fenton. Past members of the squadron who wouldlike to attend the ceremony are invited to communicate with the Officer Command-ing, No. 19 Squadron, R.A.F. Church Fenton, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. •• - • .:',•< '••-••" Canberras for M.E.A.F. "DASED at Akrotiri, the newest R.A.F.•*•* airfield in Cyprus, No. 13 Sqn. is the first squadron of the Middle East Air Forceto re-equip with English Electric Can- berras. Commanded by S/L. J. L. Field,No. 13 is a photographic reconnaissance unit and has already received its first Can-berra P.R.7s. Freedom of SouthportT HE Freedom of Entry into the CountyBorough of Southport, Lancashire, is to be conferred tomorrow, June 16, uponNo. 2611 (West Lancashire) Field Squad- ron, R.Aux.A.F. Regiment. This will bethe first time that an auxiliary field squad- ron has been so honoured. Equatorial Tropopause Flights RESEARCH into the abnormally lowtemperatures in the region of the tro- popause near the equator will be the firstexercise undertaken by Aries V, the new long-range Canberra of the R.A.F. FlyingCollege, Manby, Lines, between June 17 and 23. Aries V, a Canberra P.R.7, willreplace the bomber type Canberra Aries IV previously used by the College for manynotable flights. Its first flights will be from Dakar, French West Africa, at great alti-tude, and they will enable staff and students of the College to investigate cruising con-ditions at the low temperatures encoun- tered, owing to the great height of thetropopause in the equatorial regions during the summer months. The aircraft, preceded by a Valetta carry-ing the main body of the detachment, will fly to Dakar on June 18, and from therewill make three exploratory flights of seven hours' duration. The first will be to Kano,in Northern Nigeria, and back. The other two will be triangular flights over the SouthAtlantic Ocean with "legs" due south to the equator and to west and east. Thesecond turning point of the eastward flight will be over Accra, in the Gold Coast. Thatof the third will be at 33 deg west on the equator. 2nd T.A.F. Small Arms "THE tenth annual championship meeting-*• of the 2nd T.A.F. Small Arms Asso- ciation was held at Falaise Ranges, Senne-lager, from May 13-19. During five days' shooting no fewer than nine inter-unit andsquadron team events and 11 individual events were contested by 450 competitors,representing 22 units and 24 R.A.F. Regi- ment squadrons from stations within 2ndT.A.F. To stimulate interest in the Lloyd's Cup Competition (a sub-machine-gunmatch, fired under the auspices of the R.A.F. Small Arms Association) an R.A.F.Regiment inter-squadron sub-machine-gun match was introduced and was contestedby 22 teams of eight firers. In addition an individual sub-machine-gun match washeld for the first time. The W.R.A.F. championship was won by Flt/O. M.Ainley (H.Q. 2nd TAF.), second place going to F/Sgt. Northcott (Sundern) aftera tie shoot with F/Sgt. MacFarlane (H.Q. 83 Group) and F/O. Sansom (H.Q. 2ndT.A.F.). The prize presentation was made byA.V-M. S. R. Ubee, C.B., A.F.C. (A.O.C. No. 2 Group), who said that although hewas happy to see such veterans as Sgt. Knight (Wildenrath) and F/Sgt. Harrop(Laarbruch) winning, respectively, the rifle and revolver championships, he was de-lighted to see so many young officers and airmen, particularly those of the R.A.F.Regiment, trying their hand for the first time. Telegraphist A.G. AssociationT HE Telegraphist Air Gunners' Associa-tion exists to sustain the comradeship which grew up among telegraphist air gun-ners, telegraphists (flying) and aircrewmen before, during and since the second worldwar. It publishes a magazine and holds regular dinners. The secretary—Mr. A. R.Davis—can be contacted at 9, Jonathan Road, Fareham, Hants. Squadron Histories \ .•--•• , ' PAST members of No. 19 Squadron whohave photographs—or preferably nega- tives—of squadron interest are asked toloan them to S/L. D. J. Fowler, A.F.C., No. 19 Squadron, R.A.F. Church Fenton,Tadcaster, Yorkshire. It will be helpful, states S/L. Fowler, if details can be pen-cilled on the back. Items of squadron interest—particularlyfor the period 1941-1946—are requested by F/L. D. F. Denison, No. 118 Squadron,R.A.F. Jever, B.A.O.R. 25. Reunions . : • I AN officers' reunion dinner for No. 25- Squadron is proposed for the autumn of this year in London. All interested offi-cers, past and present, should forward their names to W/C. P. W. Jamieson, A.F.C.,Officer Commanding, No. 25(F) Squadron, West Mailing, Kent. Volunteers are re-quired to serve on a small committee in London. A reunion of No. 458 (R.A.A.F.) Squad-ron is to be held at the Feathers Hotel, Westminster, on July 21. HONOURS AND AWARDS IN last week's issue we referred brieflyto some senior officers named in the Birthday Honours list. It is now possibleto list in full the names in the military divisions of the various orders, togetherwith those who are to receive awards: ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commanders: Air Marshal R. B.Jordan, C.B., D.F.C.; Air Marshal T. N. McEvoy, C.B., C.B.E.Companions: A. V-M. R. H. Stanbridge, O.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.M., D.I.H.(Retd.); A. V-M. J. N. T. Stephenson, C.B.E.; Act. A.V-M. F. G. S. Mitchell, C.B.E.; A. Cdre.H. Eeles, C.B.E.; A. Cdre. J. Grandy, D.S.O.; A. Cdre. D. W. R. Ryley, C.B.E.; Act. A. Cdre.P. H. Dunn, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.D.C.; G/C. J. D. Melvin, O.B.E. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knights Commanders: Air Marshal R. L. R.Atcherley, C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C.; Air Marshal G. E. Nicholetts, C.B., A.F.C.; A. V-M. J. R.Whitley, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C. Commanders: A. V-M. M. J. Pigott, B.D.S.,F.D.S.R.C.S., Q.H.D.S.; A. Cdre. H. B. Wrigley; Rev. E. W. P. Ainsworth, M.A.;Group Captains R. E. Burns, D.F.C.; D. P. Hanafin, D.F.C., A.F.C.; E. G. Jones, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C.; A. B. Riall, O.B.E.; P. W.Stansfeld, D.F.C.; R. W. Wallace (Retd.); E. G. Watkins, A.F.C.; S. Wroath, A.F.C.Officers: Wing Commanders G. Craig; R. E. Craven, D.F.C.; P. S. Dundas, A.A.C.C.A.;J. Ellis, D.F.C.; E. Hearl; G. A. Hine; C. W. Kemp; J. E. Manton; G. W. Price; D. L.Norris-Smith; F. M. Veasey; A. J. Wild; K. B. S. Willder, B.Sc, A.M.I.E.E.; Acting WingCommanders J. N. C. Cooke, M.D., B.S., M.R.C.S., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.P.(E); J. D. B.Manning; J. F. Powell, M.A.; J. Thorn; Squadron Leaders F. W. Carter; D. H. Luck,D.F.C.; H. O. Molyneux; C. Philpot; Bim- bashi Al Awal Ali Mohamed (Aulaqi).(.Continued on page 791) In the Honours list: (I. to r.) Air Marshals Jordan and McEvoy (K.C.B.), Atcherley and Nicholetts (K.B.E.), A.V-M. Whitley (K.B.E.).
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