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FLIGHT, 10 August 1956 237 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News A very broad lightning flash marking identi- fies the Canberras of No. 82 (Bomber) Wing, R.A.A.F., based at Amberley, Queensland. The serial number is distinctive. Standing by the aircraft are F/O. T. Cheney, navigator, and F/O. R. Law, pilot. Aides-de Camp to the Queen nTHE following changes in appointmentsA as Aides-de-Camp to the Queen have been approved and became effective lastweek:—G/C. H. E. C. Boxer in succes- sion to A.V-M. W. H. Kyle, consequenton the latter's promotion to air vice- marshal; G/C. B. Robinson, in successionto A. Cdre. G. A. Walker, consequent upon the latter's promotion to air commodore;G/C. E. Knowles, in succession to A.V-M. A. C. Kermode, consequent uponthe latter's promotion to air vice-marshal. The R.A.F. establishment of Aides-de-Camp to the Queen is two air commodores, five group captains of the General Dutiesbranch and five other group captains, one each from the Technical, Equipment andSecretarial branches, the R.A.F. Regiment and the Educational branch, and oneadditional A.D.C. from the R.Aux.A.F. Senior Appointment TT is announced that A. Cdre. H. J.x Butler, who has been S.A.S.O. No. 41 Group, Maintenance Command, since thebeginning of 1955, has been appointed Director of Equipment (C) at Air Ministry.A. Cdre. Butler previously served as Director of Equipment (B) from 1951 to1955. Before that he was S.E.S.O. at H.Q. F.E.A.F. after commanding the EquipmentWing at the Seletar, Singapore, Mainten- ance Base. Cadets' Summer Activities J f^RANWELL cadets are taking part in a^ number of activities during this year's summer leave period. Many are visitingR.A.F. operational stations to see how the R.A.F. operates and to observe the dutiesand responsibilities of junior officers. They will be encouraged to fly on operationalsorties. A party of over 50, led by S/L. G. W. Foskett, is going to the Hartz mountainsin Germany for a survival training course which will include competitions and aday-and-night evasion exercise on survival rations. Cadets have been warned to takespecial precautions to safeguard their feet by softening boots, making practicemarches, using surgical spirit rubs and foot powder. After the course they will beflown back to R.A.F. Thorney Island and proceed thence by road to Ems worth. Another group is now with the IslandCruising Club in South Devon and two are racing on the Clyde. The CollegeMountaineering Section is holding a summer meet in the Cuillin Mountains onthe Isle of Skye and another group will be going to St. Helier, Jersey, to spend tendays with the Sub-Aqua Club in under- water expeditions. A party returns todayfrom Lisdoonvama, Co. Clare, Eire, after ten days' potholing in the area. The Royal Navy will be host to groupsof cadets who will join the Fleet for the second summer cruise in the Mediter-ranean, visit the Second Training Squad- ron at Portland and the Inshore Flotillaat Harwich. Cadets from the R.A.F. TechnicalCollege at Henlow are similarly engaged on a wide variety of activities at home andabroad. Reduced Shore Supportr 7 has been announced that, as part ofa programme of cuts in Royal Naval shore support facilities, the Naval airstation at Anthorn, Cumberland, is to be closed and the station at Fearn, nearInvergordon, at present used for storage, is to be put up for disposal. Battle of Britain Week-end THE service of thanksgiving for thevictory achieved in the Battle of Britain will be held in Westminster Abbey thisyear on Sunday, September 16, at 3 p.m. Applications for tickets from widows andparents of those who lost their lives in the Battle should be sent to the Under-secretary of State, Air Ministry [S.4(d)], Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W.I, notlater than September 1. Not more than two tickets can be issuedto any applicant and requests should not besent to the Abbey authorities. This year's aircrewreunion for those who fought in the Battle ofBritain and are entitled to wear the Battle ofBritain rosette will be held in the R.A.F. Club,Piccadilly, London, on September 15. Dresswill be lounge suits, and tickets which, at 30s,include buffet supper The guard of honour for the wedding of F/O. P. Maillard and Miss Gerta Barth at R.A.F. lever, Ger- many, last month, was provided by fellow-mem- bers of No. 98 Sqn. in their now traditional off-duty attire of dark suits, bowler hats and umbrellas. and drinks, are obtainable from the sec-retary, Battle of Britain Reunion Com- mittee, C.F.E., R.A.F. West Raynham,Norfolk. This year's committee chairman is A. Cdre. J. Grandy, Commandant ofCentral Fighter Establishment. W.R.A.F. Band in France T AST Wednesday the W.R.A.F. Central±-J Band was to play at the International Military Athletics meeting at Fontaine-bleau, near Paris. The band consists of 28 W.R.A.F. musicians, and is conductedby F/L. M. R. Davis. Seven nationalities were competing in the sports meeting. Auxiliary Bounties D EVISED rates of bounties for officersAV and other ranks of the R.Aux.A.F. and W.R.Aux.A.F. who satisfactorilycomplete their training obligations have recently come into force. They include,for the first time, bounties for officers employed on ground duties.The new annual bounty provisions apply to those payable on or after May 1, 1956.In future the annual training bounty for which officers employed on ground dutiescan qualify during their first three years of service will be £7 for men and £5 5s forwomen. For subsequent years the bounties will be at the rates of £15 for men and£11 5 s for women. Adjustments have also been made in the bounties and allowancesfor airmen and airwomen. Basic rates of pay were increased broadly in line withthe new rates of Service pay last April. Culdrose Air Day THE 1956 Air Day at H.M.S. Seahawk,R.N.A.S. Culdrose (Captain D. Vin- cent Smith, R.N.), was held on July 28,under storm-threatened skies which forced the organizers to curtail some aerobaticevents. A Comet and Javelin were kept away by even worse weather up country.However, the usual polished organization and performance of Culdrose Air Daysprevailed. It opened in Naval fashion, with KingNeptune appearing aboard an "Emett" train, to await the arrival of Miranda the
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