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1956
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836 FLIGHT, 23 November 1956 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News R.A.F. Accident RateI N London on November 15 Air MarshalG. W. Turtle, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, said that it was "quite incredible" tosee the way the accident rate in the R.A.F. kept decreasing, in spite of the increasingcomplexity of aircraft. This year, for the first time, aircrew errors were fewer thantechnical faults. The D.C.A.S. explained: "The reason for the decreasing accidentrate is a high standard of training, improved methods of survival, and improved meteor-ological forecasting to meet the demands of an all-weather air force." Airlift to Hungary THHE R.A.F.'s first three-day airlift by•*• Transport Command took a total load of 116 tons of supplies to the InternationalRed Cross in Vienna for distribution in Hungary. Twenty aircraft were involved,including Hastings and Valettas. The N.C.O.s and airmen at R.A.F. Wildenrath'sair movements terminal handled the un- loading of 50 lorries, which brought thesupplies from Northern Army Group stores. The flights also included a trip by aBeverley—to Vienna with nine tons of medical supplies. St. Clement Danes Concert A CONCERT in aid of the fund to**• restore St. Clement Danes as the R.A.F. church and memorial shrine isbeing held at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on November 26 in the presence of H.R.H.the Duchess of Gloucester. R.A.F. Unit Badges A MONG badges and mottoes which the•**• Queen has approved for R.A.F. units are those for R.A.F. Stations Wyton andGaydon, and for No. 173 Squadron, based at Hawarden. The badge for Wyton showsa full sun with a bow in front of it, and above those a sword. The motto is "VerumExquiro" ("I seek the Truth"). "Let us flourish through strength" is the translationof the motto "Viribus Vigeatnus" on the badge which the Queen has approved forGaydon. A ram is shown charging. The new badge for No. 173 Squadron shows asword in its scabbard pointing diagonally down to the right and clasped beneath thehilt by an eagle's claw. On the scabbard is a gauntlet and the motto is "Quocumque"("Whithersoever"). This motto is indeed apt, for the squadron is a ferry unit. Director of Aircraft Engineering TIAVING been Command Engineer•"••'• Officer at Headquarters, 2nd Tactical Air Force, since 1954, A.Cdre N. A. Tait,O.B.E., A.F.R.Ae.S., has been appointed Director of Aircraft Engineering at the AirMinistry with effect from November 1. A.Cdre. Tait joined the R.A.F. as an air-craft apprentice in 1923. ; Gordon Shephard Prize \IfINNERS of the 1956 Gordon Shep-" hard Memorial Prize Essay Competi- tion—held annually in the Royal Air Forceand open to all serving members—were: 1st, G/C. W. Carter, D.F.C. (R.A.F.TernhiU); 2nd, W/C. P. le L. Le Cheminant, D.F.C. (R.A.F. KualaLumpur); 3rd, F/L. D. H. Hofford (R.A.F. North Weald); 4th, W/C. C. M. Clementi,O.B.E. (Joint Services Staff College). The judges were three retired Service officers,Air Marshal Sir Lawrence F, Pendred, A.Cdre. A. P. Revington, and A.Cdre.D. W. F. Bonham-Carter. The subject was: "The change in fire-power resulting from the emergence of the thermo-nuclear bomb in 1954 has had aneffect on warfare which is radical, not merely one of degree. Without the benefitof past experience to guide us, the best composition of our armed forces dependson an accurate forecast of the length and form of a future war. State what you con-sider the most likely length and form of a major war within the next ten years, andthe best composition and disposition of our forces to meet it." Jungle Survival Demonstrations A JUNGLE survival "demonstration**• section" is being established at R.A.F. Station Kuala Lumpur, the base for manydifferent types of aircraft operating over the jungle on anti-terrorist missions. The sec-tion is being set up by F/L. L. U. Matthews, who describes the project as "ajungle classroom-cum-museum." It will contain specimens of edible plants andanimal life, as well as the poisonous types, although F/L. Matthews points out thatall animal life found in the jungle is edible —everything from water rats to snakes. Curtis Memorial Prize AN engine mechanic stationed at the- M.E.A.F. staging post at Mauripur, near Karachi, has been awarded the CurtisMemorial Prize for obtaining the best results in the Services' General Certificateof Education examinations. He is S.A/C. J. E. Baker, a regular airman who has nowpassed five subjects at ordinary level and three at advanced level. The prize was established from fundssubscribed in memory of the late Colonel Ivor Curtis, educational adviser to the AirMinistry from 1918 to 1929. Apprentice Entry HTHERE are more than 40,000 airmen-*- under 20 years of age serving in the R.A.F., and the Service is now looking foranother 500 teen-age boys for the next apprentice entry in May, 1957. Nomina-tions should be made by headmasters, youth employment officers or appropriate youthorganizations by January 14 next. R.A.F. Appointments ' I 'HE following continues a list of Royal-*• Air Force appointments recently announced by the Air Ministry: — W/C. E. L. Brackenbury to R.A.F. Jurby,for administrative duties; W/C. J. S. Orr to R.A.F. Cosford, for administrative duties;W/C. E. G. Farthing to H.Q. Mainten- ance Command, for administrative staff duties;W/C. W. Pitt-Brown, D.F.C., A.F.C., to R.A.F. Linton-on-Ouse to command (withacting rank of group captain); W/C. S. G. Taylor to H.Q., Transport Command, for tech-nical staff duties (with acting rank of group captain); W/C. R. J. H. De Brett to H.Q., No.8 (L.A.A.) Wing, R.A.F. Regiment, to com- mand; W/C. C. B. Brown, A.F.C., to theR.A.F. Staff College, Bracknell, for directing staff duties; W/C. F. H. Dimmer to Ministryof Supply; W/C. G. H. D. Evans, D.S.O., D.F.C., to Air Ministry, for duty in the Depart-ment of the Chief of the Air Staff; W/C. C. C. Howes, O.B.E., to Air Ministry, for duty in theDepartment of the Chief of the Air Staff; W/C. W. A. Toyne, D.F.C., to H.Q., NorthernSector, for air staff duties; W/C. R. N. Warden to Air Ministry for duty in the Department ofthe Chief of the Air Staff; W/C. W. J. P. Cunningham to Ministry of Supply (retainingthe acting rank of wing commander); W/C. J. R. Armitstead, D.F.C., to H.Q., CoastalCommand, for administrative staff duties; W/C. F. W. Avery to H.Q., Central Signals Area, fortechnical duties; W/C. L. J. M. Bunce to R.A.F. Wahn, for administrative duties; W/C.P. C. Fletcher, O.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., to the Imperial Defence College for directing staffduties; W/C. J. H. F. Ford, D.F.C., to com- mand the Cambridge University Air Squadron;W/C. A. Hughes, D.F.C., to Air Ministry, for duty in the Department of the Chief of the AirStaff; W/C. N. W. Kearon, O.B.E., to Head- quarters, Bomber Command, for administra-tive staff duties; W/C. P. Peters, O.B.E., D.F.C., to R.A.F. Halton, for adminstrativeduties; W/C. E. C. Seeley, M.B., to Air Mini- stry, for duty in the Department of the Chief ofthe Air Staff; W/C. P. D. B. Stevens to R.A.F. Acklington, for flying duties; W/C. R. Storeyto No. 54 Maintenance Unit, to command; W/C. D. W. J. Brown, to R.A.F. Stoke Heathfor administrative duties; W/C. B. C. A. Fox to H.Q., A.A.F.C.E., for staff duties; W/C. E.Garrod-Cole, M.C., to Air H.Q., Malaya, for air staff duties; W/C. E. Graham to H.Q.,SHAPE, for staff duties; W/C. E. T. McCabe, O.B.E., to H.Q., British Forces Aden, for tech-nical staff duties; W/C. B. J. May to Air Minis- try, for duty in the Department of the AirMember for Supply and Organization; W/C. R. D. Romians to R.A.F. Leuchars, for tech-nical duties; W/C. E. A. L. Wakeley to Air Ministry, for duty in the Department of theAir Member for Supply and Organization; W/C. P. R. M. Williams to H.Q., F.E.A.F.,for air staff duties; W/C. F. E. Croce to H.Q., Coastal Command, for technical staff duties;W/C. W. A. Jones to R.A.F. Ballykelly, for technical duties; W/C. J. G. Laurie to AirMinistry, for duty in the Department of the Chief of Air Staff; W/C. A. H. Porter, O.B.E.,to R.A.F. Odiham, for technical duties; W/C. L. J. Ward, D.F.C., to Air Ministry, for dutyin the Department of the Chief of the Air Staff. S/L. P. N. Farlow to Air Ministry, for dutyin the Department of the Chief of the Air Staff (with the acting rank of wing commander);S/L. K. E. Hollom to No. 91 Maintenance Unit, Acaster Malbis, to command (with theacting rank of wing commander); S/L. E. W. Cotton to R.A.F. Benson, for technical duties(with acting rank of wing commander); S/L. R. F. Jones to R.A.F. Oakington, for technicalduties (with acting rank of wing commander); S/L. V. S. Swain, D.F.C., to the R.A.F. StaffCollege, Bracknell, for directing staff duties (with acting rank of wing commander); S/L. E.D. Green to R.A.F. Defford, for flying duties (with acting rank of wing commander); S/L.D. C. Lowe, D.F.C., A.F.C., to Air Ministry for duty in the department of the Chief of theAir Staff (with acting rank of wing commander); S/L. P. E. Vaughan-Fowler, D.S.O., D.F.C.,A.F.C., to H.Q., 2nd T.A.F., for air staff duties (with acting rank of wing commander); S/L.A. Stewart to R.A.F. Pembrey, for technical duties (with acting rank of wing commander);S/L. R. E. Powell to No. 12 School of Tech- nical Training for technical duties (with actingrank of wing commander); S/L. D. H. Beckett, O.B.E., to die Central Fighter Establishment,for technical duties (with the acting rank of wing commander); S/L. G. E. S. Bumstead toNo. 2 Wing, Aden Protectorate Levies, to com- mand (with the acting rank of wing com-mander); S/L. A. Powell to R.A.F. Henlow, for administrative duties (with the acting rankof wing commander); S/L. D. M. B. Fitzgerald- Lombard to Troop Transport Duties, as O.C.Troops (with acting rank of wing commander); S/L. R. G. C. Castell to R.A.F. Chivenor, fortechnical duties (with the acting rank of wing commander); S/L. W. L. Clarke to the CentralFlying School, R.A.F. Little Rissington, for technical duties (with the acting rank of wingcommander); S/L. G. C. R. Ackrill, M.B.E., to R.A.F. Locking for administrative duties (withthe acting rank of wing commander).
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