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1957
1957 - 1002.PDF
998 FLIGHT Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen, A.O.C-in-C. Home Command (right), presenting the Hack Trophy to W/C. N. Cameron, CO. of London University Air Squadron, at Senate House on December 6. W/C. E. J. Hack, donor of the trophy, and Dr. J. F. Lock- wood, Vice-Chan- cellor, are in the centre of the group. F/L. Pembridge, who joined the R.A.F.in 1941, is at present on a course at No. 230 Vulcan O.C.U. at R.A.F. Waddington,and after qualifying as a captain on these aircraft is to join the unit as a flyinginstructor. Lady Cade MedalF OR his work in developing the casualtyevacuation role of Beverleys and Comets and thus improving air evacuationand the comfort of patients, S/L. E. J. McGuire has been awarded the LadyCade Medal for 1957. This is given annually to an officer of the R.A.F.Medical Branch who has done outstand- ing work. S/L. McGuire has been S.M.O.at R.A.F. Lyneham since 1955. His casualty evacuation work has also broughtabout a revision in the equipment and drugs carried in flight sisters' medical kitsand a modification of harness and stretcher gear. SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Forces and Naval Flying News Senior Appointments "THREE senior R.A.F. appointmentsA have been announced by Air Ministry. A.V-M. G. L. Worthington is to beDirector-General of Equipment at Air Ministry from March 14 next year;A. Cdre E. N. Lowe is to be A.O.C. No. 40 Group, Maintenance Command, fromFebruary 24 next year with the acting rank of air vice-marshal; and A. Cdre. R. W. L.Glenn is to be Director-General of Personal Services at Air Ministry fromnext February, also with the acting rank of air vice-marshal. A.V-M. Worthington has been withMaintenance Command for the past four years, first as A.O.C. No. 42 Group andthen since August 1955 as A.O.C. No. 40 Group. An equipment specialist since1926, one of his wartime appointments was as deputy A.O.A. at H.Q., AlliedExpeditionary Air Forces. A. Cdre. Lowe has been S.A.S.O. at No. 41 Group, Main-tenance Command, since August last year and was formerly Deputy Assistant Chiefof Staff (Logistics) at SHAPE. A. Cdre. Glenn has been A.O.C., R.A.F. RecordOffice, Gloucester, since March last year and before that was for nearly three yearsDirector of Postings (B) at Air Ministry. Baghdad Pact Appointment S.A.S.O. at A.H.Q. Levant for the pastyear, and before that CO. of R.A.F. Kirton-in-Lindsey for nearly three years,A. Cdre. W. S. Gardner has been appointed Director of Plans (Operationsand Training) of the Baghdad Pact Organ- ization in Baghdad. At the outbreak of the Second WorldWar A. Cdre. Gardner was on the staff of No. 5 (Bomber) Group and from June1940 to November 1941 was on opera- tional flying duties with Nos. 106, 44 and144 Sqns., being awarded the D.F.C. in 1940 and a Bar to it in 1941. In June 1943he was awarded the A.F.C. and in January 1945 made O.B.E. He was also three timesmentioned in despatches during the war. Immediately prior to going to Kirton-in-Lindsey he was on the Air Staff at H.Q. Home Command, and before that he hadserved in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. A.F.C. AwardA N A.F.C. has been awarded to F/L.J. F. W. Pembridge for his skill and courage on October 3 in saving the livesof his crew and preventing a burning air- craft from failing into a built-up area. F/L. Pembridge, at that time with No.139 (Jamaica) Squadron, was captain of a Canberra B.6 when fire broke out in theport wing soon after take-off with a full fuel-load. He shut down the port engine,initiated emergency drills and informed control. The fire appeared to die downbut it had severed both port aileron con- trols and burnt a large hole in the wing;F/L. Pembridge found that lateral control could not be maintained below 190 kt andas the aircraft reached base the fire broke out again more intensely. He gave theorder to abandon aircraft and the navigator ejected; but when the observer founddifficulty in leaving, F/L. Pembridge suc- ceeded in clearing his harness from anobstruction, reduced speed to the mini- mum at which he could control the aircraftand then pushed the observer out. As he was by then too low to bale out himself,F/L. Pembridge manoeuvred the Canberra in line with the runway and made a suc-cessful crash-landing at high speed. The official citation in the LondonGazette says that "by his calm, self-dis- cipline and a complete disregard for per-sonal safety F/L. Pembridge saved his observer's life, prevented a burning air-craft from crashing into a built-up area and preserved it for subsequent investiga-tion. He showed skill of the highest order." Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Governor- General of Australia, hands the Sword of Honour to A. Cdt. U/Off. R. D. Crump at the graduation parade of No. 7 Course at the R.A.A.F. College, Point Cook, on December 11. Just visible behind is the College Commandant, G/C. 0. W. Colquhoun. Parachute Medical Team T^ORMED recently and based at R.A.F.A Akrotiri in Cyprus, the ten-man M.E.A.F. Parachute Medical Team isready to go to the aid of air crash survivors in the eastern Mediterranean regionwhenever such an emergency should arise. Led by F/L. G. E. Collins, a parachuteinstructor with over 88 descents to his credit, the team consists of volunteers whotrain constantly in their own time. F/L. Collins checks harnesses in the air andbriefs the pilot on the D.Z., then makes the first jump and places markers, directingthe other members' descents by loud- hailer. Sgt. P. Donley, who has made 88 jumps,is in charge of the team in the air and second-in-command to F/L. Collins; andF/L. R. F. Reynolds takes charge on the ground when the 16-bed hospital (con-tained in special packs) and the team are in position. Its other members are Sgt.J. Mooring, Cpls. P. Greenfield, D. Merrick, W. Dyer and M. Kennedy,S.A/C. D. Dean and L.A/C. P. O'Neill. The team's specially adapted aircraft is
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