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1957
1957 - 1539.PDF
iring official visits abroad the Secretary of State for Air, Mr. George Ward, is seen (above, left) at the F.E.A.F. headquarters officers' mess and s C.A.S., Sir Dermot Boyle (above, right), at Boiling A.F.B., Washington. With Mr. Ward are (left to right) A. Cdre. G. W. McAleer, P.M.O.; Air mhal the Earl of Bandon, C-in-C; Wg/O. C. E. Warren, Command W.R.A.F. Admin. Officer; and A.V-M. A. A. Adams, Chief of Staff. Behind Air Chief Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle as he inspects a guard of honour can just be seen his U.S.A.F. host, Gen. Thomas D. White. enior F.A.A. Appointments FOLLOWING Vice-Admiral M. L.Power's appointment—announced in y and taking effect this month—asputy Chief of Naval Staff and Fifth Sea ird, Acting Rear Admiral H. C. D..cLean has succeeded him as Flag Officer ircraft Carriers. Prior to his new appoint-t, Admiral MacLean was Director of A navigation specialist, he was in.M.S. Cossack at the time of the Alt- ark incident, being mentioned in des-tches for his part in this action; from •40 until her sinking in 1941 he wasvigator of H.M.S. Ark Royal and bsequently (until 1944) of H.M.S.nson. He holds the D.S.C. Also announced by the Admiralty is theipointment of Acting Rear Admiral R. F. Cambell as Flag Officer Flyingraining in succession to Rear Admiral . L. G. Evans. Admiral Cambell—whosucceeded as Director of Naval Air War- re by Capt. R. E. N. Kearney—com-anded No. 803 Sqn. in H.M.S. Ark Royal 1939, being awarded the D.S.C. theUowing year for his general good services ith the Fleet Air Arm. During 1940 and'41 he was a test pilot at Boscombe own, and one of his later wartimepointments was as Commander (Flying) H.M.S. Argus. Between 1950 and 1953,hen Director of Naval Aircraft Develop- ent and Production (Admiralty), he wassponsible—in conjunction with Mr. L. oddington—for the conception of thelgled deck. Capt. Kearney, the new D.N.A.W., wasrmerly deputy director and prior to tak- g up that appointment in December 1956as Commander (Air) in H.M.S. Insurious. /C. J. Woodroffe regret to record that G/C. JohnWoodroffe, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar, 'mmander of the R.A.F. detachment at•necastle A.F.B. for the S.A.C. bombing ""petition, was killed in an accident to a'7 on October 9. He was on a familiariza- >n flight with Col. M. McCoy, who com-•nded the 321st Bombardment Wing at secastle and whose 52nd birthday it was.11 four occupants of the aircraft were led.,9/C. Woodroffe, station commander at utering, joined the R.A.F. in 1938 and" ng the war became a Master Bomber SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News in No. 5 Group on Mosquitoes andLancasters. One of his finest achievements was in controlling the attack whichbreached the Dortmund-Ems Canal. The Editor has contributed the followingpersonal appreciation: — G/C. John Woodroffe was unlike any otherAir Force officer I have known. There was an engaging boyishness about his way of tack-ling a man's job and he was as likely to laugh on being confronted with a tough problem aswhen told an amusing story. During the war nights there were those whoallowed their depression to overflow on to others; not so with Johnny Woodroffe. Heworried more than most about his operational flights with Bomber Command—and about hiswife at home, too; but one needed to be very close to him to know it. He was usually theman who helped to keep up everyone else's spirits. As a Pathfinder and Master Bomber he wasdetermined to make the raids he controlled successful; and after very few sorties, a men-tion of his name at briefing never failed to bring a word of approval frorn the crews. Hisdecorations were well earned. In particular a night raid on July 26, 1944, in appallingweather conditions must have been abortive but for Woodroffe. This brought him an immediateD.F.C. After the war he continued to be full ofdrive and a great man for getting things done. He had no time for the pompous or for bulland he was ready to avoid the "proper channels" if less conventional action seemedlikely to produce quicker or better results. On the other hand he was exceptionally conscien-tious and very loyal to the R.A.F. and to the men who worked with him. Captain and first officer of the R.C.A.F. C-5 in which the Queen and Prince Philip were due to fly from Uplands Airport, Ottawa, to Patrick Henry Airport, Virginia, last Wednesday. At left, W/C. W. G. S. Miller, the captain; right, F/L. R. G. Husch, first officer. The confidence that his senior officers hadin his ability is evident from his appointments to commands of special importance during andafter the war. He was one of the first officers to be selected for the Canberra force whenthe R.A.F. was making its important, if tardy, change-over to jet bombers; and more recentlyhe was given command of the station at which the first Valiant squadrons were based. Johnny Woodroffe's passing will be a verygreat loss to the R.A.F. and also to his fellow officers and his friends outside the Service.G/C. Woodroffe is succeeded as com- mander of the R.A.F. detachment at Pine-castle by G/C. W. J. Burnett. The competi- tion is discussed in an article on p. 615. R.A.F. Appointments BELOW is continued a list of R.A.F.appointments recently announced by the Air Ministry: —W/C. J. J. da C. Andrade to A.H.Q., Levant, for equipment staff duties; W/C. E. C. Ashleyto Air Ministry, for duty in the Department of the Air Member for Supply and Organization;W/C. K. H. Burns to No. 3 M.U., for adminis- trative duties; W/C. H. G. Cadwallader toH.Q., No. 41 Group, for air staff duties; W/C. S. F. Kettell to SHAPE, for staff duties; W/C.B. R. Siminson to H.Q., 2nd T.A.F., for administrative staff duties; W/C. W. E. G.Vaughan to H.Q., Home Command, for administrative staff duties; W/C. E. B. O'H.Bennett to H.Q., No. 83 Group, for technical staff duties; W/C. F. J. Fenner to R.A.F.Yatesbury, for technical duties; W/C. E. Holden to H.Q., Fighter Command, for air
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