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Aviation History
1958
1958 - 0025.PDF
25FLIGHT, 3 January1958 Four of the senior R.A.F. officers who have received awards in the New Year Honours. From left to right, Acting Air Marshal E. C. Hudleston, Vice-Chief of the Air Staff (K.C.B.); A.V-M. A. W. B. McDonald, A.O.C-in-C. Technical Training Command (K.C.B.); Acting A.V-M. W. E. Oulton, S.A.S.O.-designate,CoastalCommand(C.B.); and Air Chief Marshal Sir Donald Hardman.formerly Air Member for Supply and Organization (C.B.E.). SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Forces and Naval Flying News Honours and PromotionsW ITH effect from January 1, Air ChiefMarshal Sir Dermot Boyle, the C.A.S., has been promoted Marshal of theRoyal Air Force; and in the New Year Honours over 200 officers and N.C.O.s ofthe R.A.F., R.A.F.O., R.A.F.V.R., R.A.A.F., W.R.A.F. and the R.A.F. Nurs-ing Service have received honours and awards. A list of honours is publishedbelow; lists of awards, and of R.A.F. pro- motions (several of which affect thosenamed in the Honours List), will be pub- lished later. ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commanders: Acting Air MarshalE. C. Hudleston, C.B., C.B.E.; A.V-M. A. W. B. McDonald, C.B., A.F.C.Companions: A.V-M. V. S. Bowling, C.B.E.; A.V-M. F. W. Felgate, C.B.E.; Rev. CanonA. S. Giles, C.B.E., M.A., Q.H.C.; A.V-M. J. F. Hoblcr, C.B.E.; A.V-M. F. E. Lips-comb, C.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., D.T.M. and H., Q.H.P.(Ret.); Acting A.V-M.E. C. Bates, C.B.E., A.F.C.; Acting A.V-M. W. E. Oulton, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.; ActingA. Cdre. H. J. Maguire, D.S.O., O.B.E. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knight Grand Cross: Air Chief Marshal SirDonald Hardman, K.C.B., O.B.E., D.F.C. Knight Commanders: Air Marshal P. B. L.Potter, C.B.E., M.D., Ch.B., D.P.H., D.T.M. and H., Q.H.S.; Acting Air MarshalH. A. Constantine, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. Commanders: A. Cdre. H. G. Blair; A. Cdre.C. T. Weir, D.F.C.; Acting A. Cdre. G. H. White, O.B.E., A.C.A.; G/C. R. H. C.Burwell, O.B.E., D.F.C., G/C. H. J. Hobbs; G/C. H. E. Hopkins, D.F.C., A.F.C.; G/C.D. H. Lee, D.F.C.; G/C. D. C. McKinley, D.F.C., A.F.C.; G/C. H. C. S. Pimblett, M.D.,B.S., D.Obst.R.C.O.G.; G/C. P. R. Walker, D.S.O., D.F.C.; G/C. F. W. Wiseman-Clarke,M.B.E. Officers! W/C. E. Baldwin, D.S.O., D.F.C.,D.F.M.; W/C. A. D. Balmain, A.F.R.Ae.S.; W/C. D. Bower, M.B.E., A.F.C.; W/C. B. G.Dickinson; W/C. E. Donovan, D.F.C.; W/C. D. W. Edmonds, D.F.C., A.F.C.; W/C. F. J.French, D.F.C., A.F.C.; W/C. D. A. Green, D.S.O., D.F.C.; W/C. H. G. Hastings, A.F.C.,A.F.M.; W/C. A. Hradley, A.F.C.; W/C. E. ]. Penton-Voak, B.Sc.(Eng.), A.F.R.Ae.S.; W/C.N. A. Smith, M.B.E.(Ret.); Acting W/C. W. M. Cookson, M.B.E., M.I.Mun. and Cy.E.;Acting W/C. E. I. Elliott, R.A.F. Regt.; Acting W/C. A. G. Mason, R.A.F.V.R.; S/L.P. E. Lindsey-Halls; S/L. C. T. Lynas; S/L. W. L. Price, M.Sc, Dip.El., A.M.I.E.E.;S/L. W. Smith; S/L. S. Wandzilak, D.F.C., A.F.C.; Acting S/L. J. Ernsting, M.B., B.S.,M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Members: S/L. H. B. Alty; S/L. H. Ashman, B.Sc; S/L. A. Barrell; S/L. F. G. Harley;S/L. R. S. Harries; S/L. V. T. Land; S/L. A. J. A. Wood; Acting S/L. L. S. W. Durston;Acting S/L. G. Gleave, R.A.F.V.R.; F/L. J. A. Cant; F/L. K. G. Flintoft; F/L. C. C.Harvey; F/L. P. R. Hetherington; F/L. H. T. W. Houghton; F/L. A. S. Jarvis, R.A.F.Regt.; F/L. S. H. Jenkins; F/L. A. B. McGuire, R.A.F. Regt.; F/L. G. M. McNeil, B.Sc.;F/L. D. H. T. Martin-Jones, M.A.; F/L. G. A. Morgan-Smith; F/L. R. F. Redding; F/L.L. A. Robertson (Ret.); F/L. W. M. Shevlin, R.A.F. Regt.; F/L. W. M. C. Skinner, R.A.F.Regt.; F/L. R. Smyth; F/L. G. Stringer; F/L. L. G. Tweddle; Acting F/L. G. Robert-son, R.A.F.V.R.; W/O. A. S. Beebe; W/O. R. R. Bird; W/O. W. T. Bond; W/O. J.Brophy; W/O. A. J. Garnett; W/O. R. Hedley; W/O. G. E. Ingram; W/O. G. S.Jalland; W/O. N. C. Lee; W/O. G. J. Lord; W/O. L. Nicholson; W/O. W. H. Roberts;W/O. E. Smith; W/O. J. J. Tooley; M/Tech. G. L. Squire; Acting W/O. V. Pattison. "Victorious" Commissioning HAVING been rebuilt over the pastseven years, and described by the Admiralty as "the world's most modernaircraft carrier," H.M.S. Victorious is to be recommissioned at Portsmouth onJanuary 14 and will begin her sea trials in February.Victorious, which will be the sixth modern aircraft carrier to join the Fleetsince the war, is the first to be equipped with a fully angled flight deck and alsohas the latest type of mirror landing aids, steam catapults, high-speed aircraft liftsand radar. Her modernization—which has involved increasing her overall lengthby 35ft 6in—has been the largest job of its kind ever undertaken in a Royal or acommercial dockyard. "Grapple" Command ChangeF ROM next April A.V-M. W. E. Oulton,who has been Commander of task force "Grapple" (the series of nuclear tests con-ducted from Christmas Island in the Pacific) is to be S.A.S.O. at H.Q., CoastalCommand; his place as task force com- mander has been taken by A. Cdre. J.Grandy, with the acting rank of air vice- marshal. A.V-M. Oulton was Director of Mari-time Operations and Navigation at Air Ministry before going to Christmas Island.During the war, while commanding No. 58 Sqn.—with Halifaxes—in Coastal Com-mand, he sank three U-boats in the Bay of Biscay in one day and for this was awardedthe D.F.C. Later that year (1943) he set up and commanded the first Allied air base inthe Azores, being subsequently awarded the D.S.O. As recorded above, he has beenappointed C.B. in the New Year Honours. A.V-M. Grandy recently completed the1957 course at the Imperial Defence Col- lege and before that was Commandant ofthe C.F.E. He commanded No. 249 (Hurricane) Sqn. at North Weald early inthe war and on a sortie during the Battle of Britain his aircraft was shot down.Later in the war, as a wing commander, he flew on several hazardous operations inBurma and was awarded the D.S.O. Senior Postings APPOINTED Director of Flight Safety**• at Air Ministry with the acting rank of air commodore, G/C. J. C. Millar suc-ceeds A. Cdre. D. M. Somerville on the latter's retirement. Also announced is theappointment of G/C. H. W. Penney (as acting air commodore) to the post ofS.A.S.O. at No. 41 Group, Maintenance Command, from February. A. Cdre. Millar won the D.S.O. in March1945 for two operations he carried out while commanding No. 178 (Liberator) Sqn. withthe Mediterranean Allied Air Force; the first being a low-level mine-laying in Veniceharbour and the second an attack on rail- way sidings at Graz, both pressed homedespite heavy opposition. He was also thrice mentioned in despatches during the war,and his appointments since have included that of Chief Signals Officer at BomberCommand. Recently he completed the 1957 Imperial Defence College course. G/C. Penney has been a Deputy Directorof Equipment since January 1956 and prior to that he was on the staff of No. 40Group. His other post-war appointments have included that of a Deputy Director ofOrganization at Air Ministry, Senior Equip- ment Staff Officer at F.E.A.F. headquartersand command of No. 25 M.U. in the U.K. He was made C.B.E. in 1951 and last year,in the Birthday Honours, a C.B. High-level Supply-drop TN what is believed to have been the••• highest air-supply operation ever car- ried out a Pembroke of the R.A.F.'s EastAfrican Communications Flight, based at Eastleigh, made two free drops from16,000ft on December 18 and on Christmas Eve in support of the Nairobi Royal Tech-nical College expedition which is on Mount Kenya studying its glaciers for I.G.Y. re-search. The Pembroke had previously been
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