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1958
1958 - 0054.PDF
FLIGHT, 10 January 195! The New Year Honours, 1958 1AST week we briefly noted some of the names appearing inJ the New Year Honours List, and on this page is a more detailed selection. The list is a fairly typical one, with the majorityof honours going to men and women in Government service, but with a rather smaller proportion than usual conferred on membersof the aircraft industry. Last year one test pilot was named; this year there is none. Details of honours conferred on R.A.F. officersand N.C.O.s were published in Flight last week. Honours and awards to members of the Commonwealth Air Forces, and a listof R.A.F. awards, are given in Service Aviation news (page 63). Mr. G. d'Erlanger (Kt. Bachelor). Mr. Hayne Constant (C.B.). KNIGHTS BACHELOR A. T. Barnard, Director-General of Inspec- tion, Ministry of Supply; Gerard d'Erlanger, chairman, B.O.A.C. ORDER OF THE BATH C.B. H. Constant, Director, National Gas Tur-bine Establishment, Ministry of Supply; C. W. Evans, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Transportand Civil Aviation; J. E. Serby, Director- General, Guided Weapons, Ministry of Supply. Mr. W. A. Summers (C.B.E.). ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL ANDST. GEORGE C.M.G. F. W. Verry, Assist. Secretary, Air Ministry. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE K.B.E. N. A. Gass, chairman, British PetroleumCo., Ltd. C.B.E. E. H. Ball, managing director, British Thom-son-Houston Co., Ltd.; K.. Granville, com- mercial director, B.O.A.C.; C. E. R. Hayward,chief lands officer. Air Ministry; V. A. M. Hunt, director, Civil Aviation Navigational Ser-vices Group, M.T.C.A.; C. Metcalfe, managing director, E.M.I. Electronics, Ltd.; W. A. Sum-mers, managing director, Hunting Aircraft, Ltd.; C. O. Turner, for services to civil aviationin Australia. O.B.E. L. R. E. Appleton, chief engineer (weaponsdivision), Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd.; C. P. Baird, chairman of committee, No. 498(Wishaw) Sqn., A.T.C.; C. D. Bucknell, chief executive officer, M.T.C.A.; A. C. Butler, forservices to development of civil air transport in New South Wales; W. G. N. Chew, staffengineer, Department of Directorate of Signals (Landlines), Air Ministry; T. Cochrane, deputychief information officer, Air Ministry; E. V. Doiby, air mail adviser to B.E.A. and B.O.A.C.;Lt-Col. E. N. Elford, manager, radar division, Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd.; R. G.Fall, senior signals officer, Civil Aviation Tele- communications Directorate, M.T.C.A.; I. B.Fleming, for services to Australian aircraft industry; M. H. Freeman, principal scientificofficer, Met. Office, Air Ministry; S. A. Hun- wicks, senior principal scientific officer, RoyalAircraft Establishment, Ministry of Supply; S. E. Jewkes, Acting Assistant Director of Pub-lic Works (Roads and Airfields), Malaya; W. T. Kelly, for services to R.A.A.F. canteens serviceboard; N. MacDonald, principal, Air Ministry; Capt. R. P Mollard, managing director,Malayan Airways, Singapore; R. Nicholson, lately Assistant Secretary, Department of Air,Australia; Capt. R. H. Norman, member of Bush Pilots Airways, Cairns, Queensland; E. J.Richards, Professor of Aeronautical Engineer- ing, Southampton University; E. G. Rowe, chiefvalve engineer, Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd.; W. Swift, director and deputygeneral manager, Joseph Lucas (Gas Turbine Equipment), Ltd.; A. Sykes, technical director,David Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd.; J. L. Watkins, for services to Australian airtransport industry. M.B.E. Lt-Cdr. (A) J. Brandt, civil ferry pilot, RoyalNaval Ferry Flight, Short Bros, and Harland, Ltd.; W. Coen, airport manager, PrestwickAirport, M.T.C.A.; A. J. G. Cook, senior tech- nical superintendent, No. 20 Maintenance Unit,R.A.F. Aston Down; Mrs. L. E. A. Copley, for voluntary services to Air Force Association in Mr. K. Granville (C.B.E.). South Australia; T. D. Fookes, civil aviationcommunications officer, Grade 1, Air Traffic Control Centre, Uxbridge, M.T.C.A.; I. W.Gibbs, senior accident investigator, B.E.A.; Mrs. K. M. Goodman, junior civil assistant,Office of Financial Adviser, H.Q., M.E.A.F.; W. Green, higher executive officer, AirMinistry; S/L. A. G. Hall, hjgher executive officer, Civil Aviation Divisional Office,Southern Division, M.T.C.A.; W. R. Hanson, senior experimental officer, Met. Office, AirMinistry; T. J. Hardy, senior executive officer, Air Ministry; A. W. Hayes, airport manager,Kuala Lumpur; C. A. Hunter, honorary secre- tary and treasurer, No. 153 (Slough) Sqn.,A.T.C.; Florence C. Leary, higher executive officer, Air Ministry; J. K. Lightfoot, workssuperintendent, English Electric Co., Ltd., Staf- ford; D. J. McAllister, senior technical officer, Britannia Fleet, B.O.A.C.; Capt. R. A. Meates,Trans-Australia Airlines; G. M. Merrifield, Flight Captain, Scottish Airlines (Prestwick),Ltd.; W. H. Minnitt, mechanical and electrical engineer, Air Ministry; E. L. Newport,manager, development fitting shop, Bristol Aero-Engines, Ltd.; Mrs. S. B. Portch, pas-senger relations officer, B.O.A.C.; A. E. Rymill, higher executive officer, Air Ministry; J. O. C.Whelans, production engineer, valve making department, Mullard Radio Valve Co., Ltd. BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL T. Barthorpe, skilled turner, William Jessopand Sons, Ltd.; J. L. Brill, principal foreman of stores, No. 10 Maintenance Unit, AirMinistry, Hullavington; F. G. Collins, research and development mechanic (special), Royal Air-craft Establishment, Ministry of Supply; H. C. Cope, clerk of works. No. 5 Works Area, AirMinistry; Mrs. J. Deakin, Aeronautical Inspec- tion Service examiner, No. 25 MaintenanceUnit, Air Ministry, Hartlebury; H. Dean, lately research and development craftsman, R.A.E.;I. Foster, master stamper, Garringtons, Ltd.; I. W. Hamilton, airport foreman I, LondonAirport; J. Lees, chief observer, Post 25 H.I, No. 25 Group, R.O.C.; T. B. Maclean, civilianinstructor, Grade III, No. 1 School of Tech- nical Training, Air Ministry, Halton; P. G.Menon, dresser, grade 1, R.A.F. Tengah, Singa- pore; I. O. F. Peters, chief observer, Post 9/C.l,No. 9 Group, R.O.C.; O. A. Powell, principal foreman of stores, No. 25 Maintenance Unit,Air Ministry, Hartlebury; J. Thomson, station warden, R.A.F. Bishopbriggs; W. Wortley,Short Bros, and Harland, Ltd. QUEENS COMMENDATIONS FORVALUABLE SERVICE IN THE AIR Capt. E. S. Draper, Senior Captain, B.E.A.;C. Evans, flight navigation officer, Britannia 102 Flight, B.O.A.C.; H. Hughes, flight engineerofficer, Britannia 312 Flight, B.O.A.C.; G. S. Noble, senior experimental officer, Royal RadarEstablishment, Ministry of Supply; H. B. Seed, radio officer A, B.E.A.; Capt. A. P. Staples,Senior Captain, B.O.A.C. ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL (SILVER) Act. W/O. L. A. J. Booker, R.A.F. (nowF.O.); F/Sgt. A. R. Marshall; F/Sgt. C. H. Webb. Mr. L. R. E. Appleton (O.B.E.).
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