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Aviation History
1958
1958 - 0090.PDF
92 FLIGHT, 17 January 1958 SERVICE AVIATION . . . H. J. Meddings, R. G. Grocott, D. Newell,V. A. Stapley, J. M. Fryer. F/L. to S/L., Branch List: V. Vesely. Technical BranchW/C. to G/C.: B. Samson, R. E. Beeny, J. W. White, S. F. Bonser, J, S. Rowlands,E. V. Stokes, J. H. Hunter-Tod. S/L. to W/C: M. L. L. Bathe, F. E. Barnes,G. V. Cowmeadow, J. T. Adey, A. R. Board- man, B. Brooke, N. W. Maskell, D. H. Beckett,G. D. Cooper, G. N. Rushen, T. McGreevey, R. Howard, J. S. Mason, L. L. Flowerdew,J. Harvey, H. D. Ste?er-Lewis, T. S. Wilkinson, T. M. G. Bury, D. R. Levinson, P. M. S.Hedgeland, W. Sykes. F/L. to S/L.: H. 0. Stephens, R. C.Mitchell, W. A. Mcllroy, M. J. McMenamin, R. S. Langton, R. S. Hogg, C. E. Heighten,K. W. Drabble, D. G. Evans, W. R. Jones, G. R. Roscoe, P. F. Reed, D. Dunford, J. W.Whitelegg, V. A. Knight, B. C. Twiss, D. W. Wallis, A. J. Pring, J. Littler, B. A. Ward,J. M. Beeby, C. B. Kay, D. Ball, P. G. Smith, R. L. Mills, D. W. Scott, G. R. D. Calder,B. D. Moore, J. Sheriff, J. S. Falvey, J. MacKenzie. F/L. to S/L., Branch List: C. H. Lang,R. Hood, W. A. Greene, J. O. Shackleton. Equipment BranchW/C. to G/C: A. G. Sutton, C. J. G. Ferguson, W. J. Maggs.S/L. to W/C: J. Trotman, D. J. Walliker, A. D. Rutherford-Jones, J. M. Stevenson,W. Kemplay, G. J. N. Neal, D. E. Longley, L. Baume, H. D. Campbell. F/L. to S/L.: T. Roberts, G. A. Foss, T. E.Morris, A. Lyle, J. F. Barford, D. J. Cullen, W. R. Groves, H. C. Trent, T. F. Burd,R. J. Phillips, G. A. Jeffery, E. V. Hughes, M. G. Dyer, A. Hale, A. D. Harvey, A. J. W.Oliver, J. Tuck, G.N. V. Chignall, R. F. Carter, D. E. Peters, L. J. Jacobs, J. H. Cooke, F. W.Tame, W. G. Carr. F/L. to S/L., Branch List: H. Pulman-Jones, H. R. Walton. Flt/O. to Sq/O., W.R.A.F.: I. E. Smith. Secretarial Branch W/C. to G/C.: T. P. F. Trudgian, T. J.HarUon, W. G. Morgan. S/L. to W/C: A. Powell, N. Storer H. A. G.Warren, D. A. Hine, C. H. Pocock, J. A. Ferguson, A. P. G. Holden, A. Vicary,F. Murray. F/L. to S/L.: R. A. H. Smith, J. R. Austin,H. G. Harding, E. J. Brennan, J. Johnston, W. D. Blythe, J. A. G. Federico, I.. W. Fletcher,E. M. Jackson, S. E. Attree, E. J. Baldock, R. J. Longstaff, R. C. Cawrse, D. R. Perrin,R. H. Merrifield, S. G. Head, E. A. Strange, F. G. Ireland, E. A. T. Sullivan, T. Williams,J. A. Gill, W. S. Jackson, R. T. Lang, E. T. Duckett, J. E. Bliss, E. F. Lapham.F/L. to S/L., Branch List: A. Price, G. P. Owen.Flt/O. to Sq/O., W.R.A.F.: B. J. Francis. (To be concluded) This D.H. Otter—XL 710—made history on January 6 when, flown by S/L. J. Lewis, it became the first single-engined aircraft to fly across the Antarctic. With S/L. Lewis as crew were F/L. G. Haslop, F/Sgt. P. Weston and Sgt. E. Williams. Together they form the R.A.F: Detachment (which also operates an Auster) stationed with the British Transantarctic Expedition. IN BRIEF A. V-M. H. P. Fraser, A.O.C. No. 12Group, inspected members of No. 3621 (North Lancashire) F.C.U. at R.A.F.Squires Gate, Blackpool, on January 5, when the unit—one of three F.C.U.s inLancashire which are being disbanded by the end of this month—held its final parade.***** No. 101 Sqn., which is being formed tooperate Vulcans, will be based at R.A.F. Finningley, near Doncaster.***** A plaque of the badge of No. 2 AircraftDelivery Unit, a wartime M.E. formation which supplied aircraft to squadrons of theDesert Air Force, was formally presented to the R.A.F. Reserves Club on January 8.***** Following the stand-down parade of No.3611 (West Lancashire) F.C.U. at R.A.F. Fazakerley last Sunday, when the review-ing officer was A. V-M. H. P. Fraser, mess silver belonging to the unit and to No. 611(West Lancashire) Sqn., R.Aux.A.F. (dis- banded last year) was handed over to the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Aid. F. H. Cain,to be stored in Liverpool Town Hall. ***** M.E.A.F. transport aircraft have beendropping supplies of D.D.T. to WHO teams combating malarial mosquitoesamong the semi-nomadic Dyak tribes. ***** Miss Joyce Mugford has been appointedwarden of the first convalescent home to be established by the Royal Air ForcesAssociation for ex-R.A.F. and W.R.A.F. personnel. The home is in Clifton DriveSouth, St. Annes-on-Sea, and will be offi- cially opened next month. ***** R.C.A.F. headquarters has announcedthat the Refresher Flying Training Plan, which since 1950 has provided ground andflight training for former R.C.A.F. pilots to enable them to attain a degree of profi-ciency for service in an emergency as staff pilots or instructors, is to be discontinuedfrom the end of March this year. Two views of H.M.S. "Victorious," the new aircraft carrier which was being commissioned at Portsmouth on January 14 (and formed the subject of an article in last week's issue). On the left, the overhang of the angled deck; and below, a view looking forward, showing the round-down. Might" photographs
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