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Aviation History
1958
1958 - 0235.PDF
Shackleton Mk 2 ir Cornwall." L. Hunt ley and I. N. Gregory, No. , first in air-to-air of competition. "Volcano in the Azores." Nowakowski and King,Ho.224Sqa., 'to-ground class. 245 "pOR the second year in succession, R.A.F. Coastal Command has held photographic competitions devisedA by the command photographic officer, S/L. S. Hoskin. The squadron competition, in which entry by all squadrons was compulsory, consisted of four classes: (1) air-to-air, (2) air-to-ground, (3) air-to-sea, merchant vessel, and (4) air-to-sea, Service vessel. First was No. 228 Sqn., stationed at St. Eval in Cornwall; last year's winners, No. 224 Sqn., at North Front, Gibraltar, took second place. Third was No. 269 Sqn., based at Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. The Inter-Station Competition comprised eight classes of ground photography, covering a wide range of subjects. An easy winner, with four first awards, one second and one third, was H.Q. Unit C. C, at Northwood, Middlesex. Aldergrove took second place and St. Mawgan third. In compari- son with last year's entry the standard of photography was much improved, but in the squadron competition there still appeared to be some lack of co-operation between the aircrews who made the exposures and the ground staff who did the processing and printing. It is good, however, to see the enthusiasm with which the Command photographic units have accepted the challenge to turn out original work of high quality. The selection of prints displayed on these two pages has been made on the score of suitability for reproduction rather than on high placing in the competition results. J. Y.
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