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368 FLIGHT, 21 March 1958 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Forces and Naval Flying News Below decks in an Out of Indentures aircraft earner: a Whirlwind being pushed on to one of the aircraft lifts, ready for raising to the flight deck, in H.M.S. "Bulwark" during Exercise Maple Royal I, held recently in the Caribbean. 2nd T.A.F. Nuclear CapacityA STATEMENT issued from 2ndT.A.F. headquarters on March 12 and signed by the C-in-C, Air Marshal SirHumphrey Edwardes Jones, said that R.A.F. aircrew in West Germany aretrained in the use of nuclear weapons. It did not follow, however, that these werecarried in their aircraft on training flights. The statement referred to last year's WhitePaper on Defence, which said that 2nd T.A.F. would be given nuclear capacity. Winged EscortB Y a striking coincidence, the com-manders of the three frigates due to escort the Queen and the Duke of Edin-burgh when they sail to Amsterdam in H.M.Y. Britannia next Monday are allNaval aviators. Capt. H. R. B. Janvrin, who commands H.M.S. Grerwille, is an obser-ver who took part in the F.A.A. attack on Taranto; and Cdrs. J. L. W. Thompsonand K. Lee-White, commanding H.M.S. Pellew and Paladin respectively, are bothpilots. R.N.Z.A.F. 21st Anniversary ON March 29 the R.N.Z.A.F. is cele-brating the 21st anniversary of its formation.—the actual date falling onApril 1—with an "open day" at Ohakea marked by a flying display and static exhi-bition. Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane, who was first C.A.S. of theR.N.Z.A.F. when it was formed in 1937, will be attending as guest of the NewZealand Government; and Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon, C-in-C. F.E.A.F., is torepresent the Air Council. A Valiant from Bomber Command will be taking part inthe air display, piloted by W/C. L. H. Trent, who is New Zealand's only surviv-ing air V.C. The R.A.A.F. will also be participating. Senior PostingsT WO senior appointments, one in AirMinistry and the other at SHAPE, have been announced. A. Cdre. W. P.Sutcliffe becomes Director of Intelligence at Air Ministry this month and G/C. C. C.Morton the Deputy Chief Signals Officer at SHAPE with the acting rank of aircommodore. A. Cdre. Sutcliffe began his R.A.F. flyingcareer in 1931 with No. 207 Sqn. and during the war flew with Nos, 101, 82 and 110 Sqns. in Bomber Command, winningthe D.F.C. when commanding No. 110 in 1940-41. Among his post-war appoint-ments has been the command of K.A.F. Wittering, and he took part in last year'snuclear tests in the Pacific. A. Cdre. Morton flew as a pilot withArmy co-operation squadrons for three years after leaving Cranwell, but in 1937went back there to take the Electrical and Wireless School course, after which heembarked on a signals career. Since 1956 he has been Deputy Director of Signals (A)at Air Ministry. He was made C.B.E. in 1946. Aden Operations DEFERRING to the work of R.A.F.AV squadrons based at Aden the Air Min- ister, Mr. George Ward, said in the debateon the Air Estimates (reported on p. 361 of this issue) that he did not think it wasgenerally realized how much flying is done by these squadrons. In the first two weeksonly of this month, 14 air supply sorties had been made in Beverleys and 31 inPembrokes and Pioneers; and there had been 71 troop-carrying and communica-tions sorties in Valettas and 160 in Pem- brokes and Pioneers, in addition to opera-tional strikes by Venoms and reconnais- sance by a variety of aircraft, includinghelicopters. S/L. C. I. Blythe (right) with his wife Maureen and the U.S. Air Attache, Brig-Gen. F. B. James, after receiving the U.S. Air Medal in London on March 7 for meritorious service during U.N. operations in Korea. TVEARLY 800 aircraft and administra--^ tive apprentices and boy entrants from R.A.F. Technical Training Commandschools start their regular Service careers late this month or early in April, whenpassing-out parades are held at Halton, Locking, Hereford, Cosford and St. Athan.The parade at Locking, on April 1, when some 40 apprentices of the 80th entry toNo, 1 Radio School pass out, will be taken by the A.O.C-in-C. Technical TrainingCommand, Air Marshal Sir Arthur McDonald; and that at Halton the follow-ing day, when 185 apprentices of the 80th entry to No. 1 School of Technical Train-ing ceremonially complete their training, by Air Marshal Sir Gilbert Nicholetts,Inspector-General of the R.A.F. At Cos- ford next Tuesday, when 285 boy entrantsof the 29th entry pass out from No. 2 School of Technical Training, the review-ing officer will be A. V-M. J. G. W. Weston, A.C.A.S. (Signals). Recent Postings AMONG R.A.F. appointments recently -**- announced by Air Ministry are the following:— G/C.s E. A. Harrop to H.Q., MaintenanceCommand, for technical staff duties; and S. W. Lane to AAFCE, for staff duties.W/C.s A. S. Duff to H.Q., Fighter Com- mand, for administrative staff duies; G. M.Gibson to No. 16 M.U., for administrative duties; A. J. Houston to Air Ministry, for dutyin the Department of the Chief of the Air Staff; D. McDermott to H.Q., Technical TrainingCommand, for technical staff duties; W. J. Nightingale to No. 11 M.U.S/L. A. C. Hollingsworth to No. 2 Air Navi- gation School, to instruct (with the acting rankof wing commander). Bristol U.A.S. Dinner ON April 25 the fifth annual dinner ofBristol University Air Squadron is being held at the Hawthorns Hotel, Bristol,at 7.30 for 8 p.m. Members and ex-mem- bers are invited to attend and shouldcontact the Mess Secretary, Officers' Mess, Bristol University Air Squadron, 82 Wood-land Road, Bristol 8. IN BRIEF Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon recentlypresented silver replicas of Whirlwind and Sycamore helicopters to the C.O.s of Nos.155 and 194 Sqns., S/L.s R. C. Penning and F. Barnes, in recognition of their sup-port in Malayan anti-terrorist operations. ***** Two Valiants of No. 90 Sqn., captainedby W/C. F. S. Hazlewood and S/L. C. R. C. Spencer, recently visited Manilaand Saigon while on training in F.E.A.F. ***** Fourteen officers of No. 10 SpecialistNavigation Course of the R.C.A.F. Cen- tral Navigation School at Winnipeg arespending 15 days in this country to study the latest navigational and electronicsdevelopments in the R.A.F. They arrived on March 12 by R.C.A.F. North Star andare due to return to Canada by R.C.A.F. Comet on March 26.
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