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1958
1958 - 0892.PDF
910 FLIGHT, 27 June 1958 SERVICE AVIATION . . . squadron to go into action—at Suez onJune 12,1916—as part of the newly formed Australian Flying Corps. One of itsmembers, Capt. (now A.V-M.) F. H. McNamara, was awarded the V.C. in theFirst World War for landing under gunfire to pick up a crashed and wounded pilot—this feat being commemorated on the squadron badge by a diving kookaburrabird. No. 1 Sqn. began its long association with Malaya in 1940, when on its firstsojourn there it operated against the Japanese. M.E. Awards AWARDS to four R.A.F. officers for their**• part in Middle East operations have recently been announced. S/L. C. I. Blyth, who won the D.F.C.on operations in Kor:a in 1952, has been awarded a Bar to it "for gallantry and devo-tion to duty in air operations in Aden and Oman"; F/L. P. H. T. Clay, who won theD.F.C. in 1945, receives a Bar for his part in Aden air operations; and F/L.s G. A.Etches and T. Simpson have both been awarded D.F.C.s for gallantry and devotionto duty in Aden. Birthday Honours NAMES of Air Forces recipients ofQueen's Birthday honours and awards were published on this page last week, andthe list is continued and completed below: — Royal Red Cross (Second Class): Sq/O. I. M.Turner, Princess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service; Flt/O. R. Massam, Princess Mary'sR.A.F. Nursing Service. A.F.M.: F/Sgt. L. E. Adlington; F/Sgt.D. A. Brew; F/Sgt. W. A. Copley; F/Sgt. R. T. Emeny; F/Sgt. C. W. G. Lusty;F/Sgt. J. E. Miller. B.EM. (Mil): F/Sgt. T. L. Brown; F/Sgt.D. S. Cooke; F/Sgt. S. G. Cucksey; F/Sgt. F. T. Edwards; F/Sgt. D. E. Foster;F/Sgt. D. C. George; F/Sgt. R. F. Glover; F/Sgt. F. M. Holmes; F/Sgt. W.Ho:mes; F/Sgt. A. Kirman; F/Sgt. R. Pryse; F/Sgt. B. H. Robe-ts; F/Sgt. O. St. J.Roberts; F/Sgt. J. A. Rossher; F/Sgt. W. G. N. Sanders; F/Sgt. F. J. Wakeham: F/Sgt. F.Wappat: C/Tech. N. Barnes; C/Teeh. J. Mills; C/Tech. L. V. St. Ruth; C/Tech. R.Samuel: C/Tech. C. J. D. Schofield; C/Tech. H. R. Weeks; Acting F/Sgt. W. B. Badley; Act-ing F/Sgt J. R. O'Brien; Acting F/Sgt. J. G. Petrie; Acting F/Sgt. K. W. Shonk; ActingF/Sgt. R. S. Thomas; Sgt. J. M. B-ame, W.R.A.F.; Sgt. R. Buston; Sgt. J. R. Edder-shaw; Sgt. S. E. J. Gorringc; Sgt. A. V. Hamer; Sgt. J. L. Hayward; Sgt. J. Higginbotham;Sgt. J. F. McLean; Sgt. F. B. Norman, Sgt. J. G. Shenton; Sgt. B. F. Stinson; Sgt. L. W.Tarr, R.N.Z.A.F.; Acting Sgt. J. R. Dennis; Acting Sgt. M. J. Johnson; Cpl. E. C. Walter;Cpl. F. S. Williams; Acting Cpl. A. J. Davies; S.A/C. J. McGuire. Queen's Commendations for ValuableServices in the Air: W/C. D. B. Gericke; Act- ing W/C. R. S. Mortley, A.F.C.; Acting W/C. E. Stephenson; S/L. C. W. Clark; S/L. G. D.Cremer, A.F.C.; S/L. J. W. Everitt; S/L. W. N. Gilmer, A.F.C.; S/L. E. W. F. Hare;S/L. K. N. Haselwood; S/L. J. E. Jacobs; F/L. J. S. Bennett; F/L. F. Bridgland; F/L.J. G. Burns (Retd.); F/L. R. M. Crawfo d; F/L. H. Cu-rie; F/L. E. E. Fell; F/L. H. W.Gumbrell; F/L. C. L. Houghton; F/L. J. R. Johnson; F/L. R. Maciachlan; F/L. E. V.M?llor; F/L. B. H. Newton; F/L. J. L. Price; With four Firestreaks up, a D.H. Sea Vixen FAW.l flown by Lt.-Cdr. P. Barlow takes oft on test from the de Havilland airfield at Hum. F/L. C. B. Sercombe; F/L. P. B. Smith; F/L.L. C. Spargo, A.F.C.; F/L. B. A. W. Stobart; F/L. J. F. Webster, D.F.C.; F/L. C. R. White;F/O. T. M. Hamer, A.F.M.; F/O. D. J. Lowery; F/O. R. J. Pritchard; F/O. R.Stephenson; M.Plt. G. T. Manson; Lt-Cdr. N. N. Ducker, R.N.(Retd.); Lt-Cdr. H. G.Julian, D.S.C., R.N. New and old at R.A.F. Yatesbury: a prototype Bristol/Ferranti Bloodhound mounted opposite the prototype Meteor (pictured on this page on March 14) at the station entrance. No. 152 Sqn. DisbandsA DISBANDMENT parade of No. 152(Hyderabad) Sqn., attended by the A.O.C. No. 11 Group (A.V-M. V. S. Bowl-ing), is to be held at R.A.F. Stradishall on Friday, July 11, at 1100 hr, followed bylunch in the officers' and sergeants' messes and the N.A.A.F.I. Ex-members of allranks are cordially invited to attend and those wishing to do so should write with-out delay to the Adjutant, No 152 Squadron, R.A.F. Stradishall, Newmarket,Suffolk. C.F.S. Reunion 'THIS year's reunion dinner of the Cen-A tral Flying School Association is being held in the officers' mess, R.A.F. LittleRissington, Cheltenham, Glos, on Friday, July 11. Full particulars are being circu-lated to all members by the honorary secretary, F/L. R. G. Lofting. Overseas Beverleys D ASED ovvseas since 1920 and operat-*-* ing ValetUs for the past five years, No. 84 Sqn. i-. now re-equipping withBeverleys at R.X..F. Abingdon and thus will become the fi-st squadron in an over-seas command to i. y this type of aircraft.Formed in 1917, No. 84 has operated dur- ing its forty-one years us a fighter, bomber,dive-bomber and transpo* squadron Its present CO. is S/L. H. W.Guile. IN BRIEF A. Cdre. M. Costello, /O.C. theR.C.A.F. Maritime Air Commq^ IS mretire from the Service next m.^ anciwill be succeeded as from July \\ by A. Cdre. W. I. Clements, Chief f per.sonnel at R.C.A.F. headquarters. ***** The R.A.F. retained the Services gOlfchampionship by beating the Royal % vby 9^ pt to 2i pt at Sandwich on Junq7 * * * * * Runway arrester barriers are being i_stalled at seven R.C.A.F. fighter bases , Canada this year—St. Hubert, BagotvilkChatham, Comox, Cold Lake, North Baj and Uplands. The barriers, consisting ofa network of nylon straps supported above a steel cable attached at either end to apiston inside a tube filled with anti-freeze, are positioned about 1,000ft short of theovershoot end of the runway. They are designed to stop tricycle-undercarriage air-craft up to the weight of the CF-100. "Flight" photograph Like Cinderellas waiting to go to the ball, Javelins of Nos. 23, 41 and 89 Sqns. lined up in readiness at R.A.F. Stradishall for their final rehearsal for the Queen's Birthday fly- past which 16 of them were to make—but which eventually had to be abandoned owing to unfavourable weather.
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