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1960
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612 FLIGHT, 29 April iy30 Last of a famous line of basic trainers; ;j1e 461st Hunting Provost, handed over recently at Luton to Col P. Quinn who commands th* Irish Air Corps (see item in this l SERVICE AVIATION Air Force, Naval and Army Flying News RNZAF in Antarctica ACTIVITIES at Scott Base by the^ RNZAF Antarctic Flight were des- cribed by its leader, Sqn Ldr L. C. Jeffs, inan interview reported in a recent issue of the RNZAF News. One of the most inter-esting parts of his narrative concerned the rescue of Fit Lt P. Rule and himself afterforced-landing in the flight's Beaver. Neither of them was injured, but they hadto wait seven days before being rescued by Fit Lt W. J. Cranfield in the Auster.During this time the two stranded men dug a 6ft trench to protect their tent, markedout a 3,OOOft landing strip (on which a USN Dakota made an abortive landingattempt), operated their radio equipment and prepared one cooked meal per dayfrom survival rations. When the flight was reduced to one air-craft following the loss of the Beaver, its members took part in general base main-tenance and assisted in the construction of a hangar. Built by a team of Army engineers, this is 60ft square and com- pletely driftproof. Honouring RAF Tangmere f^HICHESTER is ro present its freedom^ to RAF Tangmere at a parade in Priory Park on May 8. To mark the occa-sion the commanding officer of the station, Gp Capt W. D. David, is to present to themayor, Cllr W. G. S. Pope, for retention by the city, a silver figure of a Royal AirForce aircrew member in Battle of Britain flying kit. This presentation is to be madeat a banquet in the evening at the Tang- mere officers' mess; and among thoseattending will be the Cs-in-C of Fighter Command and Signals Command, AirMarshal Sir Hector McGregor and AVM Sir Leslie Dalton-Morris. RAF Tangmere,which was a famous World War 2 fighter station, owes its origin as a military airfieldto a forced landing made in a Sussex field by Geoffrey Dorman in 1917 when he was a young RFC pilot. His aircraft's propeLer now hangs in the officers' mess. The Last Provost the handing over by HuntingAircraft to the Irish Air Corps recency of the 461st and last Provost, the produc-tion line for this famous post-war trainer which originated as design study P.56 has come to an end. The prototype firstflew on January 24, 1950, and following its adoption by the RAF the Provost has be;;nordered by the Air Forces of Rhodesia, Ireland, Burma, Iraq and the Sudan. In theRAF it is now being replaced by the Jet Provost under the new scheme of all-jettraining, and at No 2 FTS at Syerston recently the last pupil to graduate on theProvost completed his training. Regimental StressI N the first of a series of exercises de-signed to give practice to the RAF Regiment in moving its own self-contained"strategic reserve" field squadrons overseas quickly, officers and men of No 16 (Field)Sqn flew out in Hastings and Beverleys on April 20 to the Western Desert to joinpersonnel of No 1 (Field) Sqn at El Adem for an exercise with the double-barrelledcode-name of "Lace Market" and "Stress" —the former name covering the airlift, thelatter the desert phase. In the ground operation it was No 16 Squadron's task tosecure an airfield in the area of Sidi Rezegh, south of Tobruk, and to defend it againstattack—with No 1 Sqn acting as the enemy. The overall operation, lasting fromApril 20 to 24, was being directed by the Senior Ground Defence Staff officer atMEAF headquarters, Gp Capt H. Sullivan. IN BRIEF HMS Centaur was returning to Devonportlast Tuesday after an absence of nearly a year on commission in the Far East. Two Royal Canadian Navy Seamen, AbleSeaman J. P. G. Bouchard and Able Seaman A. K. MacLean, have been awarded the GeorgeMedal for rescuing the pilot of a Tracker air- craft which crashed on take-off from the Navalair station HMCS Shearwater. This year's Far East Flying Boat Wingreunion is being held at the Bush House Restaurant, Bush House, Aldwych, LondonWC2, on May 27 at 7.30 p.m. Tickets (£1) from Fit Lt N. Walsh, RAF Kidbrooke, SE3.The secretary is Fit Lt R. H. Alison, Central Recruiting Office, RAF, Victory House, Kings-way, WC2. Members of the Manchester UAS team which won the DH Trophy at Woodvale last Saturday: from left, Cdt Pit R. Trueman; Fit Lt L. Ramsay, one of the squadron instructors; Cdt Pit A. Whitehead and Cdt Pit M. Baker. Manchester now go on to compete for the Hack Trophy This DH Mosquito FB.6 replica has been built (to a scale of I'm : lft) as a spare-time occupation by C. V. McCann of the photographic library staff at the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London SE1- It is being exhibited there with seyeral other models by Mr McCann
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