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1961
1961 - 0130.PDF
T „• 130 Army Alouettes AT last the Army Air Corps is to have**- its long-desired Alouettes : after a six months' evaluation of the Alouette 2(though two of this type have been in Britain for a year-and-a-half), 12 have beenordered from Sud-Aviation and are to come into service later this year. They areto be deployed in various theatres for liaison and reconnaissance duties withArmy formations. This order brings to 740 the total of Alouette 2s ordered in Franceand from abroad. RAF-RAAF Medical ExchangeU NDER an exchange posting, Air CdreJ. S. Wilson, CBE, MB, chB, DPH, Prin- cipal Medical Officer at Flying TrainingCommand, is to become Director-General of Medical Services, RAAF, with the act-ing rank of air vice-marshal. He will arrive in Australia next March. Gp Capt L. R.Trudinger, at present Command Medical Officer with the RAAF Operational Com-mand, is to come to the United Kingdom on exchange posting for duty with theRoyal Air Force. Bracknell Assistant Commandant NEWLY appointed Assistant Comman-dant of the RAF Staff College at Bracknell, Air Cdre P. E. Warcup, CBE,succeeds Air Cdre F. O. S. Dobell, CBE, who has become SASO at No 1 Group,Bomber Command. Air Cdre Warcup commanded RAFKuala Lumpur, Malaya, before taking last year's course at the IDC. In 1940 he wasshot down while on operations over Ger- many and was a POW for the remainderof the war. Air Cdre Dobell took the 1959 IDC course before going to Bracknell inJanuary last year, having previously served on the staff of Marshal of the RAF SirWMliam Dickson, first Chief of the Defence Staff. During the war he served in theMiddle East and subsequently commanded two 2nd Tactical Air Force reconnaissancesquadrons. Queen's Flight CO A NEPHEW of Lord Attlee, Wg CdrDonald Attlee, has been appointed to command the Queen's Flight under theCaptain, Air Cdre Sir Edward Fielden. He succeeds Wg Cdr Richard Wakeford, whoon promotion to group captain has joined the directing staff of the RAF Staff Collegeat Bracknell, Berks. Wg Cdr Attlee has done two tours onCanberras, with No 12 Sqn at Binbrook (1952-54) and No 59 in 2nd TAF (1957-59). In May 1958 he accompanied the Canberra force which flew to BritishHonduras when Princess Margaret visited the West Indies. This force was made upof two aircraft from No 58 Sqn (Wyton) and two from No 59 (Geilenkirchen). Lastyear, Wg Cdr Attlee was engaged on schools liaison work with the ManningDepartment of the Air Ministry. He attended the RAF Staff College course in1956. FLIGHT, 27 January SERVICE AVIATION Air Force, Naval and Army Flying News SharpshootersO NE of the last official duties performedby Air Marshal Sir Humphrey Edwardes Jones before he retired fromthe post of Commander-in-Chief, RAF Germany (Flight, January 13), was to pre-sent the Duncan Trophy to No 93 Sqn at RAF Jever. This is an annual awardfor air firing by RAF fighter squadrons in Germany and No 93, equipped with HunterF.6s and commanded by Sqn Ldr M. O. Bergh, have now won it twice. Air Marshal Sir Hector McGregor, AOC-in-C Fighter Command (right), with General Adolf Heusinger, Chief of the German Armed Forces Staff, at Fighter Command Headquarters during the tatter's recent visit to this country. Gen Heusinger is to become chairman of NATO's Permanent Military Committee in Washington, DC Variable-length Service T TNDER new types of commission, RAF^ aircrew officers will in future be able to "cpt CL.V" of the Service with a gratuityafter five, eight or twelve years. The present direct-entry commission has up till nowprovided for a pensionable career to the age of 38 or extending over 16 years, which-ever were the longer; but because many young men wishing to take up a flyingcareer in the RAF prefer to enter with- out being committed at the outset to 16 ormore years' service, a new scheme has been introduced. This provides officers who come in onDE commissions with the option of ending their service after eight years (with a£1,500 gratuity) or 12 years (£4,000). If they do not take up their options but com-plete the full term of service they will be eligible for the normal rates of retired payand terminal grants. Air Ministry state that "there will additionally be restrictedopportunities for commissions with option points at five or eight years; for five years'service a gratuity of £775 will be paid." Officers holding either type of commis- A Messerschmitt Mel63, one of the first rocket-powered fighters, being re- constructed (from components of three aircraft) by Halton apprentices, seen working under the supervision of F/Sgt Tom Richardson sion are guaranteed service to the age of38, or for 16 years, if they do not take up an option. In addition, "all will have giodopportunities of being selected for a <uli career to the age of 55." Radio School History A PHOTOGRAPHIC record of No 3•**• Radio School (from its inception in 1940 to the present) is being compiled, andcontributions from any who have passed through the school or been connected withit would be welcomed. They should be addressed to the Officer i/c PhotographicClub, Royal Air Force, Compton Bassett, Calne, Wiltshire. Acknowledgment ispromised for all photographs received. IN BRIEF Marshal of the RAF Sir Dermot Boyle,former Chief of the Air Staff, is to lecture on The Role of the Royal Air Force at King'sCollege, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on February ;, Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross, AOC-in-CBomber Command, is to be the principal RAF guest at the annual dinner of Hull UniversityAir Squadron on March 14. Until recently Commandant of No 16 ML'.RAF Stafford, Air Cdre W. Mad. King, CBE. becomes a Director of Equipment at AirMinistry on February 1. Air Cdre W. H. Hutton, CBE, has beenappointed Secretary (Relief) of the RAF Benevolent Fund in succession to Gp CaptC. E. J. Baines, CBE, who has held the post since 1958. Proceeds from Battle of Britain Day(September 17) last year—£35,000—were the highest on record. They have been dividedequally between the RAFA and the RAF Benevolent Fund. Fg Off Ian Tite (RAF Gutersloh) won theRAF ski championship at Zermatt, Switzer- land, during the weekend of January 14/15.Fit Lt John Hare (Thorney Island) was second and Fg Off Jock Ferrier (Scampton) third. The sixth annual RAF Anniversary Concertwill be held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on April 26. It is being given by the HalleOrchestra, directed by Sir John Barbirolli, and the Central Band of the Royal Air Force underWg Cdr J. E. Wallace. Officers and men of No 719 Sqn, Fleet AirArm, based at RNAS Eglinton, Co London- derry, whose helicopters rescued members ofthe crew of the Greek cargo ship Argo Delos off the Donegal coast last October, wererecendy presented with commendations. A replica of the badge of No 266 (ADM)Sqn was presented recently by the CO, Sqn Ldr G. Middlebrook, to a Bristol Aircraftworking party in recognition of their efforts in keeping to schedule on Bloodhound installationat the site under adverse weather conditions last year. The new Air Ministry Press officer in Man-chester (responsible for the North of England, Wales and Isle of Man areas) is Mr JohnGaskell. He succeeds Mr J. Kiveal, who is taking up the appointment of deputy Commandinformation officer, FEAF. A silver model of a Whirlwind helicopterwas presented by AVM R. A. Ramsay Rac' AOC NO 224 Group, to representatives •'<' w'Royal Federation of Malaya Police at RAAF Butterworth last Friday to commemorai; theclose link between air forces and police Jnnj! operations against terrorists in the 1948emergency.
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