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1000 FLIGHT International, 20 June 1963 SERVICE AVIATION Air Force, Naval and Army Flying News Bomber Command C-in-C AIR MARSHAL SIR JOHN GRANDY, KBE, CB, DSO, who has been C-in-C RAF Germany and Commander, 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force, since January 1961 is to be AOC- in-C Bomber Command from September 1. He will succeed Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC, whose next appointment will be announced later. During the Battle of Britain Air Marshal Grandy led a Hurricane squadron, 249, from North Weald; later he commanded RAF Duxford, then in 1943 went to the Middle East and later to South-East Asia, being awarded the DSO in October 1945 for carrying out many hazardous air-supply sorties in the Burmese theatre. Before going to Germany he was ACAS (Opera tions) and prior to that commanded the "Grapple" task force on Christmas Island. Solomons Photography VALIANTS OF 543 SQN are continuing the photographic survey of the Solomon, Santa Cruz and New Hebrides groups of islands which they started last year (this page, October 4, 1962). Owing to climatic conditions, this work can be carried out only at certain periods of the year. The aircraft are based at RAAF Towns- ville (from June 17) and will spend about six weeks there before returning to their UK base, RAF Wyton, in August. The squad ron is commanded by Wg Cdr B. Hamilton, OBE, DFC, AFC. Modernising HMS "Eagle" CHANGES IN HMS Eagle in the refit she has been undergoing at Devonport since 1959 have given the carrier new features which include a fully angled flight deck, two steam catapults, 3-D radar and Seacat guided missiles. Referring to these changes in the Daily Telegraph on June 3, the paper's naval correspondent, Mr Nowell Hall, stated that Eagle's refitting "is reported to be costing £18 to £20m." Cost of the carrier's elec tronic equipment alone will probably amount to £10m. When completed in 1951 the vessel cost £15,750,000. He comments that the Admiralty expect that aircraft carriers to replace Eagle and other front line ships will cost £50m each. Pegasus and Steedman SOME OF THE BRAVE EVENTS in the Second World War history of 267 Sqn are recalled by its re-formation at Benson (this page, May 23) as an Argosy unit. During the Western Desert campaign it was one of three transport squadrons (117, 216, 267) engaged in close support operations, one of the most remarkable of these being the air- supply by Hudsons of two Hurricane squadrons positioned several hundred miles behind enemy lines, at L.G.I75. Later, when 267 were flying Dakotas from Bari in Taking an underwater view during a recent day at sea in HM submarine "Grampus" is Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine, Commandant of the Imperial Defence College The Queen presenting a squadron standard to 83 Sqn at RAF Scampton on June 10. Next to Her Majesty is the station commander, Gp Capt K. G. Hubbard, and the standard bearer is Fg Off R. M. Ward Italy, Fit Lt S. G. Culliford, a New Zea- lander, flew to an improvised airstrip near Warsaw to pick up V2 parts which had been acquired by Polish patriots, getting away only just before dawn after becoming bogged in soft ground. The squadron's badge is Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology, and its new CO is appropriately Wg Cdr A. Steedman. PRINCESS MARINA is to review the passing-out parade of No 6 course at No 3 Flying Training School, RAF Leeming, on July 24. OLD HALTONIANS' REUNION DAY is being held at Halton on Saturday, July 6, and former apprentices wishing to attend should write to the Honorary Secretary, Old Hal tonians, RAF Halton, Aylesbury, Bucks. APPOINTED COMMANDANT of the RAF Central Signals Establishment at Watton, Norfolk, from July 1, with the acting rank of air commodore, is Gp Capt John Goodman, MBritrRE. He joined the RAF as an apprentice at No 1 Electrical and Wireless School, Cranwell, Lines, 31 years ago. Crew of the Comet C.4 which flew Earl Mount- batten to South America (see page 973) seen at Gibraltar on their return flight. At the top, Sqn Ldr 6. Taylor; I to r down the steps: Sgt R. Shepherd, Fg Off M. Dignam; MEng A. Frazer, Fit Lt M. Fleetwood; MSig W. Lowther, STech H. Ritchie; Sgt C. Watkins; Sgt A. Mitchell, Fit Lt R. Howden; Ch Tech V. C. Taylor, LAA P. Rogers and Cpl AA G. Pyle AVM P. H. HOLMES, AOA, MAINTENANCE COMMAND, visited RAF Carlisle on June 11 to'present medals to three ci vilian employees. Mr J. Hayton (BEM), who has been at 14 MU for almost 24 years; and Mr G. S. Rudd and Mr W. F. Thompson, members of the Air Ministry Fire Service since 1941 and 1942 respectively (Long Service and Good Conduct Medal). THE EARL OF VERULAM has been appointed first Honorary Air Commodore of No 1 (County of Hertford) Maritime Head quarters Unit, RAuxAF, Northwood, Middx. He was in the RAFO from 1931 to 1936, joined the Auxiliary Air Force in 1937 and served in the RAF until 1945. From 1943 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1959 he was MP for St Albans.
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