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FLIGHT, JANUARY 3, 1930 THE ROYAM&MR FORCE NEW YEAR PROMOTIONS THE y following promotions are made with effect from January 1, 1930 :— General Duties Branch Air Commodores to Air Vice-Marshals.—Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C. ; Arthur Murray Longmore, C.B., D.S.O. ; Cyril Louis Norton Newall, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., A.M. Group Captains to Air-Commodores.—Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair, M.C. ; Arthur Wellesley Bibsworth, C.M.G./D.S.C, A.F.C. ; William Foster MacNeece Foster, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C. Wing Commanders to Group Captains.—Reynell Henry Verney, O.B.E. ; Lawrence Arthur Pattinson, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C. ; Robert John Ferguson Barton, O.B.E. ; William Lawrie Welsh, D.S.C., A.F.C. ; Hugh Lambert Reilly, D.S.O. ; John Tremayne Babington, D.S.O. ; Eric Mackay Murray, D.S.O., M.C. ; Victor Osborne Rees, O.B.E. Squadron Leaders to Wing Commanders.—Reginald Blaney Bulteel Colmore, O.B.E. ; Reginald Stuart Maxwell, M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C. ; Percy Clark Sherren, M.C. ; Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny, M.C., D.F.C. ; Charles Henry Elliott-Smith, A.F.C. ; ' John Cannan Russell, D.S.O.'; Anthony Rex Arnold, D.S.C., D.F.C. ; Charles Joseph Mackay, M.C., D.F.C. ; Alexander Gray, M.C. ; Ronald Graham, D.S.O., D.S.C., D.F.C. ; Robert Dickinson Oxland, O.B.E. ; Horace Percy Lale, D.S.O., D.F.C. Flying Officers to Flight Lieutenants.—Herbert Stafford,George Gerald Morsby, Thomas Henry Moon, Christopher Herbert Schofield (Lieut. Welch Regt.).' Lieutenant-Commander, R.N., Flying Officer, R.A.F., to Flight-Lieutenant.—Henry Lockhart St. John Fancourt. Lieutenants, R.N., Flying Officers, R.A.F., to Flight-Lieu- tenants.—Cyril Bristowe Tidd ; Robert Godmond Poole. Stores Branch Wing Commander to Group Captain.—William Robert Bruce, O.B.E. Squadron Leaders to Wine; Commanders.—Walter John Brice Curtis, O.B.E. ; William Edgar Aylwin, O.B.E. ; Henry Lumsden Crichton, M.B.E. Flight-Lieutenants to Squadron Leaders.—Arthur Thomas Cooper ; Arthur Benjamin Wiggin : Ernest William Crosbie ; Arthur Myrtle Saywood. Flying Officers to Flight Lieutenants.—John GordonSmithson ; Francis Davis Darley Gaussen ; George Godfrey Caledon Pigott ; Cecil. William Rugg ; Charles NormanScott ; George William Longstaff ; William Bourne. Accountant Branch to Wing Comamnder.—Percy John to Squadron-Leader.—Ralf Harry Squadron-Leader Wiseman. Flight-Lieutanant Cleverly. Flying Officers to Flight-Lientenants.—Frederick JohnSharer Short ; John James Taylor Rose ; Robert William Lowry Glenn ; William Reginald Donkin ; DesmondFrederick Aubrey Clarke ; Sidney Charles Wyatt ; Arthur Edward West ; Gilbert Goodall. Medical Branch Squadron-Leader to Wing Commander.—Thomas James Kelly, M.C., M.D., M.A. Princess Mary's R.A.F. Nursing Service Senior Sister Acting Matron) to Matron.—Miss Emily Mathieson Blair. Sister to Senior Sister.—-Miss Winifred Maud Coulthurst. Sister to Acting Senior Sister.—Miss Margaret Watt Walker. London Gazette, December 24, 1929. General Duties Branch The follg. Pilot Officers are promoted to rank of Flying Officer :—E. S.Greenwood (Oct. 8) ; H. Kerr (Oct. 13) ; J. Cox (Nov. 25). Group Capt. P. L. W. Herbert, C.M.G., C.B.E., is placed on retired list at his own requestand is granted permission to retain the hon. rank of Air Commodore (Dec. 3). Accountant Branch Flight Lt. R. M. Grundy is placed on retired list at his own request (Dec. 19). RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS General Duties Branch M. J. Creswell is granted a comma, in Class A.A. (ii) as a Pilot Officer on probation (Dec. 11). The follg. Flying Officers relinquish their commns.on completion of service :—A. E. T. Bruce (Dec. 2) ; ,. J. B. Rutter (Dec. 23). Pilot Officer J. H. Thompson resigns his commn. in the Special Reserve(Dec. 10). Medical Branch Flight Lt. G. Kinneir relinquishes his comnm. on completion of servic(Dec. 19). AUXILIARY AIR FORCE General Duties Branch No. 603 CITY OF EDINBURGH (BOMBER) SQUADRON.—Flying Officer T.Usher resigns his commn. (Dec. 9). <$> R.A.F. COLLEGE AND SCHOOLS Cranwell CollegeTHE following is an extract from the report of the Commandant of the Royal Air Force College at the Passing Out Inspection of FlightCadets, December, 1929 :— At the present time there are 104 Flight Cadets under training. With theexception of one case of disobedience of flying orders discipline has been very good. The under-officers and non-commissioned officers of the I Vth Termhave carried out their duties with conspicuous zeal and ability. The general conduct of the Cadets has been most satisfactory. The total time flown by Cadets during this last term has amounted to2,052 hours. The term now passing out consists of 19 Cadets, who average 106 flying hours per head, of which 37 hours is the average time flown soloon Service type. This is the first occasion on which the term passing out has averaged over 100 hours' flying per head, while this same term has producedthe largest percentage of Fighter pilots yet recorded, i.e., a total of 12 out of 19 Cadets. This indicates an improvement in the standard as well as in theamount of flying done. In English Literature and General History the term passsing out leaves arecord of uniform industry and progress over two years. This has been in part due to the example of its senior Cadets, who have shown that it is possibleto achieve success simultaneously in flying, work and games. Tlie work of the Illrd Term has improved, but is still below the standard of a senior term. Term II has worked well, and in Term 1 there are somepromising students. The Debating Society has held three debates, at which the standard ofspeaking was high. 300 books have been added to the Library, to which Cadets refer more than ever far their essays and terminal theses. The Cadets in all terms are working satisfactorily and well in AeronauticalScience, but emphasis must again be laid on the importance of making full use of the time available for private study. Cadets have shown keenness and interest in Aeronautical Engineering.In particitlar, the work of the two senior terms has been good and has had a beneficial effect on the general standard achieved by the remainder. Avisit was paid by the IVth Term to the Armstrong Siddeley Aero Works at Coventry, and this, thanks to the arrangements made by the firm, provedboth interesting and instructive. The IVth Term have completed the syllabus in armament and carried outall practices very satisfactorily. Their work on the whole has been good. The remaining terms have made satisfactory progress in the syllabus andthen- work has shown keenness and attention to detail. For the first time the R.A.F. Rifle Association has given permission for Flight Cadets to shootin the " Nobel Challenge Cup M Competition, and two teams will be entered. The new syllabus for signals laid down by Air Ministry will be in force nextsession in respect of all Cadets of the junior year. Instruction has been 92
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