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1953
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SO January 1953 153 SERVICE AVIATION Royal Air Force and Naval Aviation News Canadian Korean Awards SEVEN members of No. 426 Transport Squadron, R.C.A.F., have received awards for their outstanding work while serving with the Korean airlift. F/L. R. M. Edwards has been awarded the A.F.C., and Cpl. J. P. Trudel the British Empire Medal, while the remainder have received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air : they are F/L. R. E. Burn, F/L. E. R. Wolkowski, F/O. J. P. Wilson, Sgt. G. Howard and Sgt. L. C. Potekal. F.A.A. Memorial ON Wednesday, May 20, the Duchess of Kent is to unveil a memorial at Lee- on-Solent, Hants, to the memory of mem bers of the Fleet Air Arm who were killed in the 1939-45 war and who have no known graves. The memorial has been constructed by the Imperial War Graves Commission. Next-of-kin of those commemorated on the memorial will receive personal invita tions to attend. Lloyd's Trophy and Cup FOR the fourth year in succession, No. 2502 (Ulster) L.A.A. Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., has won the Lloyd's Trophy for light A.A. gunnery. S/L. F. Shanks, who commands the squadron, has received congratulatory messages from Viscount Brookeborough, Prime Minister of North ern Ireland, who is also Honorary Air Commodore of No. 2502, and from A. Cdre. H. J. G. E. Proud, A.O.C. No. 67 Group. Lloyd's Cup for rifle shooting, presented by the Committee of Lloyds for annual competition by R.A.F. Regiment squad rons, has been won for the second year in succession by No. 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron, now serving with 2nd A.T.A.F. It is one of the rules governing the award of the cup that all the men in the squadron, regardless of their trade, must take part; the unit with the best average is the winner. FOR JUNGLE WARFARE: One of the ten S-55 helicopters leaving the flight deck of H.M.S. "Perseus" on arrival at Singapore. The S-55s are to be used by No. 848 Squadron, R.N., in the jungle warfare in Malaya. China Sea Incident W HEN a Neptune patrol bomber of the United States Navy was recently shot down by anti-aircraft fire from the island of Namoa, near the south China coast, five aircraft, including a Sunderland and two Hornets, were sent to the scene from Hong Kong. After an hour's search the Sunderland reported sighting a life-raft which, with ten men on it, appeared to be drifting toward the coast. A subsequent message from the same flying-boat said that a U.S.N. Mariner had arrived and was trying to alight in order to pick up the survivors. Later still an American troopship re ceived a message to the effect that the Mariner had crashed and submerged while trying to take off with the survivors on board. The naval base at Langley Point, in the Philippines, reported that ten of the crews of the two aircraft, totalling 21 men, had been rescued and others sighted. There were, however, no further survivors. Two of the Neptune's crew of 13 were killed when it crashed and a further five lost their lives in the rescuing Mariner's unsuccessful take off. For some years the Chinese have been "trigger happy" when aircraft fly close to the China coastline, but damage to their targets has been rare. The Seven Wonders S PEAKING to the assembled company during the recent presentation of wings to National Service pilots at No. 9 Advanced Flying Training School, Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire, Mr. John Pro- fumo, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the M.C.A., said that all National Service air crew would, in future, be trained as fighter pilots. He referred to the aircraft now being given super-priority in production for the R.A.F. as "the seven wonders of the air world." R.C.A.F. Base in Germany AN advance party of the Royal Canadian Air Force has arrived at Zweibriicken, Germany, to establish a fighter base there. This will be the third Canadian fighter base to be established abroad. The other two are at North Luffenham, England, and Gros Tenquin, France. Balliols at Cottesmore "V[OW in service at No. 7 F.T.S. at -t^ R.A.F. Station, Cottesmore, Rutland, are Boulton Paul Balliols. They replace the Harvards, which have been the standard advanced trainers since just before the war. A photograph of a formation of the new trainer appears overleaf. New D. of S. at Cranwell T HE new Director of Studies at R.A.F. College, Cranwell, is Mr. A. Constant, M.A., who succeeds Mr. P. Johnson. Mr. Constant, a brother of Mr. Hayne Constant, Director of the National Gas Turbine Establishment, graduated at King's College, Cambridge, in 1939. He specialized in historical geography, and was reading for a research degree when he joined the wartime staff of the Director of Naval Intelligence. After the war he taught for a time at HIGH-SPEED PADRE : Inspired by the pictorial feature in our issue of December 12th, this photo graph of the Rev. J. R. Payne and his pilot, F/0. L. R. Klaffer, has been sent by No. 78 (F) Wing, R.A.A.F., which is now stationed in Malta. The padre is about to leave in a Meteor 7 to conduct services for the R.A.F. and Australians in North Africa.
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