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Summary of Events Compilation Officer: Flying Officer G.A.C. Gray |
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| SEPTEMBER, |
1955 |
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| JEVER |
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The Squadron is still handicapped by four A.O.G. Hunters. All four have fuel tank
seal leaks and are awaiting spare parts. One aircraft has been A.O.G. for five and a
half months and has never been flown since it arrived on the Squadron.
Serviceability of the remaining aircraft has been better, though some of the air-
craft became due for minor inspection and had to be taken off the flying programme. |
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1st&2nd. |
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Four Hunters from the Squadron intercepted twelve Sabre sixes of the Canadian
Air Force on the 1st. Some cine film was taken at .9M. A number of prints were made
from the film showing the sight representation with a Sabre neatly encircled by the
diamonds. These prints were sent to the Commander of the squadron the Sabres had
come from. |
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3rd. |
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No flying. The morning was spent rehearsing for the Commander-in-Chief's parade
and servicing aircraft. |
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5th. |
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Two more aircraft were flown to England for modification. Captain Lampell of the
Royal Swedish Air Force was tested today and has been awarded his pilot's Instrument
Rating(Green). An order from the Wing Commander Flying came into force today. This is
that pilots will carry G.G.S. Recorder Cameras on all flights, the aim being for each
pilot to take 150 feet of film per month. |
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6th. |
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Two fully modified Hunters were flown from England by the pilots who went there
yesterday. |
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7th. |
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Bad weather stopped flying in the morning, but it cleared for the sports afternoon. |
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| JEVER |
8th. to |
10th. |
Weather limited flying during the period. A wing rehearsal was held for the fly-
past to be held on the 16th. |
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| JEVER |
12th. to |
15th. |
The flying over this period was mainly devoted to practice interceptions under
G.C.I. control. Results with G.C.I. have been quite good. |
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16th |
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The Commander-in-Chief, 2nd Tactical Air Force, Air Marshal Sir HARRY BROADHURST,
K.C.B., K.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., today visited Royal Air Force JEVER. In the
afternoon a wing fly-past was held. Six aircraft from the Squadron took part. |
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| JEVER |
17th to |
19th |
No flying over this period, Monday, 19th. being an official stand-down granted by the
Commander-in-Chief. |
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| JEVER |
20th |
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The first two Hunters to do air firing in 2nd Tactical Air Force got airborne in the
afternoon. Firing was done on Meteor-towed flags on one of the SYLT air-to-air firing
ranges. The aircraft took off from JEVER and homed onto the target at 15,000 feet by
SYLT G.C.I. The G.C.I. control was very efficient and saved valuable time. This gave the
aircraft a full twenty minutes on the flag. Two guns were loaded with 60 rounds of
ammunition in each gun. Firing took place at 15,000 feet. The two pilots were
Squadron Leader J.H. SMITH-CARINGTON, A.F.C., the Squadron Commander and Flying
Officer W.D. BRUNGER, the Squadron P.A.I. Due to an electrical fault the Squadron
Commander fired only one round. No hits were made on the flag so the films are eagerly
awaited for assessing. |
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21st. |
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The cine film taken yesterday with combat(G.45) cameras on the flag did not come out.
two more aircraft with the same [pilots fired again today. Again, because of electrical
trouble one aircraft did not fire. Again no scores. |
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22nd |
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Flight Lieutenant A.B. LETHBRIDGE took a turn at the flag today with the Squadron
Commander. One aircraft fired only 23 rounds due to an electrical fault. There was no
scores but on these flights G.G.S. recorder cameras were used in addition to the G. 45. Some
pilots were given night checks in anticipation of nightflying with Hunters. |
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23rd |
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Assessments can now be made of film taken on the flag and it would appear that the
major fault is under-deflection. Three more attacks were made on the flag with no
score. Normal flying has continued throughout the period of the air firing. |
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24th |
to 27th |
More P.I.'s under G.C.I. control were carried out in addition to normal flying
training. Results with G.C.I. were again good. There were more night flying checks
on 27th. |
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28th. |
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Suspecting that the gunsight was allowing insufficient deflection at the range-
drum settings used Flying Officer BRUNGER aimed ahead of the flag on todays air-to-air
firing detail. Seven hits were made. The gunsight is now suspected as the major
trouble but there is a lack of knowledge of the ballistics box and aircraft compen-
sation units. With reference to the former the standard tests and settings have been
used. In the latter case there appears to be no tests for this. |
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29th. |
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A party of Members of Parliament arrived on a short visit to the station. During
their visit they met and spoke to the pilots and groundcrew of the Squadron. Among
them were JOHN B. MYND and the Rt. Hon. E.J. STRACHKY. Hunters were night-flown
for the first time on the Squadron. Pilots reported them to be very pleasant for
night-flying. |
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30th. |
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One air-to-air firing detail was flown, but due to broken links only two rounds
were fired. A total of sixteen details have been flown on the flag( including those
which were abortive) by four pilots. |
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Flying Officer D.A. YOUNG attended a manufacturers course on the Avon engine for
the 9th to 21st.
Flying Officer W.E.F. OSTROM was repatriated to the United Kingdom on the 21st.
for release from the Royal Air Force.
HOURS FLOWN
Hours Minutes
Total hours on operational type(day) 271 35
Total hours on operational type(night) 4 20
Total hours on training types 19 30
Instrument Flying(Actual) 24 15
Instrument Flying(Simulated) 1 55
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SQUADRON STRENGTH AS AT 30TH SEPTEMBER 1955
Officers S.N.C.O.s Corporals Airmen Total
15 9 14 42 80
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Signed JM Smith-Carrington
(J.M. SMITH-CARINGTON)
Squadron Leader
Officer Commanding,
No. 98 Squadron
Royal Air Force |
