RAOC Gazette - page 27
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1968 |
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| Early date | 1968 |
| Late date | 1968 |
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RAOC HQ Army Aviation ADOS (AIR) BRANCH: At the beginning of March one of our typists. Mrs Domoney. left us when she and her husband emigrated to Rhodesia. In her place we welcomed Mrs. Lisle, who hud just settled in and started to learn our strange cries when our other typist, Miss Pam Hendry, disappeared for two weeks with chickenpox. Mr. Topps. from our progress cell, left us early in April and moved over to Aircraft Servicing Branch, where he is now running the technical library. A new arrival, Mr. Forrester, took the vacant chair in the progress cell. He and Mr, Nicholson have now been joined by Mrs. Holland, who has handed over the usage account to another new arrival, Mr. Phillips. Major John Mears spent the last two weeks of March with us, and we hope he picked up some useful tips to help him in his appointment as the new DADOS (Air) in FARELF. Since our last report we have had a further visit from F/Lt. Copestake and his review team from the RAF Central Servicing and Development Establishment We and the Stores Section were questioned closely on procedures used in the supply of aircraft spares. The visit was all part of a general investigation between the RAF and ourselves to check that we fully under- stand the RAF system of provisioning and that the RAF under- stand how Army Aviation is deployed and the system for feed- ing the spares forward through RAOC storeholding units from the MU to the aircraft. All the detailed information gained by the review team will be fed into the Provision Branches at Harrogate. Major Stuart Rooke paid us a welcome visit from MOD. We suspect it will be the first of many, for he has just taken up a newly created appointment in the QMG's Branch, where he will have direct Q Staff responsibilities for Army Aviation matters. RAOC STUDENT PILOTS: Sgt. Laine, on 199 Course, has finished his elementary fixed wing training and is now learning to fly a Hiller helicopter in Basic Rotary Flight. S/Sgt. New- land was with him, but we have just heard that the intricacies of flying a helicopter have proved too much and that he has been withdrawn from the course. Lt. David Hourahane has arrived and is now on 201 Course and has gone solo. Our photograph shows him by a Chipmunk, Photo O. Clements PHOTO SECTION: 'Business as usual' was a notice very frequently seen in blown-out windows of shops, restaurants and other establishments during the Battle of Britain days. The scene now around the Photographic Section is reminis- cent of those days, but instead of the scream and thud of bombs it is the scream and thud of hand and pneumatic hammers, bricks and mortar. The builders have moved in with us. Any curses heard in the area are not for Hermann Goering and his crews, but for torn fingers and bruised heads! Aircraft Servicing Branch and ADOS (Air) Branch have both moved, leaving us to carry on alone. We only have two rooms, in which temporary sinks and work benches have been put. and our telephone line has been cut four times this week. Mr. Clements, our civilian photographer, tells us that there must be some clause in Civilian Staff Regulations under which he can appeal against such treatment, but even with our help he has so far failed to produce such legal protection for us. However, we have overcome all difficulties and, providing the postman can get in and out, we still despatch our prints on time. We are expecting L/Cpl. Dagnell back next month from his attachment to 24 Bde. In case he reads this report, we would like, of course, to confirm we are joking—just. Cpl. Vranch is eagerly awaiting the results of his ACE I exam and, with the help of DADOS (Air), is now trying to remember to attend an RPC course. STORES SECT 70 AC WKSP: During the past month we have had a great deal of movement of personnel to and from the Section. We have said farewell to Sgt. Colin Coles, our Pro- vision Sgt, Cpl. Freeloye from the storehouse, L/Cpl. Quick from the AOG cell, who are all leaving the Service for the rigours of civvy street, and to Pte. Chew, our Landrover driver, who has departed for the sunshine of the Persian Gulf. We wish those leaving the Service every success in their new vocations and hope that they may find time to visit us at some future date, We have welcomed to the Section Sgt. Lee from North Africa, Cpl. Campbell from H Q S o u t h c o , Cpl. Clements from Singapore and L/Cpl. Garratt from the Persian Gulf. Sgts. Wilson and Higgs have returned from Norway at the end of Ex HardfalL and the MSRD is now being prepared for several exercises in the near future. In the sporting world, Sgt. Higgs, Cpls. Murray and Chambers and L/Cpl. Heath are still lending their support to the Wksp football team and Cpl. Rumney is still very busy as the rugby representative for both the Wksp and the School of Army Aviation. SSM Kirkpatrick has taken his stick down from the wall and is once again treading the hockey field with L/Cpl. Learmonth, our other ' hockeyist.' The smell of embroca- tion is much in evidence on Thursday mornings. In the not so energetic sports SSM Kirkpatrick, S/Sgt. King and Cpl. Chambers are reported to be terrorising the darts players of the Andover area. Headquarters Director of Ordnance Services ^^ ^ THE announcement in The Times ^ ^ ^ $&*&? >^^ °^ t n e engagement °f Brigadier H* ^^fyjfSQ^^ G. Muggeridge. Inspector RAOC* fl%*&X gave us all much happiness and we Jgg|3p§L hasten to extend our belated, but ^^^*JgjJ^S^£ nevertheless heartiest, congratulations j g ^ ^ %S^*3 ^ ^ h - to the Brigadier. *^ ^* Our congratulations too, to Lt.- Colonel Freddie Goodwin who goes to Singapore on promotion to Colonel and to Major J. A> M. Macdonald to a Lt.-ColoneFs appointment. Lt.-Colonel L. C. Holledge is the new D/Inspector on transfer from Ord 4. We wish all three good luck in their new posts. A well known Officer of the Corps is due to arrive in HQ DOS shortly in the person of Major (Retd) Gilbert JefTeries. He takes on a RO post here, but will soon be quite at home again; as readers will know, he has spent many years as a Serving Officer in Ord 7. Arrivals: Capts. H. P. Wilson (Ord 7) and Tom Newby (Ord 1), Cpl. M, Tipper (Ord 3), Major R. Bromham (Ord 2), Capt. M. C. Owen (Ord 1) and Major D. B, Baker (Ord 7), Departures: Major J. Marsden (Ord 2), Capt, M. W. Newcombe (Ord 1) and Majors F. Grimes and F. J. Nichols (Ord 7). j . p. Southern Command ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ORD BRANCH: Brigadier A. H. Parnaby ^^^^^|^^^^^8 has now taken over the chair from Briga- ^^^^M^^^^^g dier L, P. J. Herbert and with the help of ^^S^^^^^^^S the Army Air Corps has managed to ^^^^ft^ B ^^^^H visit most of the Ordnance units of the ^^^^^^^^^^H new Command. We welcome Colonel G. ^^^^^^^^^^P W. Parsons from Chilwell as the new ^^^^^^^^^^ ADOS in place of Lt.-Colonel F. Snape ^^^^^^^^^ who is retiring. All Officers and staff of ^^^^^^^ the Branch will join in wishing the latter ^P^ a long and pleasant retirement and success in his new appointment with the Automobile Association. One other move to record is that of Major G, H. Smith, DADOS (C and GS), who leaves us for BAOR. We welcome in his place Major J. K. P. Coghill from CAD Bramley. |
| Book number | R0238 |