JANUARY 8 T H , 1942

Dobson, R.A.F.V.R. ; E. Elder, R.A.F.V.R. ; C. R.A.F.V.R. ; F. James, A. T. Jones, M.M. ; L.

Dodd; J. W S. Hawlrv

R.A.F.V.R: H. Lainson ; C. E. Langston ; A

J. B . McGinn; A. Miles, R.A.I' Purdie; P . C N. A. Smith; Svzling; L. W R.A.F.V.R. ; A. house, R.A.F.V {now Act. Sqn. E. H. Davies, R II. S. H. Meech Boulton; A. C. H. A. W. Ret t ig K. B. Dring; W. laylor, R.A. Cooling; S. H. V. McK. Cr.ibii F. R. J . Gunn ; A A. Kenvon; T. McKenzie; D. V. Ridlev: C. E A. G. 'Wall is ; Act. W/O.s J . W/O. J . G. de V Act. F.'O. M. M Assist. S/O. A. Fit. Lts . 'E .

>I. Keli Skinner, R.A.A.F

E. Lowe; Ft. Lyons; A. Maton; D. B. G.

V.R. ; H. K. Newton; A. Richardson, R.A.F.V R . ;

C. V. Stammers; \V. H. C. Tee ; H. G. Vevcrs,

C. Ward ; M. S. Whit.-R . ; J. H. Woffindin Ldr.) ; F /O. s H . Bar r ; A.F.V.R. ; E. C. Jones ;

Act. F /O.s R. 11. Davis, R.A.F.V.R,.; P /O . s S. J . Da vies;

R. Owen ; A. H. R. V .R . ; W/O.s R. M.

Cox, R .A.F .V.R. ; W. Mcli. Gray;

B. Haskell; T. Kent ; R. Lawson; J. L. T. Richards; A. 11.

Smith; T. W. Turnbul l ; W. J. Waters ; II . Wilson; Briggs; E .

Vermeulen Mortimer,

B. Morris, Easterbrook,

R .A .A .F . ; F

C. Jur is ; S.A.A.F. ;

W.A.A.F. ; W.A.A.F. ; R.A.A.F. ;

/O. C. G. W. Trot t .

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t rat ton, R.A.F.O. down; Egan ; A. P.

O.H A.F

A. E. A. E. (,.

Acting Wing Commander A. E. Clouston, A.F.C., in his pre-war record-

breaking CornelBar to A.F.C.

R.A.F .O. ; T. R. C. Young. Act. Fi t . Lts. C. E. Ash-

J . M. Birkin, R .A .F .V .R . ; D. M. J. E. Houlston; R. H . Morton; Walsh, D .F .C . ; J. R. W a t t ;

G. C. Brunner ; J . A. C. Talbot, V.R. ; P /O. s A. H. Hemslev; Sandeman, R.A.F.V.R. ; W/O.s

Bell; G. E. Dawe ; E. Folley; G. W. Gold; E . Mayne; Wing Cdr. D. Scott, R .A .A .F . ; Sqn. Ldrs.

S. Coleman, R .A .A .F . ; R. H. Cox, R .A .A .F . ; S. de B . Griffiths, R . A . A . F . ; T. Primrose, R .A .A .F . ; Fit . Lt. G. U. Allan, R .A .A .F . ; Act. Sqn. Ldr. J . Adams, D.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F.

A.R.R.C. Sen. Sister Miss N . A. Hampton,

Princess Mary's R.A.F .N.S . A.F.M.

Fit. Sgts. J . F . Bishop; E. Foster; L. Oilier;. R. P i t t ; F . McG. Reid, R .A.F .V.R. ; R. G. B . Summers; C. Taylor, R.A.F.V.R. ; A. P. Tilbury ; F . J. Wilson; Sgts. J . G. Astbury, R.A.F.V.R. (now P /O. ) ; R. Brown (now P /O . ) ; D . A. D . Cather R .A.F .V.R. ; R. B . Clark, R.A.F.V.R (now P/O.) ; A. R. Gersekowski; D. J. Mackey, R .A .F .V .R . ; S. S. Payne ; F . J . Ruoff; F . C. H .

R.N.Z.A.F. W/O. G. R.R.C.

Coulthuist, M.C.

Casano, R .A .F .O . ; Fit . Lt . W. J . L.

O.B.E., Princess Mary's Matron Miss W. M. R.A.F.N.S.

Act. Sqn. Ldr. M. P . Stevenson, R.A.F.O.

Bar to A.F.C. Act. Wing Cdr. A. E . Clouston, A.F.C.

A.F.C. Grp. Capt. C. L. King, M.C., D .F .C . ; Act. Grp. Capts. T- H

Edwards Jones, D . F . C . ; J- R Hallings-Pott, D .S .O . ; Wing Cdrs. N. de W. Boul t ; R. H. E. Emson; J . Fulton, D.F.C. : K.A.F.O. ; N . B . Hallmark, D.F.C. ; V. H. A. McBratnev ; G. E. W a t t ; Act. Wing Cdrs. D. D. Christie; K. W. Gough, A.A.F.; J . A. Greenshields, R .A.F .V.R. ; T. C. Macdonald, M.D., C h . B . ; Sqn. Ldrs. D. K. Banks, R .A .F .O . ; W. O. V. Bennett; W. H. Burbury ; R. P. Qarnons-Williams, R .A.F .O. ; G. R. G. Henderson; D . H. Holmes; D. P . McKeown,

F . S. Powlev; R. W. Stewart; A. F . R .A .F .O . ; Act. Sqn. Ldrs. J . Barra-R.A.F.O. ; R. D. Davis, R .A.F .O. ; H. Slade, R .A.F .V.R. ; J . Adams.

Lts. B . J . Apthorpe Webb, W. H o m e ; L. L. Jones, D .F .C . ;

F . Phipps, R .A.F .V.R. ; H . A. C.

R .A.F .V.R. ; Fit . Sgts. J . R .A .A .F . ; R. W. Saunders, R .A .A .F . ; Sgts. R. R .A .A .F . ; J . K. McCarthy, R . A . A . F . ; J . F . Mason, M KkLspja, R .N .Z .A .F . ; D. P . Phillips, R.N.Z.A

B.E.M Fit. Sgts. W. J . Ashbee; F .

(now W / O . ) ; L. S. Bates ; J. T. Collin; W. Davison A. Gosney (now W / O . ) ; J Lewis; A. S. A. Lines D. B . Macfarlane; R. E . A. Miller; T . J . Murphy; L. J . Samson; G. M. Sellers; T e n n e n f I. W. Thomas ; J R .A .F .V .R . ; Act. Fi t . Sgts. W. R. Killick; J. Ryding

(MIL.) G. Atkins

R. Bond; S. S. G. Eldridge

E . Grime; R. B

Taylor, Lavers, Clarke,

A . A . F . ;

R. C. H. F Carter (now

R. H.

Barrett W / O ) ; Epsley ;

Hawt in ; W. H . now W / O . ) ; F . J. Lowe, Markey; H. Melia; G. W

E . J . Pearce; D . W. G. Smith, A Thompson; M.

R F . Burnham D . Smith; C. W.

R .A.F .V.R. ; . M. Merri t t ; C. Point ing; A.F. ; H. H. E. Wheeler,

; J . Ellison ; Steer; Sgts.

H. W. Adams; A. Ha ivey ; E. C. Jones ; E. Loscombe; J. M. Smith; A. V. Spiers; W. Twentyman; D. Wallace; L. N. J.

R.A.F.O.; L. D. Mavor; White; J . H . Williams, dough; S. B. Bintlev, A. M. Jard ine ; E. M. D.F.C,, R .N .Z .A .F . ; Fit . R.A.F.O.; H. J . Cundall; A V. T. Judd, R .A .F .V .R . ; G.

Williams; Cpls. J . W. Bett les; J D'Arcy; N. Gouldin; R. W. Mawcr J . P . Quinn, A .A.F . ; M Rober ts ; Elliott, A .A .F . , A/C- i N. D. Loane Tucker; J . H. Westgate ; L A C. Worgan; Fit. Sgt. M. Shezall, W.A. botham, W.A.A.F . ; H. M. Terry-, W.A.A.F.

. Boardlv; C. Boyd; D. ; W. H. E Page, A .A.F . ; T. E. Sinclair; L. C. G.

, R .A.F .V.R. ; A / C . i C . V. A. Owen; A / C . i L. C

A .F . ; Cpls. P . D. L. Side-

New Year Greetings C1R ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, the Air Minister, in a New ^ Year's message to the R .A.F . and to the W.A.A.F . , in all commands at home and abroad, s a i d : " I n the hard fighting and hard training of the past year you have played y.our part to the full. You have carried the great responsibility entrusted to the R.A.F. with pride and devotion to high achievement.

" I thank you all, and I know that you will discharge the tasks that lie ahead of 19.42 with the same courage and enthu-siasm as you have already shown so splendidly."

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal has sent another message to all R .A.F . units, which r e a d s : " Your achievements in the past twelve months have fully justified my pride and confidence in you. I am sure tha t all of you, and not least those who ;'re still under training, will respond eagerly to every cidl that i- made on your skill and courage in the coming yeaj

Canadian Lancasters A N anAouucornent made fi ra. rugllUsttMItfe S33,Mb,000 ^ conKuul^wi^i/WaUpnlJ b l l l r C a l ^ * S j f t i g n J ^ ^ J j i a n u -fo< ture Mar t inV^*6 V\^-egineS4naraudejPorrn5ers hSf been 1 'Hclledf and replaced bv an order for 4^ ro Lancasters. In

addition to the National Steel CA- Co,, tbp plants of Associated Aircraft Co., a t Toronto, and t i e Canadian Car and Foundry

plant a t Fort William, Oat . , will work on the Lancaster bombers. In making the announcement regarding the cancella-tion, Mr. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply, stated that the B-26 is being redesigned in the Ufiited States, and that the Britifm' Government had asked the Canadian Govern-ment to make the Lancaster bombers. Tooling up for Lan-caster production has started. The Avro Lancaster is a four-engined bomber with Merlin engines.

Nightingale I Comes to Grief A YEAR ago the British Nurses' Air Ambulance Fund con-tributed the magnificent total of ^8,000 for the purchase oi ambulances and aircraft. With part of the money a Boulton Paul Defiant night tighter was bought and presented to the R .A.F . The machine was named, appropriately enough, Night-ingale. It did good work, but one night towards the end of 1941 it ran into an electrical storm, which put the instruments out of order. The pilot ordered his gunner to bale out, while he stayed with the machine and tried to make a landing. He crashed and lost his life in the gallant a t tempt .

A new fund has now been opened for the purchase of another machine. It has been opened, as was the previous fund, by our associated journal Nursing Mirror with a donation of 100. 5.000 is aimed at, and it is confidently expected that this sum will be collected so that Nightingale II may continue the good work begun by the first machine.