Duncan Frank Hyland-Smith

Duncan Frank Hyland-Smith

Inmoving the appointment of Wing Commander Duncan Frank Hyland-Smith DFC, AFC as senior pilot and officer commanding Queen's flight.

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WING COMMANDER Du[missing letter]can Frank Hyland-Smith, D.F.C., A.F.C. has been appointed Senior Pilot and Officer Commanding the Queen's Flight.

Wing Commander Smith comes from Salisbury. He attended Prince Edward School, where he played for the 1st XV at rugby, and later played for old Hararians.

Before the war, in which he distinguished himself, Wing Commander Smith joined the R.A.F. with a group of young Rhodesians who took short-service commissions.

THRILLED, PROUD

In a letter to his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Smith, of Nuanetsi Ranch, Fort Victoria, Wing Commander Smith says: “I'm thrilled and proud beyond measure, and am looking forward to all that lies ahead”.

In his new post he has flown Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, to Paris, flown Sir Anthony and Lady Eden to Balmoral, and piloted the Queen's aircraft from Scotland to London carrying Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.