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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
10E5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: MESSING AND CATERING [/underlined]
References: K.R. & A.C.I. Ch. XX Sect. 111; A.P. 837 Sec. 15 (revised); A.P. 87A (R.A.F. Manual of Catering); Catering Bulletin:
A.M.Os. – “A” Series:- 33/43, 34/43, 132/43 201/43, 204/43, 227/43, 567/43, 702/43, 885/43, 896/43, 226/44, 406/44, 543/44, 777/44; 88/45.
“N” Series:- 283/45 & 365/45.
[underlined] Need for High Catering Standards [/underlined]
1. The influence of good catering on the morale, efficiency and discipline of a station is undoubted and indisputable. Monotonous dietary, indifferent cooking and slipshod service bring about dis-satisfaction and resentment. Good catering on the other hand, will result in fitness and cheerfulness, and will mitigate or ease the discomfort and fatigue of life under active service conditions, particularly of those coming from civilian life.
It is therefore incumbent upon all who are responsible for administration and discipline to ensure that slackness and complacency in catering are not tolerated, and that all reasonable assistance is given to those responsible for catering duties on R.A.F. Stations. The personal interest of station and unit commanders and senior administrative officers will encourage the station catering organisation to reach and maintain satisfactory standards.
[underlined] Catering Supervisory Organisation [/underlined]
2. (a) [underlined] Air Ministry [/underlined] – The supervision of catering is the responsibility of the Director General of Equipment. R.A.F. Supplies Liaison Officers, on the establishment of Air Ministry, are attached to each Army Command Headquarters, and can advise stations on matters relating to R.A.S.C. and N.A.A.F.I. supplies.
(b) [underlined] Commands [/underlined] – At all Home Commands and certain Group Headquarters, Catering Officers are borne on the staff of the Senior Equipment Staff Officer. They are responsible to their A.O.C. in C. or A.O.C. for questions of supplies, catering and food production at Stations within the Command.
(c) [underlined] Stations [/underlined] – The Senior Administrative Officer is responsible to the Station Commander for the catering standards of the station. The supervision of catering is done either by a Station Catering Officer or Warrant Officer Caterer, established for the purpose or, on small stations, by a Wing or Regional Officer who should visit to supervise and assist. Station Catering Officers have duties and responsibilities for the demanding, safe custody and distribution of all food supplies and emergency rationing. (A.M.Os. A.33/43 and A.34/43).
[underlined] Station Organisation [/underlined]
3. (a) [symbol] [underlined] Station Messing Committee [/underlined] – consists of
S.Ad.O president
Catering Officer
W.A.A.F. ‘G’ Officer
Representatives of Officers and Sergeants Messes
Representatives of Airman’s and Airwoman’s Messes
Senior Cooks
Institute Manager – should be co-opted as an ex-officia member.
/Contd……
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(b) Committee meets weekly – considers suggestions and complaints on Station Messing. Approves the basic diet sheet prepared by Catering Officer – from a general diet sheet emanating from Command or Group. Deals with various matters such as Staff, Rest Rooms, Hygiene and the like. Basic Diet sheet signed when approved by President, S.M.C., M.O., and Station Commander. Full Minutes of Meetings recorded – C.O. should see them at regular intervals.
[underlined] Officers having Messing Responsibilities [/underlined]
4. Station Commander, S.Ad.O., Catering Officer, M.O., Accountant Officer, Orderly Officer.
[underlined] Duties of Catering Officer [/underlined]
5. These are many and varied, the principal are
(a) Rations – demanding, safe-custody, issue, Reserve but excluding Air Crew Emergency Rations,
(b) Excessive under or over-drawing of Rations does not occur,
(c) No undue accumulation of food-stocks. Precautions against deterioration and fraud.
(d) Foodstuffs NOT contaminated in Kitchens and Ration Stores. Gas, Flies, Mice, Rats etc.
(e) By-Products,
(f) Cleanliness and Hygiene,
(g) Economy – eliminating waste caused by indifferent catering and cooking,
(h) [underlined] Staff [/underlined] – Welfare, training, supervision, duties, leave and off duty periods. Trade Testing, reclassification, promotion etc. and Field Cooking.
(j) [underlined] Generally [/underlined] – Drawing of Rations (F.140). Supervision of preparation of food in all Messes. Service at Meals, and the provision of varied, adequate, well-cooked and well-presented food.
(h) [sic] [underlined] The Catering Officer [/underlined] is not permitted to be allotted such specific duties as Officers’ Mess Secretary, Bar Officer, Messing Officer, Inventory Holder, President S.M.C. or Officer i/c Sergeants Mess. He can perform the duties of Orderly Officer. He is also not permitted to purchase foodstuffs for Officers and Sergeants Messes otherwise than from N.A.A.F.I. (A.M.O’s A.33/34 of 1943.)
[underlined] Universal Messing [/underlined]
6. [symbol] Introduced throughout R.A.F. on 1st March, 1943. Reasons:-
(a) To standardise Catering procedure
(b) To overcome competition in local markets for foodstuff supply.
(c) To ensure a standard dietary for all ranks.
Applicable to all Station Messes – Officers, N.C.O’s and Airman’s (Airwomen’s). Officers and N.C.O’s Messes can take full advantage of facilities offered by N.A.A.F.I. Officers and N.C.O’s Messes are at liberty to purchase from Mess Funds. “Extras” to improve or supplement Messing and to run their own kitchens. The purchasing of extras [deleted] are [/deleted] [inserted] is [/inserted] not made through the Catering Officer and is purely a Mess affair (Officers or Sergeants). The value of the “Supper Element” is recovered from Officers Messes. (A.M.O. A.34/43).
/Contd….
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[underlined] Rations [/underlined]
7. (a) [underlined] SOURCES R.A.S.C. [/underlined] supply all rationed foodstuffs – excepting bacon and butter supplied by N.A.A.F.I. Certain other commodities are supplied by N.A.A.F.I., i.e. Tinned Goods, Porridge and other cereals and vegetables.
(b) [underlined] TYPES [/underlined] (i) Standard Ration issued at home to those messed collectively.
(ii) Field Service issued abroad generally – at home under certain conditions.
(iii) Personal Rations issued to non-members of Messes, i.e. married personnel living in Married Quarters.
(c) VALUES – [underlined] Daily Ration entitlement. [/underlined] For units with a total Messing Strength of [underlined] over 100 [/underlined] (below 100 difference values).
R.A.F. Airmen – 1/7 3/4d. – W.A.A.F. Airwomen 1/5 1/2d.)
Officers 1/4 1/4d – Officers 1/2d)
late Apr 1945 to 31st Jul. 1945.
Additional allowance of 3/4d. for cocoa for personnel on special night duty.
The airmen’s ration entitlement is admissible for airwomen in all Messes where meals are prepared cooked and served from the same Kitchen. Similarly R.A.F. Officers entitlement value will be admissible for W.A.A.F. Officers. Under these arrangements the combined strength – men and women are to be used in determining entitlement. (A.M.0. N.365/45 and
(d) [underlined] FLYING AND EXTRA RATIONS [/UNDERLINED]
(i) Extra supplies of normal rations – for post operational breakfasts.
(ii) Supplies of easily digested foodstuffs – milk, eggs, oranges etc.
(iii) Rations for consumption in the air on flights of over 4 hours.
(iv) Emergency Flying Rations. (A.P. 837 para. [deleted] 466 [/deleted] [inserted] 508 [/inserted] A.M.O. A.567/43). Responsibility of Equipment Officer.
(v) Fresh Milk – 1/2 pt. per day is additional to normal entitlement for personnel under 18.
(vi) Fresh Milk – may be provided for airwomen at scale of 4 oz. per day.
(e) [underlined] MONEY ALLOWANCE IN LIEU – DAILY RATES [underlined]
[heading] [blank] – [underlined] Officers – Airmen & Airwomen [/underlined] [/heading]
(i) Lower rate (R.A.F.) – 1/4d. – 1/8d.
Lower rate (W.A.A.F.) – 1/2d. – 1/5d.
(ii) Higher rate (R.A.F. & W.A.A.F.) – 2/9d. – 3/2d.
(iii) Leave rate (R.A.F. & W.A.A.F.) – 3/4d. – 3/4d.
See A.P. 837 Sec. 37 para. 1011 (A.M.O. N.1229/44).
[underlined] Ration Drawing Procedure [/underlined]
8. The Catering Officer demands on the R.A.S.C. on F.140 (Quad.) for rations for the whole station, and after subtraction of the cost of this from the entitlement he knows how much he can spend at the N.A.A.F.I. Goods from the R.A.S.C. are normally collected by station transport and delivered to the main ration store, and there split up in proportion to the strength of the messes. N.A.A.F.I. purchases are normally requisitioned in bulk on F.848A, broken down, and distributed to messes by the Station Catering Officer. If, due to local conditions, the Station Commander decides that supplies should be broken down and delivered direct to messes from the N.A.A.F.I., the Station Commander is to satisfy himself that correct distribution is made.
/Contd…
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[underlined] Consequences of Ration Figures [/underlined]
9. [underlined] The Squadron Adjutant [/underlined] is responsible for the correct rendition of ration strengths to the catering officer daily. In view, however, of the re-allocation of certain administrative duties – where the Senior Accountant Officer has taken over such duties; he is responsible for ensuring that the correct messing strength figures are furnished to the Catering Officer daily.
[underlined] Casual Meals [/underlined]
10. Served to living out officers and visitors to a Mess. Mess charged with the cost on these meals as recovery to Public funds at the M.P.R.A. ([missing word] rebated by 6d. – at present 2/8d. Rations are claimed for these meals on basis of 1/3rd of days entitlement for breakfast and mid-day meal and 1/6th for tea and supper.
Most essential that a correct record is kept of these meals and that proper charges are made to living-out officers and visitors. (A.M.O. A.777/44, A.M.0. N.1229/44).
[underlined] Security [missing word] [/underlined]
11. Essential that rations are checked both on arrival at Station and on distribution. Might check on stock-keeping arrangements all issues [three missing words].
Under Food Centre conditions FOOD is great TEMPTATION – THEFT, SHORT DELIVERY of RATIONS must be prevented by constant checking and vigilance. C.O. should appoint an independent officer to make periodical snap checks of main ration store.
Orderly Officer is an essential link in the Catering organisation. He should check quantities and weights of incoming rations and supervise distribution. Should NOT sign F.140 until fully satisfied.
[underlined] By-Products [/underlined]
12. Money received for the sale of swill, inedible fats and bones is credited to the By-Products Account which is expended by the Catering Officer, in proportion to the strengths of the Messes, on articles calculated to improve the messing, e.g. saucepans, tea-urns, pie-making machinery. The account moneys are banked jointly with P.S.I.
Swill is sold for the Camp as a whole and includes swill from the N.A.A.F.I. under contract at the fixed rate of 15/-d per 100 personnel per month. Inedible fats are mainly obtained from grease-traps. (A.M.O. A.227/43, A.88/45).
[underlined] Cookhouse Hygiene [/underlined]
13. Kitchen and Dining halls must be clean – spotlessly clean. Filth and dirt will cause disease. Unclean habits among cooks can easily cause an epidemic on the Station. Following are important points.
(a) Washing facilities in cookhouse and toilets for staff – clean towels, soap and NAIL BRUSHES. (Issue 1 N.B. to each wash basin).
(b) Cooks – clean white clothing. Entitlement Airman Cook 4 complete sets.
Entitlement Airwoman Cook 6 White Overalls, 4 White Caps.
(c) Cookhouse machinery needs careful attention and should be sterilised daily. Mincing Machines may be polished on top – but no crawling with maggots inside.
(d) Flies, rats and mice are a great source of danger to health – by food contamination. Fly-papers and mouse traps can be obtained from N.A.A.F.I. and can be paid for from By-products Fund.
/Contd…..
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[underlined] Inspection of Cookhouse and Dining Halls [/underlined]
14. Points to be looked for by an inspecting officer:-
(a) Cleanliness – particularly stores and larders.
(b) Ventilation
(c) Windows fly-proofed
(d) Drains – interior and exterior, should be clean and unchoked.
(e) All, oven doors (wet and dry) opened and inspected
(f) Wash-up rooms require special attention
(g) Look for traces of mice and rats
(h) Except Cats – no other pets
(j) Swill bins clean and covered. No refuse on ground.
(k) Machinery clear and in working order
(l) First-aid equipment available
(m) All food – particularly fresh meat, covered with muslin or meat covers
(n) Roster of duties and day’s off for current week
(o) Fire Buckets and Extinguishers – ready for use
(p) No smoking in preparation rooms and kitchen
(q) No clothing, or uniforms lying around
(r) Mats and Shoe Scrapers outside entrances.
[underlined] Cooking [/underlined]
15. The whole standard of feeding depends on the treatment the rations receive; the rations themselves are very rarely at fault. Constant supervision is essential to ensure that good food is not spoilt by indifferent cooking; the usual manifestation of this being the automatic adoption of the easiest method of preparing the meat for the table, for example, stew, instead of curry or meat pie. Ensure that the best use is made of food available.
Watch the service and method of presentation. Well cooked food becomes unappetising if the service is slow or slapdash. Insist upon quick, neat, service. Cooks should be instructed, before the meal begins, of the correct amount of food to place on each plate. This will avoid irregular portions and also the danger of the food supply running out. Vegetables should be served on the self-help principle. Cooks should be dressed in clean whites when serving. Hands must be clean. Finger nails must be clean and not long.
If large numbers have to be fed, every effort should be made to get the queue inside the dining room in inclement weather.
Swill bins should be watched and a check kept upon excessive waste. Orderly N.C.Os. should be on duty in the dining hall at all meal times to preserve order and to prevent food being thrown into swill bins.
[underlined] Communal Messing [/underlined]
16. In general R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. feed together. This has obvious advantages from an economy viewpoint, but needs attention to ensure that the W.A.A.F. interests are not completely subordinated.
Shortage of food has removed the objection that they require different food, but they do want it served well and made as attractive as possible, and it is essential that they are well represented on the S.M.C., not merely in numbers, but by women able to put forward the W.A.A.F. point of view. There should also be a W.A.A.F. member of the Corporal’s Club Committee. Where R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. feed together rations are drawn for all at the men’s scale. The W.A.A.F. Orderly Officer should inspect the cookhouse at night when airwomen are working there.
[underlined] Staff [/underlined]
17. Cookhouse staff have one of the hardest and most disagreeable jobs on the Station – they work at irregular hours are often called upon to
/Contd…..
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perform long and arduous spells of duty – are frequently overlooked from the Welfare point of view.
Rest rooms should be provided either in or adjacent to the Cookhouse. Should be comfortable with means of recreation, periodicals, radio, gramaphone [sic] – funds can be obtained from P.S.I. or By-Products Fund. Hours of work should not exceed 50 – 54 hours per week – one clear day off duty each week – so far as is possible notified a week in advance. This is particularly appreciated by W.A.A.F. personnel – shopping – hair-waving etc. etc.
A little thought and organisation in Staff management will be amply repaid.
[underlined] Field Service U.K. Scheme [/underlined]
18. Alternative arrangements exist on a basis of one man, one ration, one source. Should transport considerations make it advisable, units go over to F.S. (U.K.). This means that N.A.A.F.I. is cut out, the R.A.S.C. assuming complete responsibility for provisioning the unit. The ration is generous but care is needed to ensure that the best use is made of it, as there is a tendency with increased amounts but fewer ingredients for the food to lack variety.
[underlined] Field Cookery [/underlined]
19. It is essential that all cooks, R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. should be conversant with cooking under field conditions. An improvised field kitchen should be erected, by the cooks, using only scrap metal, empty tins, etc.
The following points should be taught:-
(a) Camouflage (Natural)
(b) Hygiene and Sanitation. Grease traps. Incinerator.
(c) General lay out of field kitchen.
(d) Cooking by waste oil and water.
(e) Purification of water.
(f) Composition of ration packs.
(A.P. 87A, Part IV, paras. 110-122).
[underlined] Pig and Poultry Keeping [/underlined]
20. For permission application through Group or Command H.Q. to A.M. E.46. No stock to be purchased until permission granted. Application to keep pigs off confines of station not allowed. No pig may be slaughtered without licence from Area Meat and Live Stock Officer of Ministry of Food. Meat and offal from slaughtered pigs may only be consumed by members of unit [underlined] and on no account sold or given away [/underlined] to other Messes at other stations. The price charged not to exceed the current R.A.S.C. price. (A.M.O. A.180/42). A.M.O. A.283/45.
[underlined] REMEMBER [/underlined]
It is incontestable that good cooking and messing have a most important bearing on the meaintenance [sic] of morale and good discipline. If service personnel are well fed, properly housed and their creature comforts are adequately safeguarded, they will respond readily to all demands made upon them, and in time of crisis and stress they will not fail.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
11F5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: AIR MINISTRY AND R.A.F. COMMANDS [/underlined]
References: K.R. & A.C.I. Chap. 11, Appendix 1.
[underlined] PART 1 – THE AIR MINISTRY [/underlined]
[underlined] The Work of the Air Ministry [/underlined]
1. The main responsibility of the Air Ministry is the central control and administration of the R.A.F.; its work differs fundamentally from that of Commands in these respects:-
(a) It exercises general supervision over Commands and is concerned with the formulation of operational and strategic policy by the War Cabinet; but it is not engaged in the day-to-day control of air operations.
(b) It is the centre at which R.A.F. administration and control blends with Parliament, the Government and the whole Civil administration of the country; this explains the conjunction of Service and Civil elements in its organisation.
(c) It has certain duties for which the Secretary of State is responsible as Minister, but for which the Air Council is not responsible.
(d) It is a large organisation with world-wide activities and a great range of interests.
[underlined] Constitution of the Air Council [/underlined]
2. The Air Council is the body through which control and administration are exercised. At present the Air Council comprises:-
The Secretary of State for Air,
Two Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Air,
Four Air Members,
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air,
Three Additional Members.
[underlined] Responsibilities of Members of Council [/underlined]
3. These may be considered in relation to:-
(a) The Ministerial Members,
(b) The Air Members,
(c) The Permanent Under-Secretary of State,
(d) The Additional Members.
[underlined] The Ministerial Members [/underlined]
4. The Secretary of State is President of the Council and is responsible to Parliament for all its business. He is also a member of the Defence Committee of the War Cabinet. His constitutional position makes it necessary that all matters of importance should be referred to him.
5. He is assisted by the two Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State – U.S. of S. (Commons) and U.S. of S. (Lords), each of whom
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exercises ministerial supervision over particular matters in the Air Ministry and who deputise for the Minister respectively in the Commons and the Lords.
[underlined] The Air Members [/underlined]
6. [underlined] The Chief of the Air Staff (C.A.S.) is [/underlined]:-
(a) Senior Air Member and principal advisor of the Secretary of State.
(b) The professional advisor of the Government on matters of air policy, and
(c) Responsible collectively, with the other Chiefs of Staff, for advising the Government on defence policy as a whole.
7. [underlined] The Air Member for Personnel (A.M.P.) [/underlined] deals with personnel policy and administration, covering conditions of service, discipline, honours and awards, appointments, exits, promotions, postings, casualties and welfare, as well as the religious, medical and educational services. He is closely concerned with the vital problem of man-power.
8. [underlined] The Air Member for Supply and Organisation (A.M.S.O.) [/underlined] is responsible for the organisation of the R.A.F.; the provision of equipment, stores and foodstuffs; the servicing and maintenance of technical equipment; transportation; and works, building and land. He is concerned with the execution of the Air Staff plans, and is the principal link with the Ministry of Aircraft Production. He prepares forecasts of the strength of the R.A.F. at future dates, which form the basis of much Air Ministry administration, and he deals with problems regarding materials in short supply.
9. [underlined] The Air Member for Training (A.M.T.) [/underlined] is responsible for all flying and technical training, including the supervision of training arrangements under the Empire Training Scheme. He forecasts future training requirements, which must be properly related to the forecasts of R.A.F. expansion.
[underlined] The Permanent Under-Secretary of State (P.U.S.) [/underlined]
10. The functions of the P.U.S. fall under four headings:-
(a) [underlined] Advisory [/underlined]; as the permanent member of a changing council, he is the natural advisor of the Secretary of State on many matters of high policy.
(b) [underlined] Financial [/underlined]; as Accounting Officer, he is responsible to the Secretary of State for financial advice and to Parliament for the control of all expenditure.
(c) [underlined] Secretarial [/underlined]; as Secretary of the Air Council, he is responsible for the efficient working of the Air Ministry as a Department of State; for the co-ordination of its business, and for the conduct of correspondence.
(d) [underlined] Administrative [/underlined]; he has important administrative responsibilities in relation to Civil Aviation, the Meteorological Office, the Accidents Branch and Public Relations.
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[underlined] PRECIS – AIR MINISTRY AND R.A.F. COMMANDS (contd) [/underlined]
[underlined] General Observations on the Department of the P.U.S. [/underlined]
11. The Departments of the Air Members are all self-contained; the Department of the P.U.S. is partly self-contained and partly dove-tailed into the Air Members’ Departments.
12. The Secretarial Divisions, which are attached to the Departments of Air Members and various Directorates, contribute their knowledge of Government administration to assist the Air Members. They owe allegiance both to their Air Member and to the P.U.S.
13. Three points to be noted in regard to the Finance Divisions and their relationship with Service branches:-
(a) Financial review in wartime is not concerned with money but with a balanced war effort which avoids waste of labour and materials.
(b) The Finance Divisions assist the P.U.S. to discharge the obligations imposed by Parliament and to defend R.A.F. expenditure against criticism.
(c) The Finance Divisions can often give much help to the Service Branches.
[underlined] The Additional Members [/underlined]
14. (a) An air marshal – representing the Ministry of Aircraft Production.
(b) An air marshal – who is Vice Chief of the Air Staff and assists in the C.A.S. Department.
(c) A civilian financial expert – adviser on matters of general financial policy.
[underlined] PART II – R.A.F. COMMANDS. HOME AND OVERSEAS [/underlined]
[underlined] Bomber Command [/underlined]
15. [underlined] Function [/underlined]. The aim of the Bomber offensive is the progressive obstruction and destruction of enemy military, industrial and economic systems, and the undermining of the morale of the enemy to a point where his capacity for armed resistance is fatally weakened.
16. [underlined] Organisation [/underlined]. The main characteristics of a Bomber Command are the static nature of the ground organisation owing to the requirements of heavy aircraft, such as concrete runways, massive ground handling equipment, maintenance arrangements, etc., and the necessity for a secure and rapid means of intercommunication between Command, groups and squadrons.
[underlined] Fighter Command [/underlined]
17. [underlined] Functions [/underlined]
(a) To destroy enemy aircraft.
(b) To escort friendly bombers and ensure their safety from enemy fighters whilst carrying out bomber operations.
(c) To create air superiority and eventual air supremacy over enemy occupied territories.
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(d) To provide close support to armies and navies operating within range of our fighters.
(e) To attack and destroy by straffing and dive bombing suitable enemy concentrations and installations.
(f) By night, to provide defence against night enemy air attack and offensive action to reduce the effectiveness of enemy night bomber and fighter operations.
18. [underlined] Organisation [/underlined]. An effective Fighter Command depends upon an efficient raid reporting and control system, close co-operation with the Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Commands, the operation of decoys and countermeasures, and an immense private inter-communication system linking up all air operations in the area.
[underlined] Coastal Command [/underlined]
19. [underlined] Function [/underlined]. The aim of a Coastal Command, under the operational control of the Navy, is to deny the enemy the use of his sea passages whilst keeping our own continuously open to the Royal Navy and the Merchant Service.
20. [underlined] Organisation [/underlined]. Coastal Command operates in close contact with the Navy from combined operations rooms in naval areas. It must be prepared to operate for long or short periods from advanced bases under difficult conditions. Its main characteristic, therefore, is ability to improvise, and individual aircraft captains must be prepared to operate as detached units.
[underlined] Tactical Air Force [/underlined]
21. [underlined] Functions:- [/underlined]
(a) Provision of freedom of movement to our own Army.
(b) Denial of freedom of movement to enemy ground forces.
(c) provision of reconnaissance for the Army; and
(d) When items (a) and (b) have been accomplished, the provision of the maximum air striking-force on the objective or objectives designated by the Army.
22. [underlined] Organisation [/underlined]
(a) Mobile Tactical Groups for working with each army.
(b) Light Bomber groups for day and night work to give day-to-day bombing attacks, and to carry out night harassing attacks in any army area or beyond such areas.
(c) A strategical reconnaissance wing to operate day and night beyond the army areas and to provide survey photography.
(d) A base group to control all base units’ supplies and to defend base areas against air attack.
(e) An air transport force to act as carriers of troops or supplies and to evacuate casualties.
23. Its chief characteristic must be mobility and immediate control of forward units.
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[underlined] Flying Training Command [/underlined]
24. [underlined] Function [/underlined]. The aim of Flying Training Command is to supply trained aircrew of every category to the requirements of the operational commands.
25. [underlined] Organisation [/underlined]. Standard R.A.F. groups, manned by selected pupils and officers returning from operations. The morale, bearing and technical standard of officers in the Training Command should be of the highest in the Royal Air Force.
[underlined] Technical Training Command [/underlined]
26. [underlined] Function [/underlined]. The aim of the T.T.C. is the reception and training to the required standard of operational efficiency of all entrants to the Service except aircrew.
27. [underlined] Organisation [/underlined]. Four standard R.A.F. groups, dealing with all forms of technical training.
[underlined] Transport Command [/underlined]
28. [underlined] Functions [/underlined]:-
(a) To develop and maintain strategic air communications for carriage of personnel, mail and freight.
(b) To operate transport aircraft right into theatres of war, carrying priority traffic, troops’ mail, urgent stores, key ground personnel of squadrons, as well as airborne and parachute troops, and to evacuate casualties.
(c) To train crews for Air Delivery and for manning Transport Squadrons.
(d) To ferry aircraft from production centres overseas to pools for distribution to squadrons who already have sufficient crews to man them. Air re-inforcement [sic] means the movement of aircraft effected by the aircrew, who will be fighting with that aircraft at the theatre of war to which they are flying it. Ferrying means the movement of aircraft effected by aircrew from a Ferry Pool who will return to that Pool after delivering the aircraft.
(e) To organise the preparation of aircraft (O.A.P.Us) to dispatch and receive loads (A.D.R.U.) and to establish Overseas Air Dispatch Units (O.A.D.Us).
29. [underlined] Organisation [/underlined]. This depends upon a world-wide organisation which is capable of distributing air transport work in any area to a particular aircraft (irrespective of what group it may belong to) which may be best fitted and best placed to do the work. Calls for a very fluid and adaptable organisation, with first-class communications.
[underlined] Maintenance Command [/underlined]
30. [underlined] Functions [/underlined]:-
(a) To receive, hold and distribute all material needs of the Royal Air Force except pay, rations and building supplies, and to keep records from which future requirements can be calculated.
(b) To salvage crashed aircraft, and, in parallel with
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Civilian Repair Organisation, to repair aircraft.
31. [underlined] Organisation [/underlined]. Four groups and seven wings retaining bulk stores in rear areas and moving them to forward areas as rapidly as the situation permits, maintaining constant supply of essential stores as near the front line as is possible.
[underlined] Overseas Commands [/underlined]
32. In general, whilst home commands are usually functional – i.e. dealing with one type of operation, irrespective of the area, - overseas commands are, in general, geographical, which is to say that they deal with all types of operations in a specific area.
33. At present, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, West Africa Command, PAI Force & A.C.S.E.A. are the chief overseas commands. Each one of these is geographical and contains (as the situation demands) fighter, bomber, transport, coastal, training and maintenance groups.
34. S.H.A.E.F. Air Main was an advisory H.Qs, responsible to the Supreme Allied Commander for the co-ordination of air operations in support of the allied expeditionary forces.
35. S.H.A.E.F. Air Rear existed in England to co-ordinate the requirements of S.H.A.E.F. Air Main which could not be dealt with directly by telephone from the Continent.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis [/underlined]:
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
27A5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: POWERS OF PUNISHMENT [/underlined]
Appendices:- “A” – Table of Punishments – Airmen.
“B” – Table of Punishments – Airwomen.
Addendum:- Aircrew Discipline.
References:- M.A.F.L. – A.F.A. Sects. 46 and 47
K.R. Ch. XV. Sect. 1V.
A.P. 837, Sects. 25 and 26 and App. 2.
[underlined] Punishments awarded summarily [/underlined]
1. Punishments divided into two groups:-
(a) Summary Punishments.
(b) Minor Punishments.
2. [underlined] Summary punishments [/underlined] – more serious and all affect pay:-
(a) Detention – maximum 28 days.
(b) Field Punishment – maximum 28 days.
(c) Penal Forfeiture of Pay – maximum 28 days.
(d) Fines for Drunkenness – maximum £1 (£2 with A.O.C’s authority)
(e) Deduction from Pay (to make good loss or damage) – normally limited to equivalent of 14 days’ full pay.
3. [underlined] Minor Punishments [/underlined] – less severe and do not of themselves involve loss of pay:-
(a) Severe reprimand.
(b) Reprimand
(c) Confinement to Camp – maximum 14 days.
(d) Extra Guards or Pickets – maximum 3 (for guard offences only)
(e) Admonition (for first offences not of an aggravated nature).
4. Before awarding summary punishment, C.O. must offer accused right to elect trial by C.M. Also, before awarding minor punishment for absence without leave involving automatic forfeiture of pay (see para. 13 below). If accused DOES elect trial, C.O. MUST NOT WITHDRAW OFFER and award minor punishment.
5. List of punishments, indicating who may award, set out in App. “A” to this precis. These are only punishments recognised by A.F.A. for offences dealt with summarily by C.O. or subordinate commander.
[underlined] C.O.’s Powers of Punishment [/underlined]
6. [underlined] N.C.Os. including acting W.Os. [/underlined]:-
(a) One Summary punishment – deduction from pay (to make good loss or damage).
(b) Three Minor punishments:-
(i) Severe Reprimand
(ii) Reprimand
(iii) Admonition
(N.B.) N.C.Os cannot be fined for drunkenness; C.O. cannot dispose of charge of drunkenness against N.C.O. without permission of A.O.C. (K.R. 1152 (2)).
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7. [underlined] Aircraftmen [/underlined]:-
(a) [underlined] Five summary punishments [/underlined]:-
(i) [underlined] Detention [/underlined] – up to 28 days, but not more than 168 hours for 1st offence of absence without leave not exceeding 7 days. If C.O. F.L. or below, maximum 168 hours, except absence without leave in excess of 7 days, when he can (but is not bound to) award one day’s detention for each day of absence up to limit of 28 days.
(ii) [underlined] Field Punishment [/underlined] – maximum 28 days (only awarded on active service in the field).
(iii) [underlined] Penal forfeiture of pay [/underlined] – maximum 28 days.
(iv) [underlined] Fines for Drunkenness [/underlined] – within the following limits:-
1st Offence – not exceeding 5/-
2nd Offence – not exceeding 10/-
3rd Offence – not exceeding 15/-
4th Offence – not exceeding 20/-
5th and subsequent – not exceeding 20/- or, with A.O.C’s permission, up to 40/-.
(v) [underlined] Deduction from pay [/underlined] (to make good loss or damage) normally limited to equivalent of 14 days’ full pay. Always to be awarded as specific sum of money.
(b) [underlined] Three minor punishments [/underlined]:-
(i) C.C. – up to 14 days.
(ii) Extra guards – up to 3
(iii) Admonition.
[underlined] Subordinate Commander’s Powers of Punishment [/underlined]
8. Delegated by C.O. by name, conveniently published in S.R.Os. Powers less if Subordinate Commander F.L. or below.
9. [underlined] Squadron Leader and above [/underlined]:-
(a) One summary punishment – fines for drunkenness to aircraftmen, up to 20/-.
(b) Minor punishments, as for C.O.
10. [underlined] Flight Lieutenant and below [/underlined]:-
(a) One summary punishment – fines for drunkenness, to aircraftmen, up to 15/-
(b) Minor punishments:-
(i) N.C.Os. – Reprimand or Admonition – TO CORPORALS ONLY.
(ii) Aircraftmen – C.C., 7 days; extra guards, 3; admonition.
NOTE that a subordinate commander F.L. or below cannot deal with Senior N.C.O.
[underlined] Detachment Commander’s Powers of Punishment [/underlined]
11. For definition see K.R. 1139 (A.L. 133). Same powers as C.O. of corresponding rank, but if F.L. or below his powers may be restricted by superior authority.
/Contd….
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[underlined] Conjoint Awards [/underlined]
12. Where circumstances demand it, summary and minor punishments may be awarded together, except that:-
(a) A minor punishment not to be conjoined with detention exceeding 168 hours.
(b) Only penal forfeiture of pay may be conjoined with field punishment.
[underlined] Absence without leave [/underlined]
13. Points to note:-
(a) Charge should state time absence commenced and ended, and show days and hours absent.
(b) Pay forfeited automatically as follows:-
(i) Less than 6 hours, nil, unless absence caused duty to be performed by other person.
(ii) 6 hours to 24 hours, 1 day.
(iii) over 24 hours, 1 day for each complete 24 hours, plus one day for any remaining part of 24 hours, however small.
(c) Absence must be proved and some punishment awarded before forfeiture takes effect.
(d) Automatic forfeiture gives right to elect trial by C.M.
(e) Number of days forfeiture to be stated after punishment awarded but not as part of punishment.
(f) Forfeiture to be recorded in Remarks column of F.160 or F.281, thus: “Forfeits ……….. day’s pay under K.R. 3470”.
[underlined] Procedure when Badges of Rank covered [/underlined]
14. W.Os. and N.C.Os who cover badges of rank during work or training are dealt with in their former rank. (A.815/42.)
[underlined] Reduction of Punishments [/underlined]
15. C.O. cannot increase punishment he has awarded, but he can reduce it. C.O. can remit Subordinate Commander’s punishment but cannot increase it.
[underlined] Reversions [/underlined]
16. C.O. can deprive acting W.O. or N.C.O. of acting rank (except acting unpaid Cpl. R.A.F.P.) for an offence but cannot at the same time award summary or minor punishment. No right to elect trial by C.M.
[underlined] Curtailment of Privileges [/underlined]
17. Policy as set out in A.P. 837 para. 771 modified by A.M. letter A. 601787/43/S.10 (c) dated 10.5.44.
[underlined] Good Conduct Badges. [/underlined]
18. G.C.Bs. affected by punishments as under:-
(a) Detention or field punishment results in automatic forfeiture of all G.C.Bs.
(b) With any other punishment which constitutes “Service Entry” on [underlined] Service [/underlined] conduct Sheet (see K.R. 2153) offender may be deprived of one or more G.C.Bs. at discretion of C.O. If C.O. Squadron Leader or below, obtain authority from Wing
/Contd……
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Commander or above.
(c) Punishments constituting “Service Entries” result in delay of award or restoration of G.C.Bs. (A.P. 837 Sect. 38).
[underlined] Effect of Punishments on Airmen’s Career and Pay [/underlined]
19. Commanders must understand how punishment can affect airmen’s careers and pay in following ways:-
(a) G.C.Bs. – see para. 18 above
(b) Character assessments – see K.R. 2140.
(c) Prospects of promotion.
(d) Loss of pay when undergoing detention (or field punishment).
[underlined] A.O.C’s Summary Powers over Officers and Warrant Officers [/underlined]
20. A.O.C. has power to deal summarily with R.A.F. or W.A.A.F. officers below Squadron Leader and W.Os. (not acting S.L. or W.O.) for certain offences set out in K.R. 1153. Following punishments may be awarded:-
(a) Forfeiture of seniority not exceeding 12 months.
(b) Deduction from pay to make good loss or damage.
(c) Reprimand or severe reprimand.
(a) and (b) give right to elect trial by C.M.
[underlined] W.A.A.F. Discipline [/underlined]
21. W.A.A.F. personnel subject to modified form of A.F.A.; only certain sections apply, and all civil offences dealt with by civil authorities.
22. Charge against, or application by, airwoman invariably to be heard first by a W.A.A.F. Subordinate Commander.
23. All ranks of W.A.A.F. may be sent for trial by C.M.
24. For punishments awarded by C.O. and W.A.A.F. Subordinate Commander to N.C.Os. and aircraftwomen, see App. “B” to this precis. For W.A.A.F. officers and W.Os. position same as for R.A.F.
[underlined] Amendments to this precis [/underlined]
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[underlined] APPENDIX “A” TO PRECIS ON POWERS OF PUNISHMENT [/underlined]
[table of punishments for airmen]
[underlined] NOTES: [/underlined] the above are the maximum powers of punishment. The actual sentence for any offence should depend upon the seriousness of the offence, coupled with the airman’s previous record.
(a) For conjoint awards see K.R. 1146.
(b) The C.O. or Detachment Commander has powers limited if F.L. or below (K.R. 1138, 2 (a) and K.R. 1139).
(c) For distinction between forfeiture of Good Conduct Badges and Deprivation at discretion of awarding officer, see K.R. 1181.
(d) The Offender must be given the opportunity of electing trial by Court Martial if it is proposed to award him any Summary Punishment, or if it is proposed to award him minor punishment for absence without leave involving automatic forfeiture of pay. Failure to give this right of election makes the award invalid.
(e) For a first offence of A.W.O.L. if not more than 7 days, not more than 168 hours detention may be awarded. (K.R. 1138 (2) (a)).
(f) Penal forfeiture of pay is not to be confused with Automatic forfeiture for absence without leave under K.R. 3470.
(g) For scale of fines for Drunkenness see K.R. 1152 (6) and 1141, 2 (c).
(h) To make good loss, damage, etc. See A.F.A. Sect. 138 (4).
(i) But only when awarded conjointly with another punishment which itself entails a Service Entry (K.R. 2153 (7)
(j) Confinement to camp for 7 days or less entails neither Service Entry nor Deprivation of G.C. Badges – but see note (n).
(k) An acting W.O. or N.C.O. (except Acting Corporal R.A.F.P. under K.R. 509) may be ordered to revert to his permanent rank or classification. (K.R. 1142, A.F.A. Sect. 182 note 3.)
(l) Only awarded for offences connected with Guard or Picket Duties. K.R. 1138 (5) (c)
(m) Includes Acting Warrant Officer.
(n) Unless awarded for A.W.L. exceeding 2 days.
(Appendix ‘B’ over page.
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[underlined] APPENDIX “B” TO PRECIS ON POWERS ON PUNISHMENT [/underlined]
[table of punishment – airwomen]
NOTES: The above are the maximum powers of punishment. The actual sentence for any offence should depend upon the seriousness of the offence, coupled with the airwoman’s previous record.
(a) Commanding Officer is, for this purpose, in case of W.A.A.F. Station, the W.A.A.F. Officer appointed to command or exercising command in the absence of the Commanding Officer, and in the case of a R.A.F. Station, the Station Commander, whether appointed as such or exercising the functions of Station Commander under K.R. 54 and 112.
(b) A W.A.A.F. Subordinate Commander’s power of punishment require to be delegated to her by name. They may be restricted to less than the maximum if the experience of the subordinate commander renders such restrictions desirable.
(c) Penal forfeiture of pay is not to be confused with automatic forfeiture for absence without leave under K.R. 3470.
(d) Cannot be conjoined with C.C.
(e) An acting N.C.O. may be ordered to revert to her permanent rank or classification under K.R. 1142, but is not liable to summary or minor punishment as well. In the case of reversion from acting rank, an offender does not have the option of trial by C.M.
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[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
AD ENDUM [sic] TO PRECIS ON POWERS OF PUNISHMENT
AIRCREW DISCIPLINE [/underlined]
[underlined] General [/underlined]
1. The following is a summary of disciplinary and administrative provisions designed to assist C.Os. in regard to aircrew discipline.
[underlined] Officers and Warrant Officers [/underlined]
2. Disciplinary action under Air Force Act:-
(a) Summary disposal by A.O.C. – for offences by Flight Lieutenants and below and Warrant Officers. (Acting Squadron Leaders and Acting Warrant Officers not dealt with in this manner). See K.R. 1153 for offences punishable summarily by A.O.C.; these include:-
(i) Neglect to obey general, local or other orders (A.F.A. Sec. 11)
(ii) Negligently damaging aircraft (A.F.A. Sec. 39A (i) (a))
(iii) Breaches of K.Rs. (A.F.A. Sec. 40).
(Low flying offences not to be disposed of summarily except with Air Ministry approval – A.M.O. A.696/43 as amended by A.1269/43.)
[underlined] Punishments [/underlined]:-
Reprimand
Severe Reprimand
Forfeiture of Seniority (not exceeding 12 months);
Deduction of Pay to make good loss or damage.
(not in case of officers involved as pilots in accident resulting in damage to aircraft – see A.M.C.O. A.28/43)
(b) [underlined] Courts Martial [/underlined]
For really serious offences application for trial by General Court Martial may be made.
3. Administrative action:-
(a) [underlined] Reproof [/underlined] under K.R. 1154 may be administered either by C.O. or on report to Group, by A.O.C. for offences not serious enough to merit disciplinary action under A.F.A.
(b) [underlined] Deferment of promotion:- [/underlined]
(i) by withholding recommendation for appointment to acting rank, or
(ii) action under A.1251/42 to defer time promotion to F.O. or F.L. by delay of 1, 2 or 3 months according to gravity of offence.
(see A.M.C.O. A.23/43 para. 12 (ii))
(c) [underlined] Log Book endorsement [/underlined] – adverse endorsement in red ink – see A.M.C.O. A.23/43.
(d) [underlined] Disciplinary Course [/underlined] at Air Crew Refresher School, R.A.F. Sheffield. Purpose of this course explained in Appendix “B” to precis of lecture on Flying Accidents.
/Contd…………
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/Contd…
(c) Disciplinary training within unit. Within discretion of C.O. to give extra training to officer or W.O. if necessary for his benefit, not by way of punishment, but for training where conduct of individual shows this to be necessary. Examples where such training might benefit:-
(i) Faulty cockpit drill – extra cockpit drill, instruction on ground over and above syllabus, followed by written exam.
(ii) Faulty engine handling – attached to C.T.O. for for [sic] his disposal in training.
(iii) Faulty gun handling – extra armament training on guns and ground instructional equipment.
(iv) Bombing faults – attach to armament section to learn bombing up, etc.
(v) Radio faults – further training on ground instructional equipment.
(vi) Bad flying or navigating – link trainer, beam approach practice.
4. See also A.P. 837 paras. 733 – 735 A.
[underlined] Aircrew (other than officers and Warrant Officers) [/underlined]
5. Disciplinary action under A.F.A.:-
(a) Summary disposal by C.O. – N.C.Os (including Acting Warrant Officers) may be dealt with on lines explained in precis of lecture on Powers of Punishment, (see para. 2 (a) (iii) above regarding penal deductions to make good loss or damage).
(b) [underlined] Reversion of Acting Warrant Officer or Acting N.C.O. [/underlined] – dealt with in lecture on Powers of Punishment.
(c) [underlined] Application for trial by District Court Martial [/underlined] – for cases too serious for summary disposal.
6. Administrative action:-
(a) [underlined] Reduction under K.R. 504 [/underlined] – A.O.C. empowered under K.R. 504 and A.M.O. A.830/43 to reduce N.C.Os for misconduct. Normal disciplinary action must be taken before C.O. recommends reduction of offender by A.O.C. C.O’s letter recommending this action to be seen and initialled by N.C.O. who may make statement. (A.830/43 does not apply to R.A.A.F. – A.1337/43).
(b) [underlined] Deferment of Promotion [/underlined] – C.Os should consider each individual carefully when submitting recommendations for approval by A.O.C. Promotion may be delayed by A.O.C. if recent adverse entries on Conduct Sheet. (One Group does not approve promotion unless Conduct Sheet shows clear 3 months free of reprimand or 6 months free of severe reprimand.)
(c) [underlined] Commission Recommendations [/underlined] – may be postponed if entries of Reprimand or Severe Reprimand on Conduct Sheets. (One Group delays recommendations until 6 months clear of reprimand and 12 months clear of severe reprimand).
(d) [underlined] Log book Endorsements, Disciplinary Course A.C.R.S., Disciplinary Training [/underlined] – same considerations as above in case of officers.
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[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
POWERS OF PUNISHMENT – QUESTIONS [/underlined]
1. An officer is charged with an offence; may the C.O. (a) dismiss [inserted] YES [/inserted] the charge? (b) Dispose of the charge and punish the officer? [inserted] NO [/inserted]
2. On an airman electing trial by C.M. may the C.O. in order to save time and trouble of a C.M., withdraw his offer, and dispose of the case summarily by awarding a minor punishment? [inserted] NO [/inserted]
3. What punishments may a C.O. award to a N.C.O.? [inserted] Reprimands Deduction from pay Admonish. [/inserted]
4. If C.O. orders deduction from pay to make good loss or damage, what is the normal limit, and how must the amount be stated? [inserted] up to 14 days pay Sum stated [/inserted]
5. Corporal Dickens is charged with 1st offence of drunkenness, and remanded by his Subordinate Commander for C.O. What action may be taken by C.O. What punishment may be awarded by C.O.? [inserted] Remand to C M Rep if perm from AOC [/inserted]
6. Is there any record that a C.O., who has awarded a summary punishment, asked accused whether he elected trial by C.M.? [inserted] Record on F160 [/inserted]
7. Which of the following punishments, awarded by a S.L. Subordinate Commander to a L.A.C., are incorrect and why?
(a) 7 days C.C. [inserted] [symbol] [/inserted]
(b) 3 extra guards [inserted] if guard offence [/inserted]
(c) Admonition [inserted] [symbol] [/inserted]
(d) 14 days Penal Forfeiture of Pay [inserted] X [/inserted]
(e) Reprimand [inserted] X [/inserted]
(f) Severe reprimand [inserted] X [/inserted]
(g) 168 hours of detention [inserted] X [/inserted]
(h) 10/- fine for 2nd offence of drunkenness [inserted] [symbol] [/inserted]
(j) 15/- deduction from pay to make good loss or damage. [inserted] X [/inserted]
8. What as a general rule is the maximum period of detention that a C.O. may award an aircraftman? Are there any exceptions? [inserted] 28 days [/inserted]
9. When and to whom, may the punishment of extra guards be awarded?
10. Which of the following punishments, awarded by a W/Cdr. C.O. are incorrect, and why?
(a) 10 days detention to an A.O.1. absent without leave for 5 days, 10 hours, 33 minutes. Accused has clean conduct sheet. [inserted] X 7 days max. [/inserted]
(b) 5/- fine for a 2nd offence of drunkenness by an A.C.1. [inserted] [symbol] [/inserted]
(c) 3 days C.C. to an A.C.2 charged with being late on guard mounting parade. [inserted] [symbol] [/inserted]
(d) 5/- deduction from pay to an A.C.1 to make good damage. [inserted] X [/inserted]
(e) 20/- fine to A.C.1 for 4th offence of drunkenness. [inserted] X [/inserted]
(f) 7 days C.C. to a L.A.C. for stealing a bun from the N.A.A.F.I.
/Contd……
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12. The Officer Commanding your Squadron is a S.L. and has been delegated the powers of a Subordinate Commander. What are his powers of (a) Summary punishment and (b) Minor punishment over – (i) N.C.O’s and (ii) Aircraftmen? [inserted] NO/ai “/all [/inserted]
13. By whom can 14 days C.C. be awarded? [inserted] CO. (Sub C S/Ldr) [/inserted]
14. What summary punishments may be given by a F.L. Subordinate Commander and to whom.? [inserted] A/Cs drunkenness only [/inserted]
15. What minor punishments may be given by a F.L. Subordinate Commander to (a) N.C.O’s, (b) Aircraftmen? [inserted] a) Rep to Cpl b Several [/inserted]
16. What are the powers of a Detachment Commander?
17. Are the following conjoint awards valid?
(a) 168 hours detention and 7 days C.C. to an A.C.1 [inserted] YES. [/inserted]
(b) 10 days detention and 7 days C.C. to an A.C.1 [inserted] NO. [/inserted]
(c) 10 days detention and 10/- deduction from pay to a L.A.C. to make good loss or damage. [inserted] YES. [/inserted]
(d) Severe reprimand and 15/- deduction from pay to a N.C.O. to make good loss or damage. [inserted] YES. [/inserted]
18. (a) What awards by a C.O. entail automatic forfeiture of all G.C.B’s? [inserted] Retention/Field Punishment [/inserted]
(b) When is the forfeiture of G.C.B’s discretionary?
(c) Who may exercise this discretion?
19. The A.O.C. has summary powers of disposal of certain charges against certain persons:-
(a) What are the ranks of these persons? [inserted] F/L and Below – W/O [/inserted]
(b) What punishment can he award? [inserted] Loss of Seniority. Deduction from Pay. Reprimand. [/inserted]
(c) Which of these punishments gives the right to elect trial by C.M.?
20. May (a) a W.A.A.F. Officer (b) a W.A.A.F. N.C.O. (c) an A.C.W. be sent for trial by C.M.?
21. What summary punishments may be given by a C.O. to (a) a W.A.A.F. N.C.O. (b) an A.C.W.?
22. What minor punishments may be given by a C.O. to (a) a W.A.A.F. N.C.O. (b) an A.C.W.?
23. How does an airman know that he has forfeited pay for absence without leave?
24. What specific punishments when awarded to an aircraftman give him the right to elect trial by C.M.?
25. An aircraftman is found guilty of absence without leave for:-
(a) 4 hours 10 mins [inserted] NONE [/inserted]
(b) 14 hours 34 mins. [inserted] 1 DAY [/inserted]
(c) 3 days 4 hours 36 mins. [inserted] 4 DAYS [/inserted]
How many days pay is forfeited in each instance?
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
28E5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: SUMMARIES OF EVIDENCE [/underlined]
Appendix A: Specimen Summary of Evidence
References: M.A.F.L. R.P.4, 5 and 8
A.P. 837, Sect. 27
[underlined] Definition [/underlined]
1. C.O. having investigated charge can order summary of evidence to be taken, i.e., a written record of evidence against the accused and, if the accused so desires, of evidence in his favour. Should be carefully and accurately taken to ensure prompt and proper administration of justice.
[underlined] Purposes [/underlined]
2. (a) To assist C.O. and A.O.C. in deciding whether case should go to trial by C.M. and, if so, upon what charges.
(b) To enable accused to know case against him and prepare his defence.
(c) To supply Prosecutor’s brief
(d) To inform President of C.M. of nature of case.
(e) To assist court in deciding whether to accept plea of guilty if offered and, if accepted, in determining proper sentence.
[underlined] When and by whom to be taken [/underlined]
3. If possible on same day as ordered. Any officer not likely to be required as a witness. (Officers inexperienced in taking S. of E. may be put under instruction).
[underlined] Action before Taking [/underlined]
4. Officer detailed should:-
(a) Ascertain whether C.O. directs evidence to be taken on oath.
(b) Obtain outline of case from C.O.
(c) Consider what offence(s) appear to have been committed and study relevant sections of A.F.A.
(d) Consider what facts must be proved to establish that offence(s) committed by accused and evidence required to prove such facts.
(e) Interview any persons who may be able to give relevant evidence. Accused need not be present.
(f) Arrange for attendance of witnesses – see para. 17 below.
(g) Study references quoted in A.P. 837, para. 782 (ix).
(h) In cheque cases and where evidence required of entries in bankers’ books see A.M.C.O. A.56/42.
(j) See that accommodation arranged and Bible, M.A.F.L. and A.P. 837 provided. A.P. 837, Sect. 27 should be referred to throughout.
[underlined] Procedure – Explanation to Accused [/underlined]
5. When ready to start accused and escort to be marched in, then explain to accused:
(a) That Summary of Evidence about to be taken.
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(b) That at the moment the charge against him is ……….. (read).
(c) That, after S. of E. has been considered, charge may be dismissed, altered or new ones added.
(d) That evidence will be taken on oath (if C.O. has so ordered); or that accused may demand so.
(e) That witnesses will give evidence in turn, and accused has right to cross-examine them.
(f) That accused not bound to make statement or give evidence (i.e. on oath); but that, after prosecution witnesses have given evidence, he will be cautioned and may then make statement or give evidence.
(g) That he may call witnesses in his defence.
(h) If asked, that accused cannot claim to be represented at S. of E.
Accused then to be asked if he fully understands; if not, make clear.
[underlined] Procedure – Taking the Summary [/underlined]
6. Proceedings conducted formally, but accused, escort and each witness permitted to sit. Accused must be present throughout. Only one witness to be in room at a time.
7. Use foolscap paper, leaving 1-inch margin on left. Prepare heading as in Appendix to this precis, recording fact of oath.
8. Call in first witness and administer oath if necessary (for form of oath see M.A.F.L., p. 543); record his number, rank, names (surname in CAPITALS), unit and station. Record his evidence in narrative form, beginning with description of his duties.
9. Ask accused if he wishes to cross-examine witness, recording his choice. If accused cross-examines, record as questions and answers.
10. Read over evidence to witness (including questions and answers), if he disagrees with record, add as in 2nd witness’s evidence in Appendix. Witness to sign at end (after cross-examination and alteration, if any).
11. Proceed with each witness for prosecution in turn, using separate sheet for each, until evidence completed.
12. Warn accused in exact terms of caution set out in R.P. 4 (E). Unless caution given, any statement or evidence given by accused is inadmissible against him. Accused may either:-
(a) Decline to make a statement or give evidence, or
(b) Make statement, or
(c) If all evidence being given on Oath, give evidence on Oath.
Warning and accused’s choice to be recorded. Officer taking S. of E. should [underlined] not [/underlined] give advice to accused. A.P. 837 para. 798.
13. Accused [underlined] not [/underlined] to be questioned on his statement. Statement to be read over to him; he may, but is not bound, to sign it.
14. Accused may call witnesses; they are not to be cross-examined, but accused may ask questions to bring out their evidence, recorded in narrative form and signed.
15. When all evidence taken, certificate to be added – see Appendix.
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[underlined] Evidence [/underlined]
16. Rules of evidence as applied in Courts Martial operate. Main rules are:-
(a) Evidence must be relevant and admissible – see next para.
(b) Relevant documents should be “produced” by appropriate witness who can testify to entries in question.
17. Certain evidence is inadmissible, namely:-
(a) Hearsay.
(b) Opinion – except expert, e.g. medical, handwriting etc. See M.A.F.L. Chap. VI paras. 15 et seq.
[underlined] Procedure – Making up the papers [/underlined]
18. Read evidence through and arrange in logical sequence, number consecutively as follows:-
(a) Witnesses for prosecution
(b) Witnesses for defence
(c) Questions and answers throughout
(d) Pages of S. of E.
Exhibits (documents, or articles produced by witnesses), labelled with consecutive letters, should be annexed where practicable.
[underlined] Summoning of Witnesses [/underlined]
19. (a) [underlined] Service witnesses [/underlined] – attendance arranged through Service channels
(b) [underlined] Civilians [/underlined] – summoned by an order given in M.A.F.L., p. 542, signed by C.O.
[underlined] Dispensing with personal attenance [sic] of witnesses [/underlined]
20. Under R.P. 4 (G), if witness not readily available, statement of evidence may be obtained and included in S. of E., unless accused demands presence.
[underlined] Action by C.O. [/underlined]
21. C.O. considers S. of E. and decides whether to:-
(a) Dismiss case; or
(b) Deal with summarily if within powers; or
(c) If outside his powers, apply to A.O.C. for permission to deal with accused summarily; or
(d) Where officer (F.L. or below) or M.O. concerned, submit to A.O.C. for summary disposal; or
(e) Apply for trial by C.M.
(f) When insufficient evidence to support a charge with which the C.O. may not deal summarily (e.g. stealing) but sufficient to support one with which he may deal, (e.g. improper possession), he can alter charge and punish the accused.
[underlined] Conclusion [/underlined]
22. Importance of prompt and accurate taking of S. of E. again stressed. Officer taking should understand that rules of evidence as for civil courts apply to S. of E., and should study particularly A.P. 837, para. 786.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
[page break]
APPENDIX “A” TO PRECIS OF “SUMMARIES OF EVIDENCE”
SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE
in the case of
No. 1234567, Corporal John William, [underlined] MATTHEWS [/underlined]
No. 1001 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Somewhere,
(a) The Commanding Officer had directed that the evidence be taken on oath.
1st Witness for Prosecution No. 76543 Sergeant Robert [underlined] PEELER, [/underlined] S.H.Q., R.A.F. Station, Mildenfield (b) being duly sworn, states:-
I am N.C.O. i/c Station Police at Mildenfield. On 1st MARCH 1944 I was on duty in the Main Guard Room ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(The accused declines to cross-examine the witness)
or
Cross-examined by the accused.
Question 1 ………………………………..
Answer 1 …………………………………..
Question 2 ………………………………..
Answer 2 …………………………………..
(Sgd) R. PEELER, Sgt.
2nd Witness for Prosecution No. 197531 AC2. Albert [underlined] DULLER [/underlined], No. 888 Squadron, R.A.F. Mildenfield (b) being duly sworn, states:-
On 1st March 1944 I was serving at R.A.F. Mildenfield and accommodated in barrack hut D. The accused airman, whom I recognise, slept in the same room……………………………………………………….
Cross examined by the accused
Question 3 ………………………………
Answer 3 ………………………………..
Question 4 ………………………………..
Answer 4 …………………………………..
On his evidence being read over to him, the witness desires to make the following (c) alteration:-
The barrack hut to which I have referred was hut B, and not hut D.
(Sgd) A. DULLER, A.C.2.
3rd Witness for Prosecution Mrs. Jean [underlined] McGILLICUDDY [/underlined] of 24, Orange Grove, Belfast, Northern Ireland, widow (see statement furnished under R.P. 4 G, attached as Exhibit A).
The accused is warned in accordance with R.P. 4 (E).
(d) The accused declines to make any statement or give evidence.
Certified that the foregoing summary of evidence consisting of (3) pages, was taken down by me at Mildenfield on 11th MARCH 1944, in the presence of the accused, and that (e) R.P. 4 (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) were complied with
(Sgd) Henry Wright, F.L.
Officer taking Summary of Evidence.
[page break]
[underlined] APPENDIX “A” CONTD. [/underlined]
[underlined] EXHIBIT A [/underlined].
I am Jean McGILLICUDDY, of 24 Orange Grove, Belfast, Northern Ireland, widow ………………………….
10th, March 1944
(Sgd) Jean McGillicuddy.
I certify that owing to the expense and loss of time involved, in my opinion the attendance of Jean McGillicuddy could not readily be obtained.
The foregoing statement of her evidence, signed by her, has been read to the accused who does not demand the attendance of the witness for cross-examination.
(Sgd) Henry Wright, F.L.
Officer taking Summary of Evidence.
[underlined] NOTES [/underlined]
(a) [underlined] or [/underlined] The accused demands that evidence be taken on oath
[underlined] or [/underlined] the accused does not desire that evidence be taken on oath.
(b) Omit if evidence not on oath.
(c) [underlined] or [/underlined] addition.
(d) [underlined] or [/underlined] the accused states:-
or the accused being duly sworn states:-
(e) Omit (F) if evidence not taken on oath
Omit (G) if all witnesses attend personally.
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
SUMMARIES OF EVIDENCE: QUESTIONS [/underlined]
1. A C.O. investigates a case and remands accused for a S. of E. to be taken. When should the S. of E. be begun?
2. May a civilian witness be compelled to attend a S. of E.?
3. Is it always necessary for a witness to attend personally?
4. Can the accused by represented by counsel or defending officer at the taking of a S. of E.? [inserted] NO [/inserted]
5. When is the evidence taken on oath?
6. When is evidence of opinion admissible?
7. Accused at a S. of E. after formal caution, makes a statement; (a) will be [sic] sign the statement; (b) can he be cross-examined?
8. If the officer taking S. of E. fails to warn the accused by means of the proper caution, what effect will this have on any statement made or evidence given by him?
9. Who may cross-examine: (a) witness for prosecution; (b) witness for defence?
10. A witness at a Summary of Evidence hands to the officer taking the summary a letter written to him by the accused. How is this document referred to in the record of evidence?
11. How are questions and answers numbered?
12. Is a separate sheet used for the evidence of each witness?
13. You are taking a Summary of Evidence. On his evidence being read over to him, a witness disagrees with your record of what he said. What would you do?
14. A S. of E. is completed, but it is found that further evidence is required. In what form is this further evidence taken and how will it be headed?
15. Can witnesses’ expenses be paid to civilians attending S. of E.?
16. Can the officer taking S. of E. refer to Court of Inquiry proceedings held on incident leading to charge?
17. What is “hearsay” evidence? Is it admissible?
18. What must be proved before a confession is admissible?
19. Can a C.O. dismiss a charge after a S. of E. is completed?
20. Can officer taking S. of E. recall a prosecution witness for further evidence?
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
13A5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL [/underlined]
PRECIS: EQUIPMENT PROCEDURE AND [underlined] ACCOUNTING (1) [/underlined]
References: K.R. 42 and 72. A.P. 837 Sections 7, 8 & 9.
Appendix 4 Schedules D and E.
A.M.Os. A.736/43, A.599/43.
[underlined] Responsibility and Control [/underlined]
1. (a) It is not always appreciated that the Station Commander is directly responsible for all items of equipment on his Station. To help him, he has the Equipment Officer and his S. Ad. O. (K.R. 42, 72) – Necessity for efficient inspection of Stores.
(b) Two systems of equipment accounting in force. Normal or ‘B’ system and ‘C’ system to meet operational requirements. Under ‘C’ system records have to be maintained of some 50 attractive items only.
(c) A.P. 830 Vol. 111 lays down scales of issue of R.A.F. equipment as do War Equipment Schedules.
[underlined] Identification of Stores [/underlined]
2. Some 800,000 different items of Equipment are listed in A.P. 1086 (Priced Vocabulary) – Some 40 Sections in A.P. 1086, e.g. Sec. 21 deals with all barrack equipment. Sections further subdivided into main generic headings, e.g. Sec. 21B deals with all wooden barrack equipment, while 21C deals with all metal barrack equipment. Each item of Equipment identified by Section, reference number and official description e.g. 14C/959, Aircraft Recognition, Lancaster. Note position with regard to non-standard items of equipment i.e. N.I.V. items.
[underlined] Classification of Stores [/underlined]
3. Stores classified into three. ‘A’ technical stores which cannot be graded by E.O. and are not rendered valueless by fair wear and tear; ‘B’ non-technical stores which can be graded by E.O. and become practically valueless when worn out through fair wear and tear; ‘C‘ expendable stores which are consumed in use. Note difference in accounting action for ‘C’ class stores.
[underlined] Categorisation of Stores [/underlined]
4. Stores are categorised under headings A, B, C, D and E. Such categorisation takes place on internal movement within the Store and on return to Store by user. All stores should, and technical stores [underlined] must [/underlined], be categorised on return to Store. (A.736/43).
[underlined] Forms in Use [/underlined]
5. Internal movement of Stores effected by Forms 673, 674, 675 and 21. Essential they are correctly filled in. Note difference under the ‘C’ system of equipment accounting.
[underlined] Accounting [/underlined]
6. All “A” and “B” class stores are placed on charge. The following forms are used:-
(a) F. 37 (inventory) which is made up from the Articles-in-Use Ledger. An inventory holder should be careful that all transactions are pencilled in immediately on F. 37.
/Contd……..
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[underlined] Accounting Contd. [/underlined]
See that it is made up to date as required. Do snap percentage checks frequently and keep a note of them. The loaning of items on a F. 6 [deleted] 88 [/deleted] [inserted] 68 [/inserted] does not absolve the inventory holder from responsibility for the equipment.
(b) F. 667. Civilian Clothing Card. Held by Accountant Officer.
(c) F. 667B. Flying Clothing Card. Held by individual. If lost individual presumed to have complete kit. A.M.Os. lay down which items may be held on charge by this method.
(d) F. 22. Seldom used owing to new procedure laid down in A.M.O. A.5 [deleted] 9 [/deleted] [inserted] 3 [/inserted] 9/43 which lays down that equipment in Sects. 21B, 21C, are no longer accounted for except in messes, then under the same generic heading.
(e) F. 108. Used for receipt of equipment on temporary loan from stores.
(f) F. 464. Issues and withdrawals, airframes and M.T.
[underlined] Amendment to this precis [/underlined]
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
EQUIPMENT PROCEDURE AND ACCOUNTING (1) QUESTIONS [/underlined]
1. Who is responsible for the equipment on a station?
2. How is the issue of equipment controlled in the R.A.F.?
3. Whence would you obtain the scale of equipment issuable for furnishing flight office?
4. From which publication would you obtain the correct Section and reference number of an item of equipment?
5. Why was the “C” system of accounting introduced into the R.A.F.?
6. Briefly, what are the differences between the “C” system and normal equipment procedure?
7. How are stores classified?
8. What are the differences between the classifications?
9. Which classifications of stores are held on charge?
10. How are stores categorised?
11. What are the methods of holding equipment on charge?
12. What is the difference between Form 668 and 108?
13. Which sections of barrack stores are no longer accounted for generally?
14. Under what conditions are the sections referred to in Q. 13, accounted for?
15. Presuming you lost your inventory, how could you find out what items of equipment were on your charge?
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: EQUIPMENT PROCEDURE AND ACCOUNTING (2) [/underlined]
References:- Appendix “A” – List of itmes [sic] officers may obtain on prepayment.
A.P. 830, Vol. 1. A.P. 837, Sects. 7, 8, 9.
K.R. & A.C.I. Paras. 1332, 2536, 2545, Appendix VI.
A.M.O. A.200/42.
[underlined] Passing of Forms [/underlined]
1. Register to be kept of vouchers in the unit. Passed to stores for action. Triplicate (where used – note the “C” system) retained by inventory holder. Original kept by Equipment Officer and items posted on F. 1640 (Stock Record Card.) Duplicate returned to holder who checks against triplicate, signs as Flight or Section Commander receiving, then forwards it to stores accounts. Original, when action completed, forwarded to Stores Accounts by Equipment Section. Stores Accounts check original and duplicate and enter in A.-in-U. Ledger. Exception with F. 673.
[underlined] Loss of Equipment [/underlined]
2. Excluding fair wear and tear, losses must be paid for in one of three ways – individual charge, collective charge or written off, i.e. the Public pays.
N.B. Each loss must be fully investigated.
(a) [underlined] Individual charge [/underlined] – Either F. 664B action (plus F. 674 to replace lost item), if individual is willing to make good the loss and no disciplinary action is considered necessary; or charge the individual and remand to C.O. who may (subject to right to elect trial by Court Martial) take such disciplinary action and award such penal deduction as he thinks fit, (within prescribed limits.) Note that F. 664B action is voluntary. If individual does not accept the loss, he must be charged and dealt with. A.F.A. Section 138 (3) for airmen and Section 137 (4) for officers. See also K.R. 1332 and A.P. 837 para. 337.
(b) [underlined] Collective charge [/underlined] – Unless individuals voluntarily agree to a collective charge, such charge can only be made for barrack damages (including barrack equipment). A.F.A. 138 (4) (a).
(c) [underlined] Write off [/underlined] – Court of Inquiry or Investigation usually held if loss is serious. Accountant Officer forwards recommendation to C.O. on F. 34. Powers of write-off detailed in K.R. Appendix VI. If outside scope of C.O’s powers, referred by him to Higher Authority with a recommendation.
[underlined] Casual and Local Purchases [/underlined]
3. (a) Units, if self-accounting, or stations may make casual purchases up to £25 per month. Certificate to be attached to bills to the effect that they were necessary. Casual purchase of stationery restricted to £3 per month, excluding office machinery.
(b) Local purchasing powers extended up to £100 for any single purchase. Power vested in C.-in-C. of a command up to this amount, without tender in cases of extreme urgency. This power may be delegated to senior staff officer of equipment branch. Group Commander has local purchase powers up to £20 under the same conditions. Stations have no such power and must refer to higher authority. A.M.O. A.200/42.
/Contd………
[page break]
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[underlined] Clothing [/underlined]
4. Scale laid down in Form 1870A and A.P. 830 Vol. 111 C. F. 1383 used to show any deficiencies in this scale. Necessity for economy. Kit inspections to be held at least every three months (K.R. 2545). Some Commands have reduced this period and have included such occasions as ‘on posting’. Flight Commander’s responsibilities (K.R. 2536).
5. Good kit inspections essential – uniform layout of kit – and all men present. Inspecting officer must know what to look for. Particular attention to F. 1383, F. 575, laundry, F. 667B, cleanliness of clothing and good repair.
6. Certain items of airman’s type clothing may be bought by Officers on prepayment. F. 603 or F. 664B. Coupons required. Purchase Tax and departmental expenses added to the prices (see Appendix ‘A’). N.A.A.F.I. also sell certain items of clothing for officers.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis. [/underlined]
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRIANING SCHOOL.
QUESTIONS: EQUIPMENT PROCEDURE AND ACCOUNTING (2) [/underlined]
1. Does the Form 673 involve A-in-U Ledger action?
2. What are the three things to remember to put in to the last column of a F. 674?
3. What are the methods of accounting for losses of equipment?
4. What is the form used for writing off equipment?
5. What are the maximum powers of “write-off” of a C.O.?
6. Presume that a loss is beyond the C.Os power to write off, what is the procedure?
7. When an individual pays for a loss what is the form used?
8. Who can order an airmen [sic] to pay for losses?
9. Who can order an officer to pay for losses?
10. Are all units allowed to spend up to £25 per month on casual purchases?
11. What is the maximum permitted for the casual purchase of stationery?
12. What are the local purchase powers of a station?
13. Where would you find the scale of kit for airmen?
14. How often should kit inspections be held?
15. Who is responsible for seeing that an airman’s kit is in good order?
[page break]
APPENDIX “A” TO PRECIS ON EQUIPMENT (2)
[underlined] ISSUES ON PREPAYMENT TO OFFICERS [/underlined]
[table detailing: references; description; prices including tax; number of coupons; on the cost of items of clothing and other items]
[page break]
[continuation table as previous page]
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
15E5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: P.3
DOCUMENTATION: POSTING [/underlined]
References: A.P. 837 Section 56
A.P. 1301 War Manual
K.R.L Chap. XXIX and XXX, Sect. VIII.
Appendix: P.3 Subjects – Index.
[underlined] DOCUMENTATION [/underlined]
[underlined] Purpose [/underlined]
1. (a) To record service history of airmen and airwomen
(b) Place C.O. in possession of airman’s record.
[underlined] List of Service Documents [/underlined]
2. (a) F.1580 Airmen’s/Airwomen’s Record Sheet ([underlined] Active Service [/underlined])
(b) F.121 General Conduct Sheet
(c) F.48 Medical History Envelope – Maintained by Medical Officer
(d) F.678B Leave Card (Filed as trade index)
(e) F.1788 Record of Ground Defence Training
(f) F.445A Cover for airman’s service documents (envelope)
(g) F.373 Officer’s Record Card )
(h) F.5000 Aircrew Training Reports ) airmen aircrew only
(i) F.64 Pay Book – held by airman.
N.B. Record Office maintain certain documents other than the above to record much of the same information.
[underlined] Forms 28 – Documents Record and Alphabetical Index Card [/underlined]
3. To ensure that airmen’s documents are maintained accurately and transmitted promptly Form 28 introduced in 1943. System explained fully in A.P. 837 Section 56.
[underlined] Filing of Forms 28 [/underlined]
4. (a) A Form 28 is completed for each airman or airwoman on arrival at a unit and filed as follows:-
Set A Airman arrived – no documents received
Set B Airman and documents arrived
Set C Airman posted away – documents still held
Set D Airman posted away – documents despatched
(Cards destroyed after 12 months)
(b) Sets A and C are scrutinised daily by N.C.O. i/c Orderly Room.
[underlined] Hastening of Documents using Set A [/underlined]
5. (a) After 10 days F.2037 to airman’s previous unit
(b) After 21 days F.145 to own Group Headquarters.
[page break]
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[underlined] Check by C.O. (A.P. 837 Appendix para. 1702) [/underlined]
6. (a) Check set A and ensure F.2037 or F.145 despatched promptly
(b) Check set Card D, and ensure documents despatched within 48 hours.
[underlined] Form 1580 Airman’s/Airwoman’s Record Sheet (Active Service) [/underlined]
7. Most important document affecting airmen’s service. Special points to note:-
(a) [underlined] Next of Kin [/underlined] C.O’s must ensure that arrangements exist to keep addresses of next of kin up to date, e.g. on Pay Parade when airman’s Forms 1250 (R) are checked.
Next of kin is to be checked (verbally) on 30th June each year.
[underlined] Character and Trade Assessments [/underlined]
8. (a) C.O’s responsibility (may delegate to officers not below S.L. or Sq. O.) – should consult adjutant, subordinate commander or any officer having special knowledge of individual. Assessments must be made justly and with proper deliberation
(b) Assist C.Os. in preparing F.1394 – Brief Statement of service and Certificate of Discharge.
[underlined] Character Assessments [/underlined] (See K.R. 2140)
9. (a) Consider entries on F.121 General Conduct Sheet
(b) General character
(c) Effect of certain character assessments on G.C.Bs ‘Long Service and Good Conduct Medal’ etc.
(d) [underlined] Terms Used Abbreviation Brief Explanation [/underlined]
(i) Very Good V.G. Normal assessment for good behaviour
(ii) Very Good (Star) V.G. [symbol] (Awarded so that [underlined] ONE [/underlined] slip does not spoil an otherwise un-blemished record)
(iii) Good ) In Full Detention up to 20 days )
(iv) Fair ) In Full Detention 21 – 60 days )
(v) Indifferent ) In Full Detention 61 or more )
(vi) Bad ) In Full Discretion )
For these detention awards C.O. may not award higher assessment than shown. Details K.R. 2140.
[underlined] Trade Assessments [/underlined]
10. (a) Made under two headings
(i) A – Skill in trade (up to Cpl in ground trades) or aircrew category (for airmen aircrew)
(ii) B – Ability as N.C.O. and supervisor.
[page break]
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[underlined] Examples [/underlined]
[heading] Rank – Character – Trade – Proficiency A – Proficiency B – Date [/heading]
AC2 – V.G. – Clark G.D. – Sat – [blank] – 31 Dec. 44
Cpl – V.G. – Cook – Supr. – Sat – -..-
Sgt. – V.G. – Fitter II (E) – [blank] - Supr. – -..-
F/Sgt – V.G. – Air Bomber – Supr. – Sat – -..-
(b) [heading] [underlined] Terms Used – Abbreviations – Brief Explanation [/underlined] [/heading]
(i) Exceptional – Ex – Sparingly – See K.R. 2141 (4)
(ii) Superior – Supr. – Above average
(iii) Satisfactory – Sat. – Average
(iv) Moderate – Mod – Below average – slightly
(v) Inferior – Inf. – Well below average.
[underlined] Assessments when made [/underlined] (Complete list A.P. 837 para. 3060)
11. (a) Important Annual Assessment on 31 Dec is notified to Record Office on F.483A for entry in permanent records
(b) As soon as possible after 31st December all airmen and airwomen should see their annual assessments (Notice in S.R.Os).
[underlined] POSTING [/underlined]
[underlined] Authority for Postings [/underlined]
12. All posting of airmen and airwomen ([underlined] other than aircrew [/underlined]) is done by Record Office except within overseas commands.
[underlined] Points to Watch [/underlined]
13. [underlined] Home [/underlined] (Complete diary of action A.P. 837 para. 1266) [inserted] A 797/43 [/inserted]
(a) C.O. not to question but may represent circumstances
(b) Documents to be despatched within 48 hours
(c) Kit to scale or issue Deficiency List – F.1383.
[underlined] Overseas [/underlined] (Complete diary of action A.P. 837 para. 1286)
14. (a) Notification is in two stages:-
(i) P.W.R. (Preliminary Warning Roll) 4 – 6 weeks beforehand if possible.
(ii) Detail for “actual draft” giving date and place of assembly (Personnel Despatch Centre), sometimes at short notice.
(b) Compassionate appeals – C.O. must not withdraw individual but should represent circumstances on receipt of P.W.R. [inserted] R.O.M. 27/45 [/inserted]
(c) Kit to [underlined] home [/underlined] scale – P.D.C. kit to overseas scale only
(d) Certificate of Preparation – taken by hand of senior airman on the draft and confirms action re (b) and (c) above, and medical fitness and pay (F.64)
(e) Documents [underlined] MUST [/underlined] reach P.D.C. not later than the day on which airmen arrive
(f) Airwomen
(i) Only volunteers sent overseas
(ii) Before C.O. recommends applicants to Record Officer they must have medical exam.
(iii) C.O. should scrutinise F.121 to ensure they are of good character.
[inserted] M.E. ROM 80/44
SEAC ROM 111/44
WE ROM 124/44 [/inserted]
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
[page break]
APPENDIX “A” TO PRECIS NO. 15
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
P.3 SUBJECTS – INDEX [/underlined]
[table]
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
QUESTIONS: PRECIS P.3 PART I. [/underlined]
1. Who retains the Medical History envelope on a station?
2. How would you ensure that all next of kin entries of the Unit were up-to-date
3. In section 2 of the airman’s Record Sheet you will find a column headed “authority”. To what authority does this refer? [inserted] PDR. Number. [/inserted]
4. When inspecting your orderly room what would you deduce if you saw that Set C of forms 28 was fairly full?
5. Who should see an airman’s documents when they arrive at his new Unit?
6. Who makes the character and trade assessments?
7. Is ‘Indifferent’ a character or trade assessment?
8. What is the purpose of V.G. [symbol]?
9. Trade assessments are made under two headings A and B. What does each mean?
10. If in your flight you had a sergeant air bomber who had a basic trade of equipment assistant under what headings would you assess him?
11. What proficiency assessment would you give a steady average airman?
12. How do Record Office know what assessments you give airmen?
13. How does an airman learn his annual assessment?
14. Can a C.O. attach an airman on a course?
15. How soon should documents be despatched if an airman is posted
(a) to another unit at home
(b) to a P.D.C. prior to embarkation?
16. Who posts airmen on the ground staff?
17. Can a C.O. stop a Record Office posting?
18. If an airwoman volunteers for overseas service what must the C.O. do?
19. How much embarkation leave is an airman entitled to when his name appears on the Preliminary Warning Roll?
20. What is a Certificate of Preparation?
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
16E5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: P.3
CAREERS OF AIRMEN – TRADESMEN [/underlined]
Reference: A.P. 837 Section 43
[underlined] Introduction [/underlined]
1. Important for Commanders to understand channels of advancement open to airmen in order that:-
(a) Maximum use is made of all available skill including civilian experience
(b) Airmen in less highly skilled trades are encouraged to become more skilled
(c) Commanders can deal competently with interviews.
[underlined] Channels of Advancement [/underlined]
2. (a) Remustering – change of trade
(b) Reclassification – movement upwards ([underlined] or downwards [/underlined]) between A.C.2 and L.A.C.
(c) Promotion – rise in rank, substantive or temporary
(d) Appointment – to acting rank
(e) Commissioning.
[underlined] REMUSTERING [/underlined]
[underlined] Trades in the R.A.F. [/underlined]
3. These are divided into Groups I to V (descending approximately in order of technical skill and rates of pay), and Group M.
4. Airmen fall into two classes for remustering
(a) Already skilled (i.e. civilian experience)
(b) Limited or no knowledge of new trade
[underlined] Preliminary action in both cases [/underlined]
5. (a) Ensure from latest monthly Record Office Memoranda that trade is open
(b) Consult A.P. 1112 Trade Test Manual for qualifications required and medical standards
(c) Airman should be interviewed by Education Officer, and Medical Officer
(d) Specialist Officer interviews and advises C.O.
(e) C.O. interviews.
[underlined] Further Action [/underlined]
6. (a) [underlined] Already Skilled [/underlined]
(i) Names to Group periodically, accompanied by F.167 (Trade Test Card) in triplicate
(ii) Quarterly Group Trade Test Board assembled on date decided by Central Trade Test Board
(iii) C.O. should promulgate result of exam but must wait [underlined] for Record Office to authorise remustering and date [/underlined].
(b) [underlined] Limited Skill – Training required [/underlined]
(i) Recommendation to Record Office on proforma, the form of which is given in the R.O.M. mentioned in para. 5 (a) above
(ii) Record Office reply on lower half of proforma
(iii) If approved airman should be remustered u/t (e.g. ACH. u/t Arm) and employed in appropriate section pending posting to Technical Training School.
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(iv) Record Office post to training centre. Airmen at end of course are examined, remustered, and reclassified by training establishment.
N.B. By posting the intake Record Office still have control over the remustering.
[underlined] Disposal of Fs.167 [/underlined]:-
7. 1 copy Record Office
1 copy Unit
Card copy retained by examining board.
[underlined] Exceptions [/underlined]
8. Para. 5 covers the majority of cases. For remustering of following airmen see referenced quoted:-
(a) Group M A.P. 837 para. 1118 (Medical Training Establishment and Depot, Harrogate)
(b) Direct remustering to non-substantive trade in Group V for which no training required e.g. Barber, waitress A.P. 837 para. 1111 (iv) and R.O.M. 13/45
(c) Where no facilities exist in technical training establishments e.g. Bricklayer, draughtsman, driller, fire fighter, flying control assistant, works hand Recommendation to Record Office on proforma given in R.O.M. 137/44 Examination by Central Trade Test Board under Group arrangements
(d) Musicians – Recommendations to R.A.F. Central Bank Uxbridge.
[underlined] RECLASSIFICATION [/underlined]
[underlined] Aim [/underlined]
9. Before an airman is eligible for promotion to Corporal he must obtain his L.A.C.
10. Airmen fall into two classes for reclassification:-
(a) Skilled trades – Groups I to IV and certain trades in Group V (e.g. driver M.T.) and Group M. A.P. 837 para. 1121
(b) Unskilled trades – Group V no skill attached.
[underlined] Skilled Trades [/underlined]
11. (a) Where practicable C.O. assembles monthly Local Trade Test Board composed of relevant Specialist Officers, Warrant Officers, or senior N.C.Os. using A.P. 1112 Trade Test Manual as a guide
(b) Percentages for different classifications:-
80 or over – L.A.C.
60-79 – A.C.1.
40-59 – A.C.2.
(c) On the authority of C.O. result of examination and reclassification promulgated in P.O.Rs. Effective date is [underlined] first day of the month following the Local Trade Test Board [/underlined]
(d) Form 167 (one copy only) records result of examination and is filed with Service Documents
(e) For Group M trades see A.P. 837 para. 1123.
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[underlined] Unskilled Trades [/underlined]
12. (a) A.C.2 to A.C.1 normally after 2 years authority C.O.
(b) A.C.1 to L.A.C. on merit alone – authority C.O., but he is limited to a percentage (at present 30 percent of A.C.1 strength)
For full details see A.P. 837 para. 1122 and A.M.O.A513/44.
[underlined] PROMOTION TO TEMPORARY RANK [/underlined]
[underlined] Methods [/underlined]
13. (a) By Records Office from Central Rosters to fill overhead R.A.F. establishment vacancies
(b) By C.O. and Group to fill Unit establishment vacancies.
[underlined] Promotion from Central Rosters [/underlined] (R.O.M. 174/44)
14. (a) Record Office maintains promotion rosters in strict order of seniority for all ranks
(b) As promotion from rosters becomes necessary, the requisite number of names is taken from top of each roster and C.O. of each airman notified that airman is within the zone for promotion, and may be promoted w.e.f. date stated, provided [underlined] C.O. IS SATISFIED that he is suitable [/underlined].
(c)[underlined] Considerations C.O. must take into account [/underlined]
(i) Character and trade assessments on F.1580 Section 4
(ii) Normal recommendations for promotion on F.1580 in last column of section 1 (or section 5 on old print)
(iii) Entries on F.121 General Conduct Sheet
(iv) The absence of a vacancy on the unit’s establishment for an airman of the higher rank in no way precludes a promotion from central rosters
(v) C.O. can recommend deferment for say two or three months but promotion is not automatic if at end of that period no vacancy in higher rank exists in R.A.F. establishment.
[underlined] Special Recommendation to F.S. and W.O. (R.O.M. 1 [/underlined] 75/44
15. (a) [underlined] Object [/underlined] – To ensure that sergeants and Flight Sergeants of [underlined] outstanding [/underlined] ability receive accelerated advancement
(b) [underlined] Submission [/underlined] Recommendations signed by C.O. personally submitted to Record Office in letter form given at appendix to R.O.M. quoted
(c) [underlined] Record Office [/underlined] Reply (i) Special recommendation will result in immediate promotion – authority to follow shortly
(ii) N.C.O. has been placed in a higher position on roster mentioned in para. 13 (a) above
(d) [underlined] F.1580 [/underlined] After making special recommendation C.O. endorses F.1580 [underlined] in RED INK in Section [/underlined] 5.
Authority and date – Nature
1 May 44 – Specially recommended for promotion (para. 23 A.M.O. A.88/44) C.O. Mans G.C.
N.B. In old print F.1580 this endorsement is entered in Section 4 under last character and trade assessment.
[page break]
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[underlined] Promotions by C.O. or Group [/underlined]
16. (a) C.O. can promote an L.A.C. to temporary corporal to fill an establishment vacancy on his station
(b) A.O.C. can promote a temporary corporal to temporary Sergeant to fill a unit vacancy in the Group, on recommendation of C.O.
(c) Record Promote to F.S. and W.O.
[underlined] Exceptions [/underlined] (A.P. 837 paras. 1134 – 1140)
17. For promotion of following airmen see references quoted:-
(a) Depressed trades – small establishment; slow promotion; centralised by Record Office in all ranks. A.P. 837 para. 1134 and A.M.O. A.119/45
(b) Meteorologists – subject to approval of Director of Meteorological Office A.P. 837 para. 1135
(c) Group M – M.T.E & D A.P. 837 para. 1136
(d) R.A.F. Police – A.P. 837 para. 1137.
[underlined] Appointment to Acting Rank [/underlined]
18. (a) All appointments to acting rank can be authorised by Group if Record Office concur for acting F.S. and W.O. (i.e. If Record Office have no temporary F.S. or W.O. they can post in)
(b) In view of para. 16 above appointments to Acting Corporal and Acting Sergeant are seldom made, except Acting Corporal R.A.F.P. unpaid for which see A.P. 837 para. 1137 (i)
[underlined] COMMISSIONING TRADESMEN (AMO A.384/43) [/underlined]
[underlined] Types of Commission [/underlined]
19. (a) All emergency
(b) Branches in which vacancies exist notified in Record Office Memoranda
(c) Regular airmen are commissioned in R.A.F. non-regular airmen in R.A.F. V.R.
(d) Recommendations are required even if no vacancies exist at the moment.
[underlined] Eligibility [/underlined]
20. Airmen under 25 years of age who are fit for aircrew will not, with certain exceptions quoted in the A.M.O., be commissioned in non-flying branches (A.M. postagram S.92732/AR2 dated 7. Dec. 44)
[underlined] Forms and Certificates [/underlined]
21. (a) Regular airmen over 5 years service F.2148
(b) Regular airmen with less than 5 years F.2148 plus F.1020A.
(c) Non-regular airmen F.1020A
(d) Additional certificates
(i) Certificate of willingness
(ii) Copy of Form 121 or Certificate that there are no entries
(e) Part “A” Form 1020, add in manuscript, “(and am willing to postpone my release for a period of 12 months under) A.M.O. A.114/45”. [inserted] Now 12 months from date of commissioning. [/inserted]
22. (a) [underlined] Submission [/underlined]
To Group H.Q. at any time. A.O.C. need not interview but submits to A.M. those he supports
Contd/……
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22. (Contd)
(b) [underlined] Re-submission [/underlined]
After 4 months, second time after further 6 months.
[underlined] Selection [/underlined]
(a) Home – Selection board and medical board at Air Ministry.
(b) Overseas – By Command or Group Selection boards who forward details of accepted airmen to A.M.
[underlined] Initial Training Rank & Pay [/underlined]
23. (a) Airmen selected for commissions undergo an initial course at the R.A.F. Officer’s School. Airmen selected for R.A.F. Regiment go to R.A.F. Regiment O.C.T.U. Commissions are granted on successful completion of course.
(b) [underlined] Rank [/underlined]
Warrant Officers with more than 15 years service, (including 1 year W.O.), are commissioned as Flying Officer. Airmen selected for R.A.F. Regiment, those entering the Technical Branch and not requiring further training, and those who complete their Special training before posting to R.A.F. Officers’ School, are commissioned as Pilot Officer. Airmen not included above as Acting Pilot Officer.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
QUESTIONS: PRECIS P.3 PART II [/underlined]
1. What channels of advancement are open to airmen who join the R.A.F. as a career? Precis para. 1 and P.3 Part III.
2. You have an airman in your section eligible for remustering to a higher skilled trade. What action would you take before he interviews the C.O.?
3. What documents must accompany a recommendation for a ground staff commission?
4. In your section you are short of a corporal. What must you check before asking the C.O. to promote an L.A.C.?
5. An airman sits a L.T.T.B. for reclassification on 21 Feb 45. What is his classification and effective date if he obtains 74 percent?
6. You have a sergeant who stands head and shoulders above his fellow N.C.Os. Who signs a special recommendation sent to Record Office?
7. Your F.S. is posted overseas and he is not replaced. You have a very good Sergeant in the section. How is he appointed acting flight sergeant?
8. You recommend an airman for a commission on the ground staff. If he is not selected when can you re submit recommendations?
9. Who is the overall authority for the remustering of airmen?
10. How soon does an airman receive the pay of an acting rank to which he has been appointed?
11. After specially recommending a F.S. for accelerated promotion to W.O. what entry must you make on his F.1580?
12. Do the Record Office maintain a central roster for promotion from Cpl. to Sgt.?
13. What are the functions of (a) Group Trade Test Boards; (b) Trade Tests on passing out of a Technical Training School; and (c) Local Trade Test Boards?
14. You interview an intelligent A.C.H. and tell him he should remuster to a skilled trade, but he says he is quite happy! What should you do?
15. Record Office notify you that an airman is in the promotion zone on the central rosters. What must you do before you approve it?
16. Who must you consult before promoting an L.A.C. Nursing Orderly to Corporal?
17. What is the normal time it takes an A.C.2. ACH/GD to become A.C.1?
18. How do you recommend a W.A.A.F. for a commission?
19. When an airman is posted where on his F.1580 do you put whether or not you recommend him for promotion or reclassification?
20. A sergeant equipment assistant who is 24 years old and perfectly fit applies for a commission in the equipment branch. What do you tell him?.
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
[underlined] 18E5
OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: P.3
AIRMEN AIRCREW [/underlined]
References: A.P. 837 Sections 41, 42, 43F, 46.
A.M.Os quoted.
[underlined] Introduction [/underlined]
1. The intake of candidates for aircrew training from civilian and service sources has been temporarily suspended with the exception of Wireless Operation Mechanic (Air).
[underlined] Selection of Serving Airmen [/underlined] A.882/44, A.70/45, A.146/45)
2. Airmen of the regular Air Force, the R.A.F. V.R., and the Auxiliary Air Force will be eligible for recommendation for aircrew duties for the duration of the war only. They should be over 18 and under 26 years of age, (except W.O.M./Air for whom there is no age limit), and fulfil the medical and educational requirements detailed in A.M.O. A.146/45.
Station Commanders are to arrange for recommended airmen to attend an aviation condidates [sic] selection board, and forward nominal rolls to Group Headquarters and Record Office. A.C.S.B. inform Record Office direct of suitable candidates, who are placed on a roster and withdrawn in turn by Record Office.
[underlined] PROMOTION OF AIRCREW [/underlined] (A.3/45)
[underlined] Normal [/underlined]
3. On 25th of each month C.O. submits to A.O.C. a nominal roll of all airmen aircrew who will complete 12 months in their rank during the following month. C.O. makes an indication against each airman as to whether promotion is recommended or not.
[underlined] Special Promotion [/underlined]
4. A.O.’s C. may, at their discretion, authorise the promotion of exceptionally qualified airmen after not less than nine month’s service in existing rank. In each group not more than 10 percent of airmen in each aircrew category may be so promoted.
[underlined] Pathfinder [/underlined]
5. A special establishment has been authorised for Path-Finder Squadrons. Airmen may be granted acting rank by Group to fill vacancies in the establishment after completing a stipulated number of sorties.
[underlined] Captain of Aircraft [/underlined]
6. On appointment as captain of a heavy aircraft, a sergeant may be granted the acting rank of flight sergeant. When the A.O.C. is satisfied that the airman is an efficient captain he may be appointed to acting warrant officer.
[page break]
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[underlined] COMMISSIONING OF AIRCREW (A.384/43) [/underlined]
[underlined] General [/underlined]
7. Airmen aircrew are commissioned only in the G.D. branch. Commissions are granted either on completion of training or after gaining experience in the duties in which the airmen have been trained.
[underlined] Recommendation [/underlined]
8. (a) C.Os are required to review monthly all airmen aircrew and submit recommendations on appropriate form or “NIL” return to Group.
(b) Applications are submitted on F.1020A and/or F.2148 (See A.P. 837 para. 1092) together with:-
(i) Details of flying hours
(ii) Particulars of operational flying
(iii) Certificate stating that applicant is fit for full flying duties
(iv) Certificate of willingness
(v) Copy of F.121 or certificate if no entries.
[underlined] Selection [/underlined]
9. Candidates must be interviewed by A.O.C., or in some cases by the Base Commander. Group will forward recommendations to Air Ministry who select without interview. No selection board or medical board is required. Recommendations must not be re-submitted until a decision is reached on the original application.
[underlined] POSTING OF AIRCREW [/underlined] (A.P. 837 Section 46)
[underlined] Delegation [/underlined]
10. Air Ministry D.G. of P. has delegated some measure of posting authority as follows:-
[heading] [underlined] Type of Posting – Authority [/underlined] [/heading]
(a) In operational groups – A.O.C.
(b) Within operational commands at home and overseas – A.O.C. in C.
11. D.G. of P. remain the authority for the posting of airmen aircrew between commands and between home and overseas.
[underlined] Home [/underlined]
12. As far as applicable in the case of airmen aircrew, the procedure described in the diary of action A.P. 837 para. 1266, is to be followed.
[underlined] Overseas [/underlined]
13. (a) As far as applicable – diary of action AP. 837 para. 1286
(b) In the case of airmen aircrew posted overseas substitutes are not to be detailed without the authority of Group H.Q.
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[underlined] REDUNDANT AIRCREW [/underlined]
[underlined] Causes of Redundancy [/underlined]
14. Aircrew who have to be withdrawn from flying duties for any reason become redundant in their categories. They may be withdrawn from flying duties for any of the following causes:-
(a) Reduction for misconduct or inefficiency
(b) Unsuitability
(c) Permanently Medically Unfit
(d) Lack of moral fibre.
[underlined] Reduction (A.M.Os A.328/45 and A.329/45) [/underlined]
15. [underlined] Misconduct [/underlined]
N.C.Os., but not warrant officers, may be reduced by Court Martial, A.O.C. in C. or A.O.C. for misconduct. Reduction should normally be to the highest classification held in the basic trade of the airman prior to promotion to N.C.O. rank, or where no basic trade to A.C.2 ACH/GD.
16. [underlined] Inefficiency [/underlined]
A.Os.C in C. and A.Os.C. at home are not empowered to reduce airmen [underlined] aircrew [/underlined] for inefficiency. These airmen are dealt with under A.M.O. A.1182/44 – A.C.R.B., Eastchurch.
[underlined] Unsuitability [/underlined]
17. Officer aircrew above the rank of flying officer who are unlikely to qualify in the aircrew category for which they are training or who are considered unsuitable to continue serving in their present aircrew duties are dealt with in accordance with K.R. 332, (unsuitable); or K.R. 377 clause 3 (withdrawn from course); or K.R. 1097B (adverse report) as appropriate. (A.M.O. A.121/44).
18. Aircrew of the ranks of F.O., P.O. and airmen aircrew are posted to R.A.F. Station, Eastchurch, for interview by the Re-selection Board if taken off flying for any of the following reasons:-
(a) Personnel considered unsuitable to continue serving in their aircrew category
(b) Personnel unlikely to qualify in the category for which they are training
(c) Aircrew unsuitable for any type of aircraft used in the Command.
19. Unsuitable personnel are first reported to Group, but posting instructions are not to be issued by Group until the A.O.C. has sent to Eastchurch a full history of the case, and recommendations. Upon receipt of posting instructions, C.O. is to forward to Eastchurch all service and training documents held on the station, together with particulars in the appropriate appendix to A.883/43.
[underlined] Medically Unfit [/underlined]
20. [underlined] Officer aircrew [/underlined] who are permanently medically unfit for aircrew duties are retained at units pending disposal instructions from Air Ministry (A.1182/44).
21. [underlined] Airmen Aircrew [/underlined] who become permanently medically unfit for aircrew, but fit for ground duties are posted to Eastchurch as above. Rank, other than acting rank, is retained until a decision is reached by Eastchurch. Eastchurch is not concerned with personnel removed from flying duties for disciplinary reasons.
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22. Airmen aircrew personnel who become temporarily unfit, remain mustered in aircrew category and if practicable employed in their basic trade. (A.651/41 and A.P. 837, para. 1161).
[underlined] Lack of Moral Fibre [/underlined]
23. These cases are dealt with under the terms of Air Ministry Memorandum S.61141/S.7 (c) (i). In all the above mentioned cases of disposal the A.O.C. must be satisfied that the individual does not come within the provisions of the Memorandum
[underlined] Conditions of Service for Permanently Unfit Aircrew [/underlined]
24. These conditions are outlined in detail in A.191/44. Permanently unfit aircrew can be divided into three classes:-
(a) Experienced aircrew who can be suitably employed in specialised ground trades directly connected with flying.
(b) Inexperienced aircrew with basic trades
(c) Inexperienced aircrew without basic trades.
[underlined] Trade Rank [/underlined]
25. Upon remustering, personnel will retain the temporary rank they held, as aircrew. In most cases, it is unlikely that airmen will be up to the required standard which will enable them to assume the full responsibilities of their trade in their temporary rank. In such cases, until they reach the requisite standard, they will be employed in the rank appropriate to their trade capacity and experience. Such a status is referred to as their ‘trade rank’. For all other purposes they will enjoy the normal privileges and pay of their temporary rank.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
QUESTIONS: AIRMEN AIRCREW [/underlined]
1. What details must be submitted when an airman aircrew is recommended for a commission?
2. Should a Station Commander interview applicants for aircrew?
3. What is the period of time which must elapse before airmen aircrew can be recommended for normal promotion?
4. What action would you take if a sergeant navigator is reduced on disciplinary grounds?
5. What are the age limits for serving airmen who wish to volunteer for aircrew?
6. How long must a member of aircrew serve in his category before he can be recommended for special promotion?
7. Do Air Ministry interview applicants for commissions in the G.D. branch?
8. A sergeant pilot becomes permanently unfit. Where would he be sent for disposal?
9. Who posts an aircrew N.C.O. from one command to another?
10. What generally happens to inexperienced aircrew with no basic trade, if they are permanently grounded?
11. What rank may be granted to a sergeant pilot on appointment as captain of a heavy aircraft?
12. Suggest three trades that might be open to inexperienced aircrew, if they are permanently grounded?
13. What is meant by “unsuitability”?
14. How often should the C.O. review airmen aircrew on his station with a view to making recommendations for commissions?
15. What postings of airmen aircrew can be authorised by:-
(a) A.O.C.
(b) A.O.C. in C.
16. What do you do if airmen aircrew become temporarily medically unfit?
17. In what columns of Section 4 of an airman aircrew’s F.1580 would you make trade assessments?
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
19 C 5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL [/underlined]
PRECIS: [underlined] SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE [/underlined]
Appendices:- “A” – Types of Service Writing
“B” – Skeleton Example of Formal, Informal and D.O. letters.
“C” – Skeleton Paper to Illustrate Paragraphing and the use of headings.
“D” – Abbreviated Ranks
[underlined] PART I – SERVICE WRITING [/underlined]
[underlined] The Purpose of Service Writing [/underlined]
1. The broad aim of any Service writing is to initiate action as quickly and efficiently as possible. Particular aims are:
(a) To impart knowledge.
(b) To express intentions.
(c) To convey orders and instructions.
(d) To persuade by logical argument
(e) To record discussions at which decisions are taken and from which the need for action arises.
[underlined] Formal Letters [/underlined]
2. These are written in the first person. They begin: “Sir, I have the honour to ……..” and end: “I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant.”
[underlined] Informal Letters [/underlined]
3. These are generally written in the third person. The usual heading is as follows:-
“From: …………………..
To: …………………………
Date: …………………….
Ref: ………………………
[underlined] SUBJECT [/underlined] “
4. Letters addressed to a higher authority are normally signed by the Commander; those to a subordinate Command are signed “for” the Commander.
[underlined] Postagrams [/underlined]
5. Postagrams are used for messages calling for action immediately on receipt, but which are not sufficiently urgent to be sent by signal. Be careful not to mis-use the postagram service.
[underlined] D.O. Letters [/underlined]
6. D.O. letters should be used with discretion. They must be kept on official files, not private ones. Omnibus letters should be avoided. The rank, name, initials and decorations of the author should be typed above the address.
[page break]
[underlined] Precis – Service Correspondence (continued) [/underlined]
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[underlined] Air Ministry Letters [/underlined]
7. There are two kinds of Air Ministry letter – Air Council letters and Departmental letters. Air Ministry letters are to be regarded as orders and are to be acted on in the same way as A.M.O.’s.
[underlined] Memoranda [/underlined]
8. No standard from. The rules of good Service writing apply to any memorandum; it must be logically argued and clearly expressed.
[underlined] Reports [/underlined]
9. Though there is no standard form, a report should show clearly who is making it and upon what subject; why he is making it and how and where he obtained his information. It should also be clear what the writer recommends, if a recommendation is called for.
[underlined] Paragraphing [/underlined]
10. The standard system is shown at Appendix “C”. The title and main or section headings are written in block capitals; group and paragraph headings in ordinary type, with the first letter of each word (except conjunctions, articles, etc.) in capitals. Parts or sections are numbered with large Roman numerals; paragraphs with Arabic numerals; sub-paragraphs with little (a), (b), (c), etc; sub-sub paragraphs – which should be avoided if possible – with little Roman figures.
[underlined] Abbreviations [/underlined]
11. Only recognised abbreviations are to be used. They may be found in R.A.F. Pocket Book, Appendix II, and in A.M.O. 886/1941 (See Appendix “D”). Abbreviations are not to be used in formal writing.
[underlined] Style [/underlined]
12. Use a simple and direct style of writing, involving simple words and short sentences.
(a) Avoid metaphor, simile, humour and quotation.
(b) Avoid “padding”, such as “It is a matter for consideration whether …………… “
(c) Use superlatives sparingly if they are to retain their force.
(d) Use a short word in preference to a long one.
(e) Never use a word if you have any doubt as to its exact meaning.
(f) Do not use the personal pronouns too often.
Make sure that your writing is CLEAR, CONCISE, CORRECT and CONVINCING.
/PART II
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[underlined] Precis – Service Correspondence (continued) [/underlined]
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[underlined] PART II – HANDLING OF A FILE [/underlined]
[underlined] Central Registry [/underlined]
13. Object – to centralise the receipt, identification, classification, circulation, despatch and custody of correspondence with the maximum economy in time and labour.
[underlined] Degrees of Secrecy [/underlined]
14. Five security gradings. Top Secret, Secret, Confidential, Restricted. [deleted] and Open. [/deleted] Similar terms adopted by U.S. forces.
(a) [underlined] Top Secret [/underlined]. Certain secret documents, information and material, the security aspect of which is paramount and whose unauthorised disclosure would cause exceptionally grave damage to the British Commonwealth of Nations, shall be classified TOP SECRET.
(b) [underlined] Secret [/underlined]. Documents, information or material, the unauthorised disclosure of which would endanger national security, cause serious injury to the interests or prestige of the nation, or any governmental activity thereof, or would be of great advantage to a foreign nation, shall be classified SECRET.
(c) [underlined] Confidential [/underlined]. Documents, information or material, the unauthorised disclosure of which, while not endangering the national security, would be prejudicial to the interests or prestige of the nation, any governmental activity, an individual, or would cause administrative embarrassment or difficulty, or be of advantage to a foreign nation, shall be classified CONFIDENTIAL.
(d) [underlined] Restricted [/underlined]. Documents, information or material (other than TOP SECRET, SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL) which should not be published or communicated to anyone except for official purposes, shall be classified RESTRICTED.
(e) [underlined] Open [/underlined]. Any document not referred to above.
[underlined] Filing of Correspondence [/underlined]
15. Carried out in Registry. If no suitable file exists, branches are responsible for ordering the opening of new files. “Request for Allocation” slips used for obtaining new file titles. Care should be taken to select accurate and appropriate titles to ensure that only one subject and one aspect of a subject is dealt with on a file. Main or policy files to be opened for each subject. These files only to contain correspondence and minutes relating to policy matters. Sub-files are to be opened for routine correspondence on the subject and for each different aspect of the subject.
[underlined] Numbering of Files – Branch Number Method [/underlined]
16. Suitable for H.Qs. of small formations and units. Blocks of numbers allotted to branches. The files belonging to branches are indicated by the suffixes AIR, ARM, DEF, etc. Sub-files of the policy file are denoted by the addition of the number 1, 2, 3, etc. between the main number and the branch suffix.
[underlined] Numbering of Files – General Number System [/underlined]
17. Suitable for A.M. and large H.Qs. Based on a subject index. File numbers allotted from a consecutive series of numbers without regard to the subject of the file or with a policy or sub file.
/Prefixes
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[underlined] Precis – Service Correspondence (continued) [/underlined]
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[underlined] Prefixes [/underlined]
18. For both general number and branch systems prefix added to denote office of origin. Also T.S., S., C., or R. is placed immediately before the number to indicate Top Secret, Secret, Confidential and Restricted correspondence.
[underlined] Cross Reference [/underlined]
19. Files to be cross-referred to others containing information about the subject matter.
[underlined] Closing of Files [/underlined]
20. Advisable to bring forward 3 months after action complete, to ensure subject is dead. Officer ordering file to be “Put away” to sign and date bottom right-hand corner of cover. Survey in accordance with A.M.O. A.903 of 1942 to be carried out half-yearly.
[underlined] Passing of Files [/underlined]
21. Columns on cover to be completed. Minutes and enclosures to be initialled and dated by the officer to whom they are passed. If files required for future action they are to be marked for bringing forward in red ink.
[underlined] Method of Using a File [/underlined]
22. Enclosure placed on right-hand side of file and numbered serially. If the enclosure comprises more than one document, each to be denoted by the letters A, B, C, etc.
23. Minute sheet to be placed on left-hand side of files, marked with the file number and given a serial number. Minutes to be numbered serially with Arabic figures placed centrally on the page. Minutes should appear in chronological order; they are signed at right-hand bottom corner; signature to be followed by the appointment of the sender. Date is to be placed at bottom left-hand corner of the minute.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis [/underlined]
[page break]
[underlined] APPENDIX “A” TO PRECIS OF LECTURE ON “SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE”
TYPES OF SERVICE WRITING
TYPE [/underlined]
[underlined] Within the Scope of the Lecture [/underlined]
1. Official Letters A.P. 837, para. 86
(a) Formal A.P. 837, paras. 87-93
(b) Informal A.P. 837, paras. 94-97
2. Postagrams (A.P. 837, paras. 113-121
(A.M. Staff Handbook Part II, para. 97
3. Demi-official letters A.P. 837, paras. 122-125
4. Air Ministry letters (A.P. 837, paras. 126-130
(A.M. Staff Handbook Part II, paras. 50-66.
(a) Air Council A.P. 837, para. 127
(b) Departmental A.P. 837, para. 128
(c) Informal A.P. 837, para. 129
5. Memoranda No standard form.
6. Precis or Summaries Notes on Precis Writing. A.P. 837, paras. 198-203.
7. Skeleton Examples of Formal, Informal, D.O. Letters and Service Papers. Appendices “B” and “C”. A.P. 837, paras. 87-112
8. Reports No standard form, but see A.P. 1300, Part I, Appendix IV. A.P. 837, para. 1689. K.R. & A.C.I., para. 47.
9. Minutes on a File. A.P. 837, paras. 77-85
[underlined] Outside the Scope of the Lecture [/underlined]
10. Signal Messages Lecture Precis: “Message Writing.” A.P. 837, paras. 149-178.
11. Appreciations A.P. 1300, Part I, Appendix I.
12. Orders and Instructions
(a) A.M.O’s, C.R.O’s, G.R.O’s, D.R.O’s, Standing Orders K.R. & A.C.I., para. 865 A.P. 837, paras. 261-267.
(b) Administrative Instructions A.P. 1300, Part I, Appendix II.
(c) Operation Orders -ditto-
(d) Warning Orders -ditto-
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[underlined] APPENDIX “B” TO PRECIS OF LECTURE ON “SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE”
SKELETON EXAMPLES OF FORMAL, INFORMAL AND D.O. LETTERS [/underlined]
1. [underlined] Formal Letter [/underlined]
“Officers Advanced Training School,
Royal Air Force College,
Cranwell,
Lincolnshire
Reference.
Date.
[underlined] SUBJECT [/underlined]
Sir,
I have the honour to request …………………………………………………………..
2. Text of second paragraph …………………………………………………………….
3. Text of third paragraph ………………………………………………………………..
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant
Air Commodore, Commandant,
[underlined] Officers Advanced Training School [/underlined]
ADDRESSEE”
[inserted] APPOINTMENT & ADDRESS [/inserted]
2. [underlined] Informal Letter [/underlined]
“From:- Officers Advanced Training School
To:- Headquarters, No. 28 Group
Date:-
Ref:- OATS/
[underlined] SUBJECT [/underlined]
1. Text of first paragraph …………………………………………………
2. Text of second paragraph …………………………………………….
Air Commodore, Commandant,
[underlined] Officers Advanced Training School [/underlined].”
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[underlined] APPENDIX “B” TO PRECIS OF LECTURE ON “SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE” [/underlined] (contd)
3. [underlined] Demi-Official Letter [/underlined]
“From Air Vice Marshal Sir ……………………………., C.B., D.S.C.,
Address …………………………………….
Reference:- OATS/-----------------/D.O.
Date.
Dear
Text of first paragraph …………………………………………..
2. Text of second paragraph …………………………………...
Yours
ADDRESSEE”
(Bottom left-hand corner of FIRST PAGE)
[inserted] NAME + ADDRESS [/inserted]
[page break]
[underlined] APPENDIX “C” TO PRECIS OF LECTURE ON “SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE”
SKELETON PAPER TO ILLUSTRATE PARAGRAPHINE AND THE USE OF HEADINGS
TITLE [/underlined]
[underlined] MAP REFERENCE [/underlined]:-
[underlined] APPENDICES [/underlined]:-
“A” –
“B” –
[underlined] PART I – MAIN OR SECTION HEADING [/underlined]
[underlined] Group Heading [/underlined]
1. Text of para. ----------------------------------
2. Text of para. ----------------------------------
(a) Text of sub-para. ---------------------------
(b) Text of sub-para. ---------------------------
[underlined] Group Heading [/underlined]
3. [underlined] Para. Heading [/underlined] Text of para. -----------------------------------------
4. [underlined] Para. Heading [/underlined] Text of para. -----------------------------------------
(a) [underlined] Sub-para. Heading [/underlined]. Text of sub-para. ---------------------------
(b) [underlined] Sub-para. heading [/underlined]. Text of sub-para. ------------------------------
(i) Text of sub-sub para. ---------------------------------------
(ii) Text of sub-sub-para. --------------------------------------
5. Text of para. --------------------------------------------------
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APPENDIX “D” to PRECIS OF LECTURE ON [underlined] “SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE”
ABBREVIATED RANKS [/underlined]
1. The list below – which is taken from A.M.O. A.886/1941 – shows the abbreviations of Royal Air Force ranks which may be used.
2. Ranks occurring in the text of messages are to be written as shown in Column 3, while on all other occasions either those from Column 2 or Column 3 may be used.
3. The abbreviations are:-
[heading] [underlined] Column 1 – Column 2. – Column 3. [/underlined] [/heading]
(a) [underlined] Officers [/underlined]
Marshal of the Royal Air Force – Mshl. of R.A.F. – M.R.A.F.
Air Chief Marshal – Air Ch. Mshl. – A.C.M.
Air Marshal – Air Mshl. – A.M.
Air Vice-Marshal – Air Vice-Mshl – A.V.M.
Air Chief Commandant, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force – Air Ch. Cdt. – A.C.Cdt.
Air Commodore – Air Cdre. – A.C.
Air Commandant, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force – Air Cdt. – A.Cdt.
Group Captain – Gp. Capt. – G.C.
Group Officer, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force – Gp. Off. – G.O.
Wing Commander – Wg. Cdr. – W.C.
Wing Officer, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force – Wg. Off. – Wg. O.
Squadron Leader – Sqn. Ldr. – S.L.
Squadron Officer, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force – Sqn. Off. – Sq. O.
Flight Lieutenant – Flt. Lt. – F.L.
Flight Officer, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force – Flt. Off. – F.O.
Flying Officer – Flg. Off. – F.O.
Section Officer, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force – Sec. Off. – S.O.
Pilot Officer – Plt. Off. – P.O.
Assistant Section Officer, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force – Asst. Sec. Off. – A.S.O.
(b) [underlined] Airmen and Airwomen [/underlined]
(i) Warrant Officers, Royal Air Force and Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.
Warrant Officer – Wt. Off. – W.O.
(ii) Non-commissioned officers, Royal Air Force and Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.
Flight Sergeant – Flt. Sgt. – F.S.
Sergeant – Sgt. – [blank]
Corporal – Cpl. – [blank]
(iii) Aircraftmen and Aircraftwomen.
Leading Aircraftman – Ldg. Acm. – L.A.C.
Leading Aircraftwoman – Ldg. Acwm. – L.A.C.W.
Aircraftman 1st Class – Acm. 1st Cl. – A.C.1.
Aircraftwoman 1st Class – Acwm. 1st Cl. – A.C.W.1.
Aircraftman 2nd Class – Acm. 2nd Cl. – A.C.2.
Aircraftwoman 2nd Class – Acwm. 2nd Cl. – A.C.W.2.
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[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE – QUESTIONS [/underlined]
1. What are the four essentials of service writing?
2. How would you number or letter a sub-division of a sub-paragraph?
3. How many paragraphs can come under one heading?
4. To what type of letter does the phrase “Your obedient Servant” belong?
5. Where would you find the address of the recipient of a formal letter?
6. In what form would you write an application for permission to live out?
7. In what form would a flight commander write to his squadron commander on a purely routine matter?
8. What is the usual significance of an “Air Ministry Letter”?
9. When would it be appropriate to write a draft letter?
10. To what security category would an officer’s personal file belong?
11. What are the regulations for handling secret files?
12. Who is responsible for opening a few [sic] file?
13. Should the squadron photographic officer keep his own files?
14. Which of the two standard filing systems would be used by a large headquarters?
15. Where would the fault lie if a registry on the branch number system contained a tremendous number of files each with only a few enclosures?
16. To what system does the file number 614S/15/3/AIR belong?
17. What is the significance of each part of the number?
18. To what system does the file number FC/2384 belong?
19. What is entered in the space headed “Reference to other papers” on the file cover?
20. What do the initials in the fourth transit column indicate?
21. How do you take B.F. action?
22. Who signs the “P.A.” space on the file cover?
23. How do you indicate that you have read a minute?
24. What is the relation between the number of a minute and the number of a relative enclosure?
25. What could you presume from the fact that a document in a file was marked 5D?
26. When can you sign a document and put your own rank and appointment?
27. By whose authority are D.R.O’s published?
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[date stamp for No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School Jun 1945]
29(1)E5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: COURTS OF INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATIONS
PART I – GENERAL [/underlined]
Appendix: Specimen S.R.O. ordering Assembly of Court of Inquiry.
References: K.R. 1310-1322.
A.P. 837, paras. 1347-1359.
[underlined] Objects [/underlined]
1. To investigate any matter on which information required. Ordered by Air Council or an officer commanding any body of the R.A.F. referred to as assembling authority.
[underlined] Types [/underlined]
2. (a) [underlined] Court of Inquiry [/underlined]: composed of President and one or more members.
(b) [underlined] Formal Investigation: [/underlined] by a single officer – in some cases may be ordered in place of C. of I.
(c) [underlined] Summary Investigation [/underlined]: by a single officer – conducted informally by an officer detailed by C.O. to report on certain minor matters.
[underlined] Courts of Inquiry
Composition [/underlined]
3. (a) [underlined] President [/underlined]
(i) Experienced officer not normally below rank of F.L.
(ii) Should not be junior to officer whose conduct of character under inquiry.
(iii) If flying accident being investigated, must be F.L. or above and of G.D. or ex-G.D. branch.
(b) [underlined] Members [/underlined]
(i) Court must have no personal interest in matter under inquiry.
(ii) Where inquiry requires specialist knowledge, e.g. accounts, appropriate specialist should be member or, in case of civilian specialist, e.g. clerk of works, attend to give advice.
(iii) Warrant Officer may be member EXCEPT of court dealing with conduct or character of commissioned officer or circumstances of returned P.O.W.
[underlined] Order for Assembly and Terms of Reference [/underlined]
4. Date, time and place of assembly and terms of reference notified usually in S.R.O.s. Terms of reference to state in detail character of inquiry and nature of findings required.
5. Evidence taken on oath if assembling authority directs; MUST be taken on oath in C. of I. into illegal absence of airman or circumstances of recovered P.O.W.
[underlined] Attendance of Witnesses [/underlined]
6. Service witnesses warned in S.R.O. ordering inquiry. Civilian witnesses cannot be compelled to attend. Should be invited to attend; if they refuse, write requesting statement. During inquiry additional witnesses may be called.
[underlined] Evidence [/underlined]
7. C. of I. not bound by rules of evidence as applied in civil courts. Sole test is relevance; but court should always try to get best evidence.
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8. Court sits in private; evidence given is confidential.
9. Proceedings cannot be used as evidence at C.M.
[underlined] Procedure [/underlined]
10. Witnesses called in one at a time and allowed to sit. (President may permit proceedings to be less formal if it should help witnesses). Proceedings recorded on F. 2 (F.412 for flying accidents.)
[underlined] Recording of Evidence [/underlined]
11. Evidence to be recorded in 1st person narrative form, prefaced by witness’s particulars as under:-
1st Witness No. 1234567, L.A.C. James Smith, Equipment Assistant, S.H.Q., R.A.F. Cranwell (being duly sworn) states:-
I am employed in the clothing store at Cranwell and …………………………………………………………………
Court may question witness and will record relevant details in narrative form, unless special significance attached to exact words of question and answers.
12. Each witness to sign at end of evidence (and foot of each page).
13. Each witness to be numbered; both sides of every sheet to be used. Minimum space to be left between evidence of witnesses.
[underlined] Action when Character of Person Involved [/underlined]
14. Procedure laid down in K.R. 1318. Vitally important that
(a) Person encouraged to be present throughout and given opportunity to:-
(i) Cross examine any witness.
(ii) Make any statement or give evidence
(iii) Call any witnesses.
Fact of his presence or otherwise to be recorded in proceedings.
(b) If court, after hearing all evidence, consider that blame attached to him, he is to be so informed and attention drawn to evidence on which opinion based. Given opportunity of making further statement.
(c) If finding adverse to him, assembling authority to send him copy of proceedings and obtain from him statement giving any reason why he should not be found to blame.
[underlined] Findings [/underlined]
15. Findings recorded on F.2 (or F.412) based on evidence and covering strictly terms of reference, signed by President and members. Pages marked numerically; exhibits alphabetically and attached where possible to proceedings. Proceedings to be sent under confidential cover to C.O.
[underlined] Officers under Instruction [/underlined]
16. To ensure that junior officers gain experience in conducting C. of I., commanders should detail them as officers under instruction (K.R. 64)
[underlined] Formal Investigations [/underlined]
17. General rules and procedure as for C. of I. Points to note:-
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(a) Evidence may NOT be given on oath (A.M.C.O. A.27/42)
(b) W.O. may be detailed to investigate personal injuries or accidental deaths of airmen below warrant rank provided not due to road or transport accidents.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis [/underlined]
[page break]
APPENDIX TO PRECIS ON COURTS OF INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATIONS
[underlined] SPECIMEN S.R.O. ORDERING ASSEMBLY OF COURT OF INQUIRY [/underlined]
[underlined] COURT OF INQUIRY [/underlined]
The following detail of officers is to assemble in Room 6, Station Headquarters, at 10.00 hours on 16th March, 1945, for the purpose of:-
(a) investigating the circumstance of the loss from the Sergeants’ Mess of a 36 gallon cask of ale between 9th March, 1945 and 11th March, 1945
(b) assessing the value of the loss
(c) attaching responsibility, if any.
President: F.L. J.A. Robinson, M.B.E. (68798), R.A.F. Cranwell
Members: F.O. H.W. Mackenzie (112659) “ “
P.O. K.R. Jones (123654) “ “
Officer under Instruction: P.O. A.J. Baker (129343) “ “
The following witnesses are to attend:-
F.L. B.J. Wright (54345) – Officer i/c Sergeants Mess
W.O. R.S. Thomas (327890) – C.M.C.
554370 F.Sgt. Symes, O.D. – Bar Member
together with any others whom the Court may decide to summon.
( (x) Evidence will be given on Oath.)
The attention of the Court is drawn to K.R. and A.C.I. Ch. XVIII, Sect. I (particularly para. 1318) and A.P. 837, Sect. 51. Proceedings are to be forwarded to the Commanding Officer under confidential cover.
Note: (x) If directed by assembling authority.
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[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
COURTS OF INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATIONS: QUESTIONS [/underlined]
1. When may a Warrant Officer [underlined] NOT [/underlined] be a member of a Court of Inquiry? [inserted] P.O.W. or senior rank or equal [/inserted]
2. When is evidence taken on oath at a Court of Inquiry?
3. During the hearing of the evidence at a Court of Inquiry it becomes apparent that the character or conduct of an officer or airman is affected. As President, what would be your immediate action?
4. What forms are used for recording the findings of Courts of Inquiry into (a) flying accidents (b) all other Courts of Inquiry.
5. Where will witnesses sign their evidence at a Court of Inquiry?
6. Can a Court of Inquiry accept hearsay evidence?
7. Can a witness at a Court of Inquiry be ordered to answer a question where the answer might incriminate him?
8. How should (a) exhibits and (b) pages, be marked?
9. You are detailed in S.R.O’s to carry out a Formal Investigation on oath. Comment on this.
10. You cannot compel a civilian witness to attend at a Court of Inquiry. What action do you take to procure his evidence?
11. An officer or airman whose character or conduct is affected, is present at a Court of Inquiry. What courses are open to him to refute the evidence against him?
12. What is the test of admissibility of evidence at a Court of Inquiry?
13. F/Sgt. Green has sustained injuries in a road accident. Can a Warrant Officer sit on a Court of Inquiry into the matter?
14. S.L. Brown is P.S.I. A Court of Inquiry is being held into the accounts of the Service Institute. What should be the rank of the President of the Court of Inquiry?
15. A Court of Inquiry is being held into suspected irregularities in the accounts of the officers’ mess. What two considerations affect the composition of the Court?
16. A civilian witness on being invited to attend a Court of Inquiry asks if he will get any expenses. What would be your answer?
17. A Court of Inquiry is being assembled to inquire into a flying accident. What should be the branch and lowest rank of the President?
18. Has a Court of Inquiry power to (a) admit liability (b) compromise a claim by a third party?
19. Would you use a separate sheet of paper for the evidence of each witness?
20. You are a member of a Court of Inquiry. You disagree with the findings reached by the President and other members. What may you do?
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29(2)E5
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: COURTS OF INQUIRY (PART 2)
INQUIRIES PRESENTING SPECIAL FEATURES [/underlined]
References:- K.R. Chap. XVII, Sec. 1 (as modified by A.M.Os quoted), A.P. 837, Sec. 51.
[underlined] Flying Accidents (not directly caused by Enemy Action [/underlined])
[underlined] Importance of Careful Investigation [/underlined]
1. Investigations into flying accidents serve following purposes:-
(a) [underlined] Main Purpose [/underlined]: To discover cause with view to preventing similar occurrences.
(b) [underlined] Subsidiary purposes [/underlined]: To ascertain:-
(i) Details of injuries or time and cause of death.
(ii) Damage to airframe and engines.
(iii) If any negligence or lack of discipline.
Need to conduct investigations thoroughly and in ordered manner and to arrive at findings fully by evidence cannot be emphasised too strongly. When detailed to investigate flying accident, study A.M.O. A.1348/43.
[underlined] Reporting Action [/underlined]
2. (a) Signal Message “A” (A.P. 1922)
(b) Report on F.765 C (A.M.O. A.1348/43) amended by A.523/44, A.190/45 and A.267/45.
[underlined] Inquiry Action [/underlined]
3. Appropriate type of inquiry (Proceedings on F.412) will be ordered by A.O.C. Group to which aircraft belongs.
(a) When any person killed or injured and detained in sick quarters for more than 48 hours.
(b) If evidence of negligence
(c) When circumstances doubtful
(d) If considered advisable.
A.O.C. decides whether Court of Inquiry or Formal Investigation appropriate. May dispense with either if summary of evidence, but F.412 to be completed and copy of summary of evidence attached.
[underlined] Composition of Court [/underlined]
4. Limited number of permanent presidents or investigating officers established to handle inquire into more serious cases. Technical or specialist officers detailed to assist where appropriate. Inspector from A.I.B. may be present.
[underlined] Conduct of Inquiry [/underlined]
5. Court should study A.P. 837 Sec. 51, particularly paras. 1360 and 1365. Appropriate remedial action can be taken only if proceedings conducted properly.
/Contd…..
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[underlined] Common Errors in Proceedings [/underlined]
6. (a) Assuming higher authority possesses local knowledge, e.g. referring to aircraft as “A for Able” instead of “Anson V.6024”, or using expressions such as “low flying area”.
(b) Not visiting scene of accident and examining wreckage.
(c) Not inspecting relevant documents, e.g. Log Books of crew as well as pilots, R/T Log Books, D/F Log Books, etc.
(d) Not including proper plan of scene.
(e) Not calling in specialist when Court does not possess specialist knowledge, e.g. Flying Control, Signals etc.
(f) Not including all aircraft involved.
(g) Not attaching weather report or forecast, and confusing the two.
(h) Not ascertaining whether pilot conversant with “Pilot’s Notes”, and whether these amended to date.
(i) Including time of flight in para. 6 of F.412.
(j) Not drawing correct conclusions from evidence or not seeing that findings are supported by evidence. (If conflict of evidence which cannot be clarified, court should indicate which evidence accepted and why).
[underlined] Service M.T. Accidents
Reporting Action [/underlined]
7. All claims by or against 3rd parties dealt with by Claims Commission. Every accident, wherever it occurs and whether or not 3rd party involved, to be reported to A.D. Claims of area in which Station located. Also bicycle accidents, if 3rd party involved.
8. Accident Report Form (F.446) in triplicate and sent within 24 hours. Distribution:- A.D. Claims, Group, Unit file. F.446 to state whether C. of I. or Formal Investigation to be held, if so, whether copy of police report or statement of any civilian involved or civilian witness required. [underlined] Under no circumstances is Court or Investigating Officer to attempt to obtain those except through A.D. Claims. [/underlined]
[underlined] Inquiry Action [/underlined]
9. O. of I. [sic] or Formal Investigation need be held only in circumstances set out in A.M.O. A.475/42.
[underlined] Conduct of Inquiry [/underlined]
10. Following points to be investigated:-
(a) Accuracy of F.446.
(b) Whether evidence of unauthorised or improper use of vehicle, including deviation from authorised route.
(c) Whether service driver authorised to drive.
(d) Whether accident due to mechanical defect.
/Contd…
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10 Contd…
(e) Whether speed regulations complied with. (References: A.475/42 amended by A.175/43, A.914/43 and A.1066/44).
[underlined] Accidental or Self inflicted Deaths or Injuries (Service Personnel)
Reporting Action [/underlined]
11. F.551 raised and 2 copies sent to Air Ministry, P.4 (Cas) whatever the cause (except enemy action) if:-
(a) Death
(b) Absence from duty 48 hours or more
(c) When M.O. advises that there may be later disability.
[underlined] Inquiry Action [/underlined]
12. C of I. or F.I.; C.O. may substitute Summary Investigation where death or injury occurred on leave or pass and civil authority held inquiry.
[underlined] Conduct of Inquiry [/underlined]
13. Proceedings to show:
(a) Whether on or off duty
(b) Whether injured person to blame (N.B. Where only evidence that of injured person, Court should not express opinion, but C.O. must do so.)
(c) In case of road or rail accidents whether travelling between residence and place of duty.
(d) Indication of extent of injury though copy of F.551 not to be included.
14. When injury arose through fault of some other person, (e.g. knocked down by Civilian motor-car):-
(a) Evidence and finding to deal with negligence of 3rd party.
(b) Inquiry to show whether injured person intends to claim compensation, and if not, why not.
(References: K.R. 2312 and 2323, modified by A.M.O’s A.337/40, A.473/41 A.1177/42.)
[underlined] Fires (including Enemy Action)
Reporting Action [/underlined]
15. (a) Signal Group and A.M. (ARP (FS)) if damage £100 or over or anyone killed or injured; otherwise letter.
(b) If property requisitioned or leased, notify Superintending Engineer.
(c) If arson suspected, notify Regional A.P.M.
(d) If 3rd party claims received, forward to A.M. (W.6).
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[underlined] Inquiry Action [/underlined]
16. (a) C. of I. held if damage £100 or over. (£25 in case of requisitioned or leased premises).
(b) Otherwise Formal Investigation held unless:-
(i) C. of I. thought necessary by C.O. or A.O.C.
(ii) Damage small, when report by officer may be substituted.
[underlined] Composition of Court of Inquiry [/underlined]
17. Normal rules apply, but:-
(a) If buildings damaged, superintending engineer should be asked to send representative.
(b) If action of W.A.A.F. personnel concerned, W.A.A.F. officer should be member.
(c) Representative of A.M. (A.R.P. (F.S.)) or (by invitation) local fire force commander may attend.
[underlined] Conduct of Inquiry [/underlined]
18. For procedure and findings, study A.177/43 amended by A.336/43 and A.601/43.
Special points to note:-
(a) Inspect scene
(b) Investigate efficiency of Unit fire services and co-operation with N.F.S.
(c) Investigate extent of damage, cause of and responsibility for fire.
(d) Attach sketch of any structure involved, showing:-
(i) Nearest Hydrants
(ii) Lay-out of contents
(iii) Area and presumed point of origin of fire.
(e) Annex copy of Station Fire Orders.
[underlined] Losses of and Damage to Equipment
Reporting Action [/underlined]
19. (a) If outside C.O’s power of write-off, report to Group.
(b) If theft suspected, report to station police and D.A.P.M.
[underlined] Inquiry Action [/underlined]
20. If within C.O’s power of write-off, type of inquiry at C.O’s discretion; otherwise A.O.C. decides.
/Contd…
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[underlined] Conduct of Inquiry [/underlined]
21. Proceedings to show:-
(a) Date loss or damage discovered and value.
(b) To whom, by whom and when loss or damage reported.
(c) Action taken on report.
(d) Persons responsible for equipment, whether periodical checks made, etc. (Refer to A.P. 830)
(e) Whether any person to blame.
(f) When theft suspected, whether reported to Station police and D.A.P.M.
(References: A.1058/43 amended by A.174/44; K.R. App. VI, K.R. 1332).
[underlined] Absence without leave (Airmen and Airwomen) [/underlined]
22. C. of I. held when airman absent 21 clear consecutive days, excluding day absence began and day Court assembles. (When airman due to report at 23.59 hours, absence begins at 00.01 hours on following day), e.g.:-
(a) Airman due back at 2300 hours 1.3.44: Court assembles not before 23.3.44.
(b) Airman due back at 2359 hours 1.3.44: Court assembles not before 24.3.44.
[underlined] Evidence MUST be on oath [/underlined]
23. Object of C. of I. to inquire into:-
(a) Absence of airman.
(b) Deficiencies (if any) of kit, tools, etc. and value.
24. Court must obtain evidence that:-
(a) Airman absented himself on certain date, is still absent and has been absent throughout period.
(b) (i) Inventory of kit taken when absence discovered.
(ii) Which items then deficient.
(iii) Whether any since recovered.
(iv) Value of items deficient.
25. If no Deficiency List (F.1383) found, Court entitled to assume airman has been kitted to scale. Deficient articles assessed at 75 percent of vocabulary rate, unless evidence value greater or less.
26. Court’s findings MUST be in form of declaration in Note 3 to R.P. 125.
/Contd…
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27. C.O. enters and signs exact record of declaration in F.161 (Record of Illegal Absentees). Adjutant notifies Records and R.A.F. Police Headquarters.
28. If absentee surrenders or apprehended, C.O. should deal summarily with any final deficiency of kit on return (subject to airman’s right to elect trial by C.M.), leaving charge of desertion or absence without leave to C.M.
References: A.F.A. Sec. 72; R.P. 125).
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
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[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
QUESTIONS: COURTS OF INQUIRY – PART 2 [/underlined]
1. A flying accident occurs:
(a) In what circumstances should a C. of I. or Formal Investigation be held?
(b) Who decides whether either necessary and what R.A.F. form guides him in reaching his decision?
2. Who should be President of C. of I. into flying accident?
3. What form is used for proceedings of C. of I. into flying accidents?
4. To what authorities and on what Form is a Service M.T. accident reported?
5. You are conducting a formal investigation into a M.T. accident. You require (a) a copy of the Police report, (b) evidence of a civilian witness. How should these be obtained?
6. You are conducting a formal investigation into injuries sustained by A.C. Jones. The only evidence available is that of Jones himself. What rule is there with regard to your findings?
7. A fire – damage estimated to exceed £100 – occurs in a requisitioned building at your station. Arson is suspected. To whom should the fire be reported or notified?
8. Certain articles of R.A.F. equipment are missing and are believed to have been stolen. To whom should the matter be reported?
9. Who decides whether a C. of I. or formal Investigation into the loss of R.A.F. equipment is necessary?
10. A.C. Jones fails to return from pass expiring at 23.59 hours on 17th April, 1944. What is the earliest date on which C. of I. may assemble?
11. If, in the last question, the order for the assembly of the C. of I. was delayed until 15th May, and A.C. Jones returned on 14th May, need it then be held?
12. Can there be a formal investigation into illegal absence?
13. What are the main points to be incorporated into the terms of reference of a C. of I. into illegal absence?
14. At a C. of I. into illegal absence, how is the value of deficient items of kit assessed?
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[date stamp of No 1 Officers Advanced Training School JUN 1945]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL [/underlined]
30A5/
PRECIS AND KEY TO FIELD HYGIENE, SANITATION, AND COOKING
[underlined] DEMONSTRATION SITE. [/underlined]
References: R.A.F. Pocket Book, A.P. 1081.
Army Manual of Hygiene & Sanitation, 1943.
Handbook of Military Hygiene 1943.
Appendices: “A” – Sanitation in the Field
“B” – How to make a smokeless fire for cooking.
[underlined] Model Description and Particulars [/underlined]
1 [underlined] Field Disinfectors [/underlined]
(a) [underlined] The SERBIAN BARREL [/underlined] improvised from a barrel or similar receptacle, a 5 gallon oil or Cresol drum for a boiler and some short lengths of piping. Barrel should be sunk into ground or heaped around with earth to consume heat from steam – care must be taken to allow for free escape of steam by opening in bottom of barrel or by means of a pipe through lid. Used for disinfecting or delousing clothing.
Refer pages 170/1, A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
(b) [underlined] Barrel – Steam Delouser & Disinfector [/underlined]
Particulars similar to (a) above – easy to improvise and very effective for disinfection and disinfestation.
2 [underlined] Field Incinerators [/underlined]
(a) Open corrugated iron incinerator
(b) Open circular turf incinerator
(c) Open corrugated iron “V” shaped portable incinerator.
All these types of incinerators are easily constructed from waste or acquired material and are most effective for burning wet as well as dry refuse and can be adapted to burn faeces.
Refer pages 120/125 A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
3 [underlined] Urine Disposal Pits [/underlined]
Urine should always be disposed of directly into the ground unless digging is impossible or there is danger of contaminating water supply – when removal to a distance or burial may have to be adopted.
Where digging is possible it is advisable to construct one disposal pit for each day of the week as shown on the Demonstration Site. Note the construction and oiled hessian under turf. When camp or site is moved, place light coloured stones or some other sign to indicate that the ground has been used for urine disposal.
Refer Chapters VII and VIII A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
4 [underlined] Otway’s Pit [/underlined]
Used for disposal of contents of latrine buckets and bedpans used in Hospitals – also an anti-fly measure. Most effective if ground is suitable – not waterlogged or clay.
Note oiled hessian preventing entry of flies and fly trap to
/Contd……..
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[underlined] Models Description and Particulars [/underlined]
4 Contd. catch newly hatched flies from excreta. (See para. 143 A.M. of H.S. 1943). These pits act as a form of septic tank and if properly constructed last for long periods.
Refer pages 104/105 A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
[underlined] Shallow Trench Latrines [/underlined]
5 These should be used only for short halts, bivouacs and temporary camps of at the most 3 days duration. Trenches should be dug in rows, allowing 5 for the first 100 men and 3 for every additional 100 men. Trenches must be filled in when Camp is struck and vacated and stones placed on top of the replaced turf to indicate that the ground has been used for latrines. Excreta must be covered with earth [underlined] after each use. [/underlined]
Refer pages 99/100 A.M. of S. & H. 1943.
6 [underlined] Trough Urinal and Sump [/underlined]
Easily constructed from waste or acquired material. Should be flushed or disinfected daily in hot weather. Can be placed within or adjacent to compound containing deep trench latrine.
Refer Chapter VIII A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
7 [underlined] Bucket Latrines [/underlined]
Used in emergency and at night should be placed at convenient intervals in tented camps.
Refer Page 102 A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
8 [underlined] Deep Trench Latrines [/underlined]
The most practical and convenient form of latrine. Should be fly-proofed with oiled hessian. Dimensions 6’ to 8’ deep – 3’ wide – 10’ long. This provides seating accommodation for 5 men on scale of 5 seats for the first 100 men and 3 for every additional 100. If possible should have a shelter roof.
Refer pages 100/102 A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
9 [underlined] Ablution Bench and Sump [/underlined]
Easily constructed from waste material. Duck boards or gravel standing should always be provided. One double sided bench 9’ long is required for every 50 men.
Note: Sump and grease trap. Hay or bracken placed in trap. Should be placed at frequent intervals.
Refer page 119 A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
10 [underlined] Washing up Bench, Grease Trap Sump [/underlined]
Care should be taken to construct an efficient grease trap for disposal of liquid refuse also that this is cleaned out at frequent intervals. Hay or bracken can be utilised in sump and should be removed and replaced daily – soiled material to be burnt in incinerator.
Refer pages 113/114 A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
11 [underlined] Emergency Shower Bath [/underlined]
A good arrangement for a temporary camp. Easily constructed from rough timber and perforated petrol cans. Hot or cold water can be used. Note construction of pit and slope towards sump.
/Contd….
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[underlined] Model Description and Particulars [/underlined]
12 [underlined] Emergency and Improvised Meat Safe [/underlined]
An easily constructed safe for storage of meat. Note use of old tea chests with muslin covers – fly proof. Note also proximity to field petrol cooker kitchen.
13 [underlined] Emergency Field Cookhouse [/underlined]
Constructed by digging a wide trench 3 to 4 feet deep and 6 feet long and wide, rough poles, petrol tins filled with earth or stones and a tarpaulin. Cooking for 100 men can be carried out by use of petrol stoves or the use of the smokeless fire – see appendix “B”.
Note:- hanging meat safe. Refer Chapter V. A.M. of H. & S. 1943.
14 [underlined] Oil and Water Field Cooker [/underlined]
A practical and useful field cooking range. Easily constructed from waste material and clay or earth. Ordinary sump oil and water only are needed to obtain the necessary heat for cooking.
15 [underlined] Aldershot Oven [/underlined]
An old and well-tried field oven for baking. Fire is placed in oven to obtain the necessary heat and is then raked out into the trench in front of oven and sufficient heat is obtained to bake bread, pies and other dishes.
Refer for 14 & 15 to Chapter XI, Section 58, R.A.F. Pocket Book.
16 [underlined] Improvised Water Heater [/underlined]
An original method of obtaining boiling and hot water in the field, easily constructed from half a metal barrel encased in turf, clay and earth. Heat is obtained from the oil and water process.
17 [underlined] Lazy Man’s Boiler [/underlined]
A practical and ingenious boiler for supplying hot water in the field. Easily constructed from a 40 gallon oil drum surrounded by sheet metal and jam or milk tins filled with earth to form flue around top of drum. Iron drum rests on earth filled petrol tins and is covered with earth or clay lagging to retain heat. Fire is contained in fire-box at base of barrel and is obtained by the oil and water drip process, causing fire in the flash pan. The barrel is filled approximately two-thirds full of cold water, which is easily and quickly heated. Hot water can [underlined] only [/underlined] be obtained from the boiler by pouring in sufficient cold water through the upright pipe to the bottom of the drum; the hot water is then lifted and flows through the horizontal pipe.
A design of the boiler can be inspected in the Demonstration Room.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
[page break]
Appendix “A” to Precis Field Hygiene, Sanitation and Cooking Demonstration [underlined] Site. [/underlined]
[underlined] SANITATION IN THE FIELD [/underlined]
1. [underlined] Water Supply [/underlined]
(a) Untrustworthiness of local supplies – enemy action and local custom. Immunization.
(b) Use of Water trucks, (a) for carriage
(b) for filtration and sterilization.
(c) Water Storage – provision of tanks.
(d) Examination of wells and other sources.
[underlined] Sterilization of water [/underlined]
Small scale – Individual water sterilization outfits and water bottle method.
Large scale.
(e) Lemonade
2. [underlined] Food Supply [/underlined]
(a) Importance of storage and fly prevention.
(b) Cooking.
3. [underlined] Latrines and Urinals [/underlined]
(a) [underlined] Temporary provision. [/underlined] Line of march, convoys and short stays – shallow trench latrine.
(b) [underlined] Semi-permanent. [/underlined] Deep trench latrines.
Squat latrines.
Buckets and disposal by incineration.
Otway Pit or contract.
Petrol tin latrines.
(c) [underlined] Urinals. [/underlined] Temporary and semi-permanent.
(d) [underlined] Sullage Water [/underlined]
Grease traps and soakage pits.
4. [underlined] Personal Hygiene [/underlined]
(a) (i) Lice, Typhus and Trench Fever.
(ii) [underlined] Methods of combat [/underlined]
A.L. 63
Disinfestation laundry etc.
Immunization.
(b) Veneral Disease.
(c) Other pests and skin diseases.
Fleas, scabies, impetigo.
Regular Skin Inspections.
(d) [underlined] Accidental injuries – burns [/underlined] and cuts
/Contd….
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APPENDIX “A”
/Contd….
[underlined] Personal Hygiene (Contd….)
(e) [underlined] Heat and Sun Effects [/underlined]
Heat Strokes
Glare
Clothing.
6. (a) [underlined] Reference Books [/underlined]
Army Manual of Hygiene & Sanitisation, 1943.
Handbook of Military Hygiene, 1943.
(b) Courses for Regimental Officers.
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BRITISH TROOPS
[underlined] ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITAL PER 1000 OF STRENGTH PER AIRMEN [/underlined]
[header] [blank] – [underlined] Non-battle casualties – Battle casualties – Ratio [/underlined] [/header]
France and Flanders 1914-1918 – 647 – 364 – 2/1
Dardanelles 1915-1916 – 1756 – 574 – 3/1
Macedonia 1915-1918 – 1195 – 43 – 30/1
Mesopotamia 1914-1918 – 1164 – 89 – 12/1
E. Africa – 2244 – 52 – 40/1
[underlined] EIGHTH ARMY [/underlined]
[header] [underlined] 1942 – Sick – Battle Casualties [/underlined] [/header]
Sept. – 10,417 – 1,470
Oct. – 11,144 – 2,634
Novr. – 8,698 – 3,602
[page break]
Appendix “B” to Precis Field Hygiene, Sanitation and Cooking Demonstration [underlined] Site [/underlined]
[underlined] HOW TO MAKE A SMOKELESS FIRE FOR COOKING [/underlined]
1. This can be made in a tin with two rows of holes bored through the sides, close to the bottom, with the spike of a clasp knife. The holes should be nearly big enough to admit the end of the little finger, and it is important to bore them close together and right at the bottom of the tin as shown in the illustration. This forms a little blast furnace, the upper part of the tin acting as a chimney to creat [sic] a draught, which enters through the holes when the fire is lighted. The fuel consists of small dry twigs which can be collected from beneath hedges in wet weather. The ideal twigs are those from the dead branches of spruces or other conifers.
2. The fire is started with a small piece of paper, over which are sprinkled a few thin dry twigs. As soon as these have lighted more twigs are added and stoking with these continued as long as the fire is needed. If the twigs are quite dry there will be no smoke.
3. The great advantage of this fire is that the tin can be placed on wet ground in wet weather, and the fire will burn as well as in dry weather. A bundle of these twigs can be dried and kept dry if carried inside the breat [sic] of the battledress. This tin weighs scarcely anything and can normally be used for storing other articles in the pack, or ready filled with dry twigs collected as opportunity offers.
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Covers description and participants, field disinfectors, field incinerators, Urine disposal pits, disposal of latrine bucket contents, shallow trench latrines, trough urinal an sump, bucket latrines, deep trench latrines, ablution bench and sump, washing up bench and grease trap sump, emergency shower bath. Carries on with emergency and improved meat safe, emergency field cookhouse, oil and water field cooker, Aldershot oven, improved water heater and lazy man's boiler, Appendixes on sanitation in the field and how to make a smokeless fire for cooking
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School JUN 1945]
32A5
OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
[underlined] PRECIS: DISCUSSION GROUPS [/underlined]
[underlined] References: [/underlined] A.M.O’s. A.871/41, A.787/42, A.1115/43, A.942/44.
Publications: “Target”, A.B.C.A. Handbook and Pamphlets “War” and “Current Affairs”.
“British Survey”, Weekly War Commentary.
[underlined] The Principal Aim of Discussion Groups [/underlined]
1. To promote Service efficiency in War and capability as a citizen in peace.
[underlined] Summary of Aims [/underlined]
2. (a) To improve the efficiency and morale of the Service by furthering a clear understanding between officers and men.
(b) To foster the national morale by giving a clear idea of what we are fighting against and what we are fighting for.
(c) The meaning of total war, propaganda, political structure, democracy.
(d) To relieve boredom and to foster mental alertness, self-confidence and self-expression.
(e) To prepare Service personnel for the responsibilities of citizenship on return to civil life by:-
(i) Organised free speech and discussion.
(ii) Understanding the other man’s point of view.
(iii) Improving the standards of criticism and discussion.
(iv) Studying the problems and issues of the day.
[underlined] Advantages over other Methods [/underlined]
3. (a) The lecture-room atmosphere is absent.
(b) Each individual is encouraged to take an active part in the discussion and not to be merely a member of a passive audience.
(c) The Leader of the discussion and the members of the Group are learning at the same time.
(d) Discussion teaches impartiality and tolerance, the ability to weigh up statements and arguments, articulation, self-confidence, thinking quickly and a critical but fair attitude.
[underlined] Organisation [/underlined]
4. (a) Discussion Groups are now compulsory and may be held during working hours. (A.M.O. A.1115/43).
(b) Short courses on current affairs at University centres.
(c) R.A.F. School of Discussion Groups Method (an excellent course)
……../Cont…..
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(d) Various organisations exist in different Commands for giving assistance in running Discussion Groups and recording the opinions expressed. Get in touch with these through the Station Education Officer.
(e) Lectures on Current Affairs supplied by Regional Committees appointed by Central Advisory Council for Adult Education in H.M. Forces (A.M.O. A.871/41).
Payment of Lecturers (A.M.O’s. A.209/42, A.787/42, A.1016/44).
[underlined] Hints on the Technique of running, guiding and leading Discussion Groups [/underlined]
5. (a) A Discussion Group should consist of approximately 20 members.
(b) Select the most comfortable room available – seat the members in a semi-circle – create a friendly and informal atmosphere – permit smoking – let members sit when speaking – relax in body, but not in mind. Inculcate a spirit of free discussion – avoid educational or academic atmosphere.
(c) The duration of meetings should not exceed one hour.
(d) Begin meetings by reading the message by the Chief of the Air Staff appearing in each number of “Target”.
(e) Choose subjects for discussion which are not too abstruse or difficult – at first the more simple the better – subjects chosen should be concrete and of real interest to the members, e.g. “Should sweepstakes be legalised in this country to aid and finance hospitals”, “What is the basis of a happy marriage”. Tend to keep subjects topical and controversial, e.g. “The chain store versus the small or privately-owned business”.
(f) Avoid subjects on religious and racial topics or those which lead to political or Service arguments such as criticism of Service discipline.
(g) Choose the Group Leader and the subject for discussion at least 14 days before the meeting is to be held. At the preceding meeting is a very good time.
(h) The Group Leader should be prepared to open the discussion by speaking on the subject chosen for say from 5 to 10 minutes – and define the headings under which he wishes the discussion directed. Here is an example:
SUBJECT: Should the W.A.A.F. be an integral part of the post-war organisation of the R.A.F.
HEADINGS: (i) Should the R.A.F. be open to women as a career.
(ii) Is a woman qualified by education, physique and temperament to take up a Service career.
(iii) Would such a career be of benefit to women.
(iv) Would the opening of the Service as a career for women prove of benefit to the Service.
The Group Leader should control the discussion and keep it within the bounds of the headings – but he must be tactful and impartial. He should try to draw all members of the Group into the discussion by inviting their views – pass the ball of discussion from one to another and interfere as little as possible, consistent with keeping control. Avoid denying or contradicting flatly, statements made. Encourage the timorous speaker.
………/Cont………
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(j) The Group leader should give a brief summing-up of what has been said at the discussion, and announce quite impartially what decisions have been reached. A brief survey should be given of the conflicting points of view. Judicial verdicts by a majority of votes are to be avoided.
Amendments to this Precis:
[page break]
[underlined] DISCUSSION GROUPS – QUESTIONS [/underlined]
1. What publication has been produced by the R.A.F. specifically to help discussion group leaders?
2. What other publications might be useful?
3. Why are discussion groups likely to make an airman of greater value to the service?
4. Why should the service be interested in training an airman to take his place as a citizen after the war?
5. In a lecture the audience is passive and under no obligation to take an interest in the proceedings. How does the discussion group method overcome this disadvantage?
6. Would ‘The R.A.F. Officer To-day’ be a good subject for discussion by airmen?
7. Why would the one word ‘Russia’ be an unsatisfactory subject?
8. What should the leader do if one of his group makes an obviously stupid statement?
9. What procedure should be used with an inexperienced group?
10. Why is it necessary to be very precise in stating the subject for discussion?
11. What courses are now available for those engaged in running discussion groups?
12. What help would you expect to receive from a regional committee of the Central Advisory Council for Adult Education in H.M. Forces?
13. Where would you find the regulations for the payment of outside lecturers?
14. Why is it advisable to announce the subject in advance?
15. A.M.O. A.1115/43 lays down that discussion groups will be compulsory, but what other regulation does it introduce to alleviate disadvantage of compulsion?
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School JUN 1945]
33A5/
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: FLYING ACCIDENTS [/underlined]
Appendix “A”: Action by a Unit Commander to reduce the probability of accidents.
Appendix “B”: Copy of A.M. Letter on the subjects of the Aircrew Refresher School.
References: C.D. 430
A.P. 1921
[underlined] Accident Rates, Past and Present [/underlined]
1. Owing to training methods, types of aircraft used and time available during peace years, the accident rate reached its lowest point in 1935. Due to expansion, re-equipment and the outbreak of war this rate had doubled by the end of 1939. The accident rate continued to rise during the following two years until in the winter of 1940-41 the rate was four times that of 1935. Extensions of training, improvements in night flying facilities and progress in other directions, undertaken in 1941, have resulted in a considerable reduction. Although gratifying, it is not yet satisfactory. The enormous amount of flying which is carried out today results, even at the reduced accident rate, in the destruction of a very great number of aircraft.
[underlined] Causes and Percentage Rates [/underlined]
1. (a) While taxying – 15 percent of M.A.F. yearly rates
During take-off – 11 percent “ “ “ “
During flight – 28 percent “ “ “ “
During landing – 40% “ “ “ “
While stationary – 6 percent “ “ “ “
(b) Common factors to all types of accident are engine handling, breaches of discipline and carelessness. These are faults within our control and should be the subject of attention of Unit and Flight Commanders.
[underlined] Prevention – Approach to the Problem [/underlined]
3. The problem is not an easy one to solve because there is no one cause of accidents apart from carelessness, which appreciably affects the whole field. It is necessary to devote equal attention to all possible causes as no one factor in itself provides the answer. Every effort must be made to eliminate the stupid accident, such as those which occur when taxying, but it must be appreciated that the flight accident – although only 28 percent of the total – causes 75 percent of the fatalities.
4. When embarking on an accident prevention campaign the Unit or Flight Commander should first “put his own house in order” by attending to the following:
(a) Supervision and guidance of Flying Control.
(b) Familiarisation of newly arrived pilots with aerodrome layout, lighting, local geography, etc.
(c) Regular and intelligent use of Link Trainer.
(d) Sound briefing before all flights.
(e) Crew order books complete and up to date.
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[underlined] Interviewing New Crews [/underlined]
5. This should be done before flying on the unit begins. Interview provides an opportunity for ascertaining pilots’ and crews’ familiarity with flying regulations generally; allows commander to make his feelings on the subject of accidents known.
[underlined] Improvements of Flying Discipline [/underlined]
6. Flying activities near the aerodrome should be watched closely by the Commander or his deputy. Slight breaches of discipline should be dealt with immediately and firmly. Attention of all aircrew to be drawn to each offence, however trivial. Talks and discussions at regular intervals on Flying Regulations. (K.R., App. XXVI).
[underlined] Engine Handling [/underlined]
7. Regular discussions on this point should be held at which pilots and other aircrew should be allowed to put forward suggestions. Besides being constructive, this often uncovers dangerous tendencies. Interest in range flying should be stimulated by encouraging competition in this respect and will result in better engine handling generally. Observations by members of the maintenance staff often provide indications of recurring faults amongst pilots and crews. Full use should be made of existing Engine Handling Courses. On completion of these courses the Commanders should ensure that pilots have not misinterpreted points arising out of the course.
[underlined] Carelessness [/underlined]
8. Accidents due to carelessness can be reduced by insisting upon the following:-
(a) Adequate preparation for flight.
(b) Good starting-up and taxying drills.
(c) Good cockpit drill.
(d) Strict adherence to Flying Regulations.
(e) Good R/T drill.
(f) A high standard of crew discipline.
In addition, the Commander in co-operation with the Engineer Officer should watch carefully any tendency towards carelessness by members of the maintenance staff.
[underlined] General Training [/underlined]
9. Aircrew should not be allowed long periods of inactivity. A programme of training should be held in readiness for periods when there is little flying. Such programmes should be drawn up with the object of increasing the individual’s efficiency and improving his knowledge of his aircraft.
[underlined] Reporting of Flying Accidents [/underlined]
10. All flying accidents (not attributable to enemy action) must be reported on the Form 765(c) if they result in:-
(a) Damage to aircraft beyond normal capacity of unit to repair within 48 hours.
(b) Damage to any aircraft that necessitates the replacement of any of the undermentioned (A.M.O. A.1348/43):-
Engine Propellor Nose Wheel
Undercarriage leg Tail Wheel Aileron
Tailplane Rudder
Elevator Wing
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(c) Death or injury (i.e. individual in sick quarters for more than 48 hours) of any person.
11. In cases of accident which result in death, or when circumstances are doubtful, or on occasions when so ordered, a Court of Inquiry or Investigation will be held. In such cases the proceedings are recorded on the Form 412.
12. It is important to remember that the Form 765(c) and Form 412 are the only sources of information, concerning flying accidents which are available to the Air Ministry. Therefore it is of the utmost importance to complete these forms accurately and fully in order that as much statistical data as possible may be supplied to provide the means of preventing future accidents.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis [/underlined]
[page break]
APPENDIX “A”
TO PRECIS NO. 33 –
“FLYING ACCIDENTS”
[underlined] ACTION BY A UNIT COMMANDER TO REDUCE THE PROBABILITY OF ACCIDENTS [/underlined]
[underlined] Individual Record Sheets [/underlined]
1. Keep the fullest possible written records of the abilities and deficiencies of all pilots and aircrew. Discover previous accident histories and whether faults have been properly corrected. Make instructors and flight commanders take an interest in this record, contribute to it and work from it.
[underlined] Special Attention to Individual Deficiencies [/underlined]
2. See that plenty of check dual is given where deficiencies may exist, as in approaches and landings, instrument flying, navigation, engine handling.
[underlined] Link Trainer [/underlined]
3. See that pilots make good use of the Link Trainer, both as a routine and to check any deficiency in instrument flying. Note particularly that pilots should do regular practice on the Link, not merely put in the prescribed number of hours during a spell of bad weather and then leave it for several weeks. For the Link Trainer the mott is “Little and Often”.
[underlined] Pilots’ Notes [/underlined]
4. See that all pilots read, absorb and remember their Pilots’ Notes, also all other official literature, pamphlets, notices, etc.
[underlined] Engine Handling [/underlined]
5. Check up that all pilots know the finer points of engine handling and apply their knowledge in flight. Petrol consumption is one important aspect of engine handling and can reveal lack of skill or of care in engine handling if carefully checked.
[underlined] Maintenance [/underlined]
6. Check up that maintenance staff carry out minor repairs and modifications not amounting to unserviceability and that aircraft are kept clean. Pilots and all other aircrew must be made to take a real interest in their aircraft and to realize the vital need for intimate co-operation with maintenance personnel.
[underlined] Reminder Notes [/underlined]
7. Keep a book of special reminder notes, which pilots and aircrew should read before doing any exercise or flight that contains risk of special forms of accident, e.g., to remind pilots not to let their engine get too cold when practising single-engine flying, to check up the hills when doing a cross-country and to look at the location of airfields near the route to act as emergency landing fields.
[underlined] Accident Prevention Meetings [/underlined]
8. Hold periodic meetings as small and as informal as possible at which everybody is encouraged to make suggestions on how possibilities of accidents could be prevented. A surprising number of the deviations from correct routine procedure, which result in flying accidents, are made in good faith by people who imagine they
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have found a better way of doing something than is given in the instruction. Some of these ideas may be sound and should be forwarded to Group Headquarters for consideration: most are bad and should be stopped but not with a heavy hand if they arise out of informal discussions.
[underlined] Special Information [/underlined]
9. The accident prevention meetings could be used to check up that all pilots and aircrew know the special information that they should know – recognition procedure, flying control and safety procedure, (Darkie, Searchlight homing, etc.) the position of danger areas, special peculiarities of the aircraft and engines flown. Navigation, Engineer, Meteorological and Control Officers should come to those meetings periodically and ask questions.
[underlined] Airfield Condition [/underlined]
10. Frequent inspection of the condition of airfield and runway surfaces is most important for the prevention of airfield accidents. Particular attention should be paid to soft or rutted ground near runways and hard standings, drains not properly filled in, flints and sharp pieces of metal lying in runways, sharp edges of runways, unnecessary obstructions near the perimeter track, over-narrow gaps in hedges through which aircraft have to taxi.
[underlined] Amendments to this Appendix [/underlined]
[page break]
APPENDIX “B”
TO PRECIS NO. 33 –
“FLYING ACCIDENTS”
[underlined] CONFIDENTIAL [/underlined]
A.110414/40/S.10.(c)
[underlined] THE AIRCREW REFRESHER SCHOOL [/underlined]
Sir,
I am commanded by the Air Council to inform you that the Aircrew Refresher School will form on 5.8.42. Its purpose is to provide a special disciplinary and refresher course for aircrew personnel both officers and N.C.O’s whose carelessness or disobedience of orders has contributed to, or whose tendencies in these directions are likely to contribute to, avoidable flying accidents. The formation of this School has been decided upon as a measure towards combating the high incidence of such failures, and the object of the course is to inculcate in those attending it a sense of responsibility and appreciation of the damage to the war effort caused by negligent and careless action.
The course will not be regarded as a punishment; its object is to imbue those who undergo it with a proper appreciation of the importance of their contribution to the war effort, and remind them of their responsibility to avoid detracting from this by carelessness or lack of discipline. It should not be used as a means of disposing, without disciplinary action, of a case of serious breach of orders which would normally be dealt with by court martial or under Section 47 Air Force Act.
[underlined] Instructions for Entry [/underlined]
2. There are no set intake dates and officers and N.C.O’s may be sent to the School at any time. It is desired to avoid delay or formality in attaching entrants, and with this object in view, authority is vested in station commanders to send to the School those under their command who will benefit by this course of instruction. No formality in detailing an officer or N.C.O., is necessary beyond a prior notification by signal to the School. The signal should give the number, rank and name of the entrant with the date and time of arrival at the School. A confidential report stating briefly the reasons for an entrant’s inclusion on the course should be sent by the station commander to the Commanding Officer of the School, within 24 hours of the despatch of the signal.
[underlined] Duration of the Course [/underlined]
3. Officers and N.C.O’s will remain at the School for approximately 3 weeks, but the course will be curtailed in the case of these who show clearly that they have learned its lessons. Output from the School will be twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday.
[underlined] Allotment of Vacancies to Commands [/underlined]
4. It is not proposed to allot vacancies to Commands in the first instance. The School will accommodate 100 Officers and 100 N.C.O’s in separate squadrons. It is proposed to accept entrants from all Commands up to the capacity of the School. In the event of the total capacity being filled Commands will be notified by signal that the School is full, and further intakes will be controlled by the Officer Commanding the School, to whom application for vacancies should then be made by telephone. This procedure will be reviewed in the light of experience gained of the requirements of each Command and further instructions will be issued if found necessary.
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[underlined] Attachment to the School [/underlined]
5. All entrants are to be attached and not posted to the School for the duration of the Course.
[underlined] Medical Fitness [/underlined]
6. No Officer or N.C.O., whose medical fitness will debar him from taking part in P.T., drill and swimming, is to be sent on the course. Medical fitness is to be confirmed in the report sent in accordance with para. 3 to the Officer Commanding the School.
[underlined] Syllabus of Training [/underlined]
7. Drill, physical training, unarmed combat and swimming form an important part of the syllabus. Lectures will be given on flying regulations particularly those concerning safe flying. Instructions will be given on the duties and responsibilities of Officers and N.C.O’s and lectures will be included on character, leadership training, and the importance of good discipline. A synopsis of the syllabus showing the allocation of hours to each subject is given at Appendix “A” to these instructions.
[underlined] Reports [/underlined]
8. A report on the progress made by each entrant will be sent to his Commanding Officer by the Commanding Officer of the School on the termination of the Course.
[underlined] Instructions for Entrants [/underlined]
9. Detailed instructions for Officers and N.C.O’s attending the Course are given at Appendix “B”.
[underlined] Dominion and Allied Personnel [/underlined]
10. Members of the R.C.A.F., R.A.A.F., R.N.Z.A.F. and Allied personnel serving in the R.A.F. Squadrons or Dominion Squadrons may be sent to the Aircrew Refresher Course.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(signed) R.C. Richards
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26
F/LT C L HUGHES
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[underlined] Page 3
Repatriation and Releases Abroad [/underlined] (A.P.3093 Chaps. IX and X)
13. Provision has been made for the repatriation at public expense of persons who were normally resident abroad and who came to this country to enlist in the Armed Forces. Similarly persons who are serving abroad may be released in the country in which they are serving.
(a) Once release is accepted, rights to free repatriation are forfeited
(b) Persons who wish to be repatriated or be released in the country in which they are serving must produce evidence of the agreement of the Government concerned.
(c) Those released abroad or repatriated will not be liable to recall.
[underlined] Compassionate Releases [/underlined] (A.P.3093 Ch. IV Sect. 2)
14. Applications should be submitted to C.Os who should forward them with recommendations to Group H.Q. Group H.Q. should consider if release for a definite period under the present regulations will satisfy the case of an airman or airwoman before forwarding the application for indefinite release to Air Ministry for decision. Commands overseas can authorise local release or repatriation pending release on compassionate grounds.
15. Compassionate releases are referred to as Class C and applications must be fully supported by independent corroborative evidence. A.P.3093 Para. 129 gives examples of possible grounds for class C release.
[underlined] Action to Ensure Simultaneous Release in Class A. [/underlined]
16. Air Ministry will promulgate advance groups three months ahead, and overseas commands should take immediate action to ensure that personnel due for release are available in the U.K. at the same time as their counterparts in home commands. (.A.M.O. A.503/45).
[underlined] Interview of Personnel [/underlined]
17. When a group is promulgated C.O.s must interview each individual to ascertain whether he wishes to be released and to complete the certificate in the Service and Release Book which states that the man has no complaint or other outstanding matter.
[underlined] Replacement of Releases [/underlined]
18. The Unit must then send a return of those who can be released without replacement and a return of those who require replacement to Group and Command Headquarters in the case of officers and airmen aircrew and to Records in the case of ground airmen and airwomen. (A.P. 3093. Paras. 208 – 213).
[underlined] Notification to Dispersal Centres [/underlined]
19. When an individual is free for release a special card is sent by the Unit to the P.D.C. nearest his home. The P.D.C. return part of the card showing the date on which the individual must report. If an individual is delayed, the P.D.C. must be informed by signal and the process started again by a second card. The individual must take second part of the card, showing the date he is to report, with him to the P.D.C.
[page break]
[underlined] Page 4.
Return of Released Personnel not sent to P.D.C. [/underlined]
20. To ensure that individuals are not held without good reason after their group has been promulgated units must send to Group H.Q. a fortnightly return of personnel whose release has been authorised but who have not yet gone to P.D.C. Retention of persons due for release can be authorised only by A.M. (A.P.3093 Para. 227)
[underlined] Leave, Pay, Allowances [/underlined]
21. All queries about leave, pay, etc., and travelling claims for the journey must be settled before the individual leaves his unit.
[underlined] Kit [/underlined]
22. Stations will forward the heavy kit of officers direct to their homes at public expense.
[underlined] Documentation [/underlined]
23. It is essential that the ordinary service documents of personnel should be available on the station complete and up to date. Most of the documents for release of an individual are bound into a Service and Release Book much of which must be carefully completed in Units before the man goes to P.D.C. Accounts forms are bound separately.
24. S and R. Books, accounts forms, service documents and a nominal roll in triplicate must be made up in packages and taken to the P.D.C. in the hand of the senior member of the party. Separate packages must be made for officers, airmen aircrew, ground airmen, and airwomen.
[underlined] Action at Dispersal Centre [/underlined]
25. The action at the P.D.C. is completed in a matter of hours, and may be summarised as follows:-
(a) Medical inspection
(b) First payment of pay and allowances for leave
(c) Complete S. and R. Books and return to individual
(d) Withdraw Forms 1250 R.
(e) Issue clothing, or cash and coupons in the case of W.A.A.F.
(f) Dispatch to home address
26. The part of the S. and R. Book remaining with the individual contains the forms for his return to civilian life.
(a) Authority for release
(b) Certificate of service (airmen and airwomen)
(c) Application for National Identity Card, and ration books
(d) Railway warrant
(e) Remobilisation instructions.
(f) Instructions for obtaining medical aid on leave.
[underlined] Treatment of Deserters [/underlined] (A.M.O. A.483/45)
27. Any man who is convicted of desertion after February, 1945, will forfeit all previous service for purposes of release.
Service may be restored by A.O.C. in C. :-
[page break]
[underlined] Page 5.
Treatment of Deserters (A.M.O. A.483/45) [/underlined]
27. (Contd.)
(a) On recommendation for an award or a mention in despatches or Kings commendation by an officer not below the rank of Wing Commander
(b) On promotion to Sergeant
(c) On completion of 18 months service without entry on Service conduct sheet
(d) On receipt of a Good Service Certificate under A.M.O. A.193/43.
Service may also be restored in exceptional cases with individual approval of Air Council.
28. It should be realised that there are other factors which discourage desertion. A man cannot get an identity card, ration book, or clothing coupons without going through the process of release; he would forfeit the benefits of normal release and he would find it almost impossible to get employment.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
RE-ALLOOCATION OF MANPOWER – QUESTIONS [/underlined]
1. Why should the scheme not be called demobilisation?
2. Why would it be unfair to include overseas service as a factor for release
3. What arguments are there for using age as a factor for release?
4. Is it true that married women automatically have absolute priority for release?
5. Would a man of 30 years, with 12 months service, be in the same group as a man of 26 years with 20 months service?
6. Is it certain that an officer air gunner will be released at the same time as an airman ACH/GD if they are in the same group?
7. How much extra leave will a man released in Class A with four months overseas service be granted?
8. What benefits will a man released in Class B receive for overseas service in excess of 6 months?
9. What authority is required to retain a man who wishes to be released and whose group has been promulgated?
10. Why must an individual state the period for which he wishes to postpone his release?
11. What cash allowance can an airman claim if he does not wish to accept the civilian clothing provided on release.
12. Could a man who has lived and served in U.K. all his life elect to be released in Australia?
13. Can you suggest why post war credits and gratuities will be paid into a Savings account.
14. What alternative should be considered before release in Class C is recommended.
15. Why must every individual be interviewed on the unit before the release process is started?
16. How does the P.D.C. know when a man is ready to leave the unit for release?
17. What is the authority for the movement of Class A personnel to the P.D.C.?
18. What release document must each individual carry when he goes to the P.D.C.?
19. What documents will the senior member of a party carry?
20. How do you get a civilian Identity Card in place of your F.1250 R.?
[page break]
[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School JUN 1945]
36A5
AMENDED UP TO AND [underlined] INCLUDING A.M.O. A.35/45.
K.R. to be annotated with the following A.M.Os.
(All “A” Series unless otherwise stated). [/underlined]
[list of K.R. and A.M.O. reference numbers]
/Contd……
[page break]
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[list of K.R. and A.M.O. reference numbers]
/Contd…
[page break]
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[list of K.R. and A.M.O reference numbers]
[page break]
[underlined] AMENDMENT LIST NO. 1
K.R. to be annotated with A.M.Os.
ADD the following: [/underlined]
[list of K.R. and A.M.O reference numbers]
2. [underlined] DELETE AND SUBSTITUTE [/underlined] as follows:-
[list of K.R. and A.M.O reference numbers]
3. [underlined] ERRATA [/underlined]
For “ 2232 1233/43”
READ “ 2233 1233/43”.
[page break]
[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School JUN 1945]
1. Signals
2. Command & Group Headquarters
3. Station Organisation
4. Squadron & Flight Organisation
5.
6. Planned Flying
7. Welfare
8. Officers’ Messes
9. Sergeants’ Messes
10. Messing & Catering
11. A.M. & R.A.F. Commands
12. Accounts
13. Equipment
14. Mechanical Transport
15. Posting & Documentation – Airmen.
16. Careers of Tradesmen
17. Promotion of Officers
18. Airmen Aircrew
19. Service Correspondence
20. Casualty Procedure
21. Station Administration
22. Good Conduct Badges
23. Service Institutes
24. W.A.A.F. Administration
25. Arrest & Custody
26. Investigation of Charges
27. Powers of Punishment
28. Summaries of Evidence
29. Courts of Inquiry
30. Field Hygiene
31. Personnel Training
32. Discussion Groups
33. Flying Accidents
34. Posting & Documentation – Officers
35. Release Scheme
36. List of A.M.O’s effecting K.R.’s
37. Index.
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School JUN 1945]
20F5.
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS – CASUALTY PROCEDURE [/underlined]
Appendices: A – Details of Action by Effects Officer
B – Specimen Message ‘A’
References:- A.P. 1922 (2nd Edition), A.P.1921, A.P. 837 Sect. 48 & 52A. A.P. 1301. Appendix V.
[underlined] Introduction [/underlined]
1. Promptness, accuracy and consideration for the feelings of relatives is essential in all phases of casualty procedure. Peacetime procedure which is laid down in K.R.’s 2309-2323 does not apply in war-time. The present procedure is contained in:-
(a) A.P.1922 – ‘Casualty Procedure in War (2nd Edition)’
(b) A.P.1921 – ‘Procedure for Reporting, Guarding and Salvage of Crashed and Forced Landed Aircraft in United Kingdom.’
[underlined] Definition [/underlined]
2. A casualty for this purpose, may be defined as an occurrence resulting from one or more of the following:-
Flying Battle Casualties or Flying Accidents,
Non-flying Battle Casualties and Accidents,
Death from injury or illness,
Serious or dangerous illness.
[underlined] Reporting of Casualties [/underlined]
3. Casualties are reported immediately by signal to A.M. (P.4 Cas) Command and Group. If an airman is involved, Records are also notified. In the event of an aircraft crash the signal is directed to three further addresses – the Local Salvage Unit, H.Q. 43 Group and A.M. (D.P.A.)
4. The C.O. of the formation or unit having [underlined] first knowledge [/underlined] of the crash or casualty must [underlined] ensure [/underlined] that the reporting signal is sent.
5. The type of signal to be used is laid down in appendices A.B.C.D. to A.P. 1922 and its form must be rigidly observed.
6. There are four categories of casualty signal:-
(a) Message A – for flying casualties & crashed aircraft
(b) Message B – for non-flying battle casualties
(c) Message C – for reporting serious or dangerous illnesses and natural deaths.
(d) Message D – for reporting accidental or self-inflicted injuries, if serious or dangerous or resulting in death.
7. The priority of the signal depends entirely on whether or not the next of kin have been informed of the casualty. If they have been informed, it is “important”; if they have not, it is “immediate.”
[underlined] Notification of Next of Kin [/underlined]
8. The C.O. of the [underlined] parent unit [/underlined] will inform next of kin and “other nominee” immediately by post office telegram, if residing in U.K. or Eire, of all fatal casualties and of personnel on D.I. or S.I. List or Missing. If next of kin or “other nominee” reside overseas, A.M. (P.4 Cas) will notify. Specimen forms of telegram are to be found in Appendix L to A.P. 1922.
[page break]
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9. The priority of this telegram depends upon the importance of the time factor. In cases of serious or dangerous illness when the next of kin would wish to know immediately, priority C.A. is used. In all other cases, the priority is C.C.
10. Commanders should ensure that personnel are aware of the importance of prompt notification of changes of address of next of kin or “other nominee”.
[underlined] Funerals [/underlined]
11. After a lapse of about twelve hours, if next of kin reside in U.K. or Eire send a reply paid telegram in the form laid down in Appendix I to A.P.1922 to ascertain the type of funeral desired by the next of kin. The types of funeral that may be offered are:-
(a) Service funeral in cemetery near R.A.F. Station (if Service plots are available)
(b) Service funeral at nearest R.A.F. Regional Cemetery
(c) Private funeral at place selected by next of kin.
In the first two cases all expenses are paid from public funds. In the case of a private funeral, coffining and transport are a charge against the public and a grant of £5 is made but all other expenses are borne by the next of kin.
12. If next of kin wish to view the body, dissuade them, unless they have reasonable grounds to doubt identification.
13. Attendance at private funerals of a representative (if possible of parent unit) should be ensured.
14. When burial takes place at a Regional Cemetry, [sic] a modified ceremony is first held at the Station which the relatives may attend. The Chaplain and/or other representatives of the Station should attend at the Regional Cemetery.
15. If next of kin are abroad, arrange for burial at nearest Regional Cemetery, A.M. being given full particulars of time in order that next of kin may be notified in advance.
16. A letter of sympathy is to be sent to the next of kin written by the Unit commander. If for any reason he cannot do so it must be sent by the Station Commander. It is important that such letters are signed personally and not delegated to a Junior Officer Before writing consult A.P.1922 paras. 48 – 71.
[underlined] Coroner’s Inquest [/underlined]
17. It is not necessary to notify the coroner in the case of a death due to “war operations” (includes non-operational flying). Coroner must be notified in cases of natural death (if no doctor is in attendance) or self-inflicted or accidental deaths (other than flying accidents).
18. The Registrar of Births-Deaths is to be notified of deaths due to war operations which occur in the U.K. For such notification the Form A.F.W.D. is used.
[underlined] Burial in the Field. [/underlined]
19. The R.A.F. Pocket Book and the War Manual Part II give details of the Burial service.
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20. The collection and burial of the dead is the responsibility of the parent unit. Identification is important and scattered graves should be avoided, if possible, by using Service cemeteries. The correct rendering of the Burial Return, F.1755 is essential so that the grave is not lost.
[underlined] Disposal of Effects [/underlined]
21. Standing Committee of Adjustment at Central Depository, Colnbrook, deals with Service estates of officers, airmen and airwomen serving in this country, who die, or are reported missing or prisoners of war.
22. Officer detailed to carry out action at Station is known as Effects Officer. At many operational stations, permanent Effects Officer has been appointed.
23. Immediately it is known personnel have died, been killed, or are missing, Effects Officer must be notified so he may take INSTANT action to collect and safeguard all effects on station. Take special care to safeguard small items of intrinsic and/or sentimental value, e.g. rings, cigarette cases, watches etc.
24. Effects to be collected are those in R.A.F. custody, e.g. on station, in billets or at hospital, but not effects at e.g. home of a living-out officer. In cases of Dominion and Allied personnel, however, when known any property not in R.A.F. custody exists, particulars must be reported to S.C. of A.
25. Effects Officer is then to take action as detailed in Appendix “A” to this precis and ensure that effects are despatched to S.C. of A. within 14 days. (Ref. A.P.837 para. 1308).
26. To safeguard property A.M. have ordered that at “briefing time”, facilities shall be accorded to all aircrew to deposit small valuables with briefing officer.
27. Full details concerning disposal of effects are given in A.P.1922 Section IX and A.P.837 para. 1308. This para. also gives instructions in the cases of Dominion and Allied personnel.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis. [/underlined]
[page break]
APPENDIX “A” TO PRECIS ON CASUALTY PROCEDURE
[underlined] DETAILS OF ACTION BY EFFECTS OFFICER. [/underlined]
1. Make complete inventory (5 Copies) listing bulky articles (e.g. Radio, moror [sic] car, bicycle, etc) separately. Give full details of valuable articles.
2. Thorough search for will:-
(i) In case of death, if will found make 3 copies (4 for Dominion personnel) and certify as correct; forward original and one copy to Air Ministry (Accts. 13) Worcester. 1 copy (2 if Dominion) subsequently sent to Colnbrook and one copy retained on unit.
(ii) When casualty “missing” if will found, make one certified copy only. Forward original immediately and certified copy three days later to A.M. (Accts. 13), in each case as secret document by registered post.
(iii) Contents of will must not be divulged. In “missing” cases, not even existence must be disclosed.
(iv) If no will found, inform A.M. (Accts. 13) without delay.
3. Forward any item such as Stock or Share Certificates, Post Office Saving Bank Books, National Savings Certificates, Life Insurance Policies, to A.M. (Accts. 13) by registered post with covering letter, first taking particulars.
4. Retain on station, in charge of Equipment Officer, any bulky articles pending disposal instructions from A.M. or S.C. of A.
5. Return public clothing, equipment, etc. to Stores. In case of airmen aircrew remove flying badge from tunic and include in effects.
6. Return publications, records, maps, etc. to appropriate officers and obtain receipt.
7. Send Flying Log Books to A.M. (Archives) Hayes.
8. Hand cash and stamps to Accountant Officer and obtain receipt in triplicate.
9. Obtain clearance certificate.
10. Food – to be disposed of to colleagues or hospitals.
R.A.A.F. personnel – to R.A.A.F. personnel.
R.C.A.F. “ – to Auxiliary Services, R.C.A.F., 20, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
11. Clothing Coupons – to nearest Area Collecting Office, Board of Trade.
12. Soiled articles of private clothing to be laundered before despatch.
13. Check and mark inventory to show what items disposed of (e.g. to A.M. (Accts. 13)) and check balance against effects held
14. Hand effects (other than bulky articles) to Equipment Officer, with one copy of inventory for despatch to S.C. of A.
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[underlined] Appendix – contd. [/underlined]
15. Return tradesmen’s bills to senders notifying them of casualty and informing them that address of next of kin can be obtained from A.M. (Accts. 13) but in case of Dominion personnel forward bills to S.C. of A.
16. Inform next of kin of action (except in case of Dominion personnel) and that S.C. of A. will communicate with them at an early date. In case of death (but not missing) indicate whether or not will found. DO NOT send copy of inventory.
17. Prepare Form 1644 for S.Ad.O’s signature and transmission to S.C. of A. Careful compilation of form will ensure that all necessary action taken.
18. Mail received after occurrence of casualty to be re-directed:-
(i) For officers – A.M. (A.R.8)
(ii) For airmen – Records, Gloucester
19. Effects must not be sold or handed over to relatives without authority of A.M. or S.C. of A.
[underlined] Amendments to this Appendix. [/underlined]
[page break]
APPENDIX “B”.
[underlined] SPECIMEN MESSAGE “A” [/underlined]
1. Reporting a flying accident that has just occurred near the unit, involving the unit’s own aircraft.
2. Addressed to:- A.M. (P4 Cas)
Records, Gloucester,
H.Q. 43 Group
No. OX 2 M.U.
A.M. D.P.A.
H.Q. 21 Group
H.Q. Flying Training Command.
3. P.18 2 JAN. SECRET. F.A. PRIORITY: IMMEDIATE.
A. (i) BLENHEIM MK V. K.222.
B. No. 890 SQUADRON
C. NEAR CRANWELL. 1 JAN 2100 HOURS DARK
D. (i) PILOT 055555 P.O. J.H. SMITH, NAV/B 066666 SGT H.J. JONES W/OP./A.G. 077777 SGT. A. BROWN
(ii) ALL KILLED
E. AT CRANWELL
F. NOT KNOWN
G. APPARENT LOSS OF FLYING SPEED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF. ACCIDENTS. YES. 765C YES.
H. CAT. E. SALVAGE YES.
J. NO. OX 2 M.U.
K. SMITH KINFORMED WIFE AND MR. J. SMITH (FATHER) JONES KINFORMED FATHER KINNOT MR. N.E. JONES BROWN KINNOT.
L. M N NOT APPLICABLE
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
QUESTIONS: CASUALTY PROCEDURE [/underlined]
1. Who notifies next of kin of following, killed in a flying accident at their station in Norfolk:-
(a) F.L. Sykes – next of kin in Yorkshire.
(b) F/Sgt. Bennett – next of kin in Rhodesia.
2. What alternatives are open to a deceased officer’s (or airman’s) next of kin (resident in England), regarding the type of funeral they may choose?
3. Who should send a letter of sympathy to the next of kin of fatal casualties?
4. If a deceased officer or airman’s next of kin resides overseas, what action must be taken immediately arrangements have been made for the funeral?
5. When must the deaths of service personnel be notified to the coroner?
6. May flowers be provided out of public funds? [inserted] NO. [/inserted]
7. On being detailed as Effects Officer what should be your first action? [inserted] SAFETY OF KIT [/inserted]
8. Within what period must private effects of missing or deceased personnel be sent to S.C. of A. [inserted] 14 DAYS [/inserted]
9. What action would you take as Effects Officer if you fail to find a WILL among the effects of a deceased officer or airman?
10. P.O. “W” is reported missing, and the Effects Officer finds a Will. What action should he take regarding it?
11. F.L. “X” is killed in a flying accident, and the Effects Officer finds a Will. What action should he take regarding it?
12. An airman on your unit dies and a private letter addressed to him is subsequently received. How should it be dealt with?
13. How does the S.C. of A. know what bulky items are retained on the station?
14. How should the Effects Officer deal with:-
(a) Flying Log Book?
(b) £3 in notes and 17/6 in silver?
(c) A Bicycle?
(d) Uniform of a sergeant pilot?
(e) P.O. Savings Bank Book?
(f) Civilian suit?
(g) National Savings Certificates?
(h) Wireless Set?
(i) Life Insurance policy?
(j) Personal effects at home of deceased living-out officer?
15. Should the Effects Officer inform the next of kin whether or not a Will has been found?
16. You have been detailed as Effects Officer. Would you send a copy of the inventory to the next of kin?
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[date stamp of No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School JUN 1945]
21A5/
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL
PRECIS: STATION ADMINISTRATION [/underlined]
References: A.P. 1301, Chap. I
K.R. & A.C.I., Chap. XIII, Sec. I.
A.P. 837, Paras. 12 – 17
[underlined] Introductory [/underlined]
1. The complete organisation of a R.A.F. Station consisting as it does of numerous sections with very varied duties, requires good management and control in order to function efficiently. This management is known as administration, the primary purpose of which is to ensure the smooth running of the station.
2. Administrative control is therefore concerned with the marshalling of all available resources so that the fighting or training units can achieve maximum efficiency. The operational effort must not be hindered by administrative detail; administration must at all times keep pace with operational requirements. Thus it is apparent that administration is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
[underlined] Administrative Services [/underlined]
3. The essential requirements of a unit are made available through the following services:-
Equipment – Communications (postal, signals) – Transport – Messing and Catering – Medical – Fire and Gas – Defence – Works Services – Accounts – Clerical Staff – Welfare – Physical Fitness – Education – Chaplains – Service Police.
[underlined] Responsibility of C.O. [/underlined]
4. It is necessary to delegate authority to deal with various aspects of station administration. Nevertheless, no matter what the degree of decentralisation, the ultimate responsibility still rests with the Station Commander. He is responsible for the correlation of the work of the various sections and for the supervision of the duties he has allocated to his subordinates. He is the connecting link between the administrative and functional sections and it is his duty to ensure that both are working with the fullest understanding of each other’s problems.
5. The C.O. should carry out inspections regularly, and appreciate fully the important part that welfare plays in the productive output of any unit. Messing and catering, entertainment, sports, education and help to junior officers all call for the C.O.’s personal encouragement and supervision. To assist him in this work he has an Adjutant and a Station Administrative Officer.
[underlined] The Adjutant [/underlined]
6. The responsibilities of the Adjutant have been considerably affected by the reallocation of station duties which was introduced during 1944. As a consequence, by the transference of many of his routine tasks to the Accountant Officer, he has been relieved of much of his detail work. His primary task is that of Confidential Staff Officer or Personal Assistant to the Commanding Officer. He still retains a few specific duties such as Officers Records, Officers Confidential Reports, Courts of Enquiry and Courts Martial. Such duties are matters requiring the close attention of the C.O. and naturally come within the bounds of his primary function as Confidential Staff Officer.
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[underlined] The Station Administrative Officer [/underlined]
7. The reallocation of station duties also affects the S. Ad. O., allowing him to devote more time to outdoor administration. He acts as deputy for the Station Commander in co-ordinating and directing the administrative services on the station. He also acts as a filter through which all administrative routine passes to the Station Commander.
8. He is responsible for the discipline of the Headquarters Unit and normally the Adjutant, Assistant Adjutant, Accountant Officer, Equipment Officer, M.T. Officer and the Medical Officer form part of his Headquarters staff. He is also the channel through which all demands for Works Services pass, a record of which he keeps in the Form 3049.
[underlined] Duties [/underlined]
(a) Co-ordination of Station Administrative duties.
(b) Morale and discipline.
(c) Supervision of the administration of messes and institutes.
(d) Supervision of messing in collaboration with the Catering Officer.
(e) Gas and Fire Services.
(f) Bands and Entertainments generally.
(g) Supervision of preliminary action towards settlement of Service estates.
[underlined] The Accountant Officer [/underlined]
9. The Accountant Officer is also considerably affected by this reallocation of duties. The Assistant Adjutant now comes under the jurisdiction of the Accounts Section, consequently the Accountant Officer has control over the paper work and returns with which he is closely associated.
[underlined] Duties [/underlined]
(a) Station Accounts duties.
(b) Registry.
(c) Registered mail.
(d) Personnel Occurrence Reports.
(e) Periodic Returns.
(f) Employment of civilians.
(g) Railway warrants, Concession vouchers, Petrol coupons, etc.
(h) Clearance Certificates
(j) Airmen’s documents and records.
(k) Control of Orderly Room staff.
[underlined] Control of Sections [/underlined]
10. Unit Commanders may be given full powers of C.O. by Air Ministry, otherwise the Station Commander must delegate powers under K.R. 1141.
11. The S. Ad. O. is usually given disciplinary powers over the Headquarters unit. Personnel of administrative sections come under the senior officer of the section for technical purposes but under the S. Ad. O. for domestic administration. On the other hand, in the functional sections, the personnel come under their flight or section commanders for both purposes.
12. All W.A.A.F. personnel are organised into a section under a W.A.A.F. officer, who is responsible only to the Station Commander and not to subordinate commanders.
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13. Officer i/c W.A.A.F. section is under the orders of the Station Commander but in the event of disagreement can refer direct to W.A.A.F. (G) officer at Group, copy of correspondence being submitted to C.O.
[underlined] Station Duties [/underlined]
14. To ensure the smooth running and efficiency of any station certain regular duties are carried out daily by permanent members of the unit, the duties being detailed in Station Routine Orders.
[underlined] Station Duty Officer [/underlined]
15. This duty is normally carried out by senior officers, subordinate commanders and specialist officers. No officer below the rank of Flight Lieutenant may be employed. The tour of duty will cover periods normally outside working hours, when the S.D.O. will represent the C.O. of the station. He will receive all important reports and take whatever action is necessary, in the absence of the C.O. He authorises the use of M.T. after working hours. The nature of his duties also varies with the type of station (K.R. 821).
[underlined] Orderly Officer [/underlined]
16. These duties are to be carried out by junior officers below the rank of Flight Lieutenant, working on a roster. Under certain circumstances, warrant officers can be employed (K.R. 820-4) also officers of the equipment and accountant branches below the rank of F.L. as modified by A.M.O. A.756/41. His duties are laid down in K.R. 822, but the C.O. may give additional duties. Tour of duty 24 hours.
Points to be noted:-
(a) Rations checked in and out (K.R. 2666, A.P. 837-478)
(b) Cleanliness of cookhouse personnel (K.R. 1739, A.P. 837-692)
(c) Complaints at meals (K.R. 1735)
(d) Swill. Avoidance of waste (A.P. 837-463)
[underlined] Duty N.C.O. [/underlined]
17. He accompanies the Orderly Officer on his tour of duty for the same period. He is responsible for hoisting and striking the colour, absentees, defaulters, sick parades, etc. Acquaintance with air raid orders, anti-gas orders, defence orders and Station Standing Orders is essential. Tradesmen in all groups are eligible except Group “M”.
[underlined] Duty Medical Officer [/underlined]
18. On stations with more than one medical officer a duty medical officer is to be nominated daily by the senior medical officer of the station and detailed in S.R.O. (K.R. 820-2). His orders are prepared by the S.M.O. and approved by the C.O. Where there is only one medical officer on the station, see K.R. 1499.
[underlined] Duty Pilot [/underlined]
19. These duties have been taken over largely by Flying Control but duty pilots are still maintained on certain stations. Only officers of the G.D. branch or airman pilots are detailed. The tour of duty is 24 hours and is confined exclusively to flying matters. The duty pilot is responsible for aerodrome discipline and control, Met. reports, arrival and despatch of aircraft, accidents etc. (K.R. 823).
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[underlined] Duty Flight [/underlined]
20. A Duty Flight is detailed at all flying stations, the tour of duty being one week. They are responsible for making all arrangement for visiting aircraft both in and out of working hours and to form the nucleus for salvage parties or guards for crashed aircraft (K.R. 824 A).
[underlined] Station Police, Guards and Sentries [/underlined]
21. Their responsibilities and duties are laid down in K.R. 826 and 1098. Guard and sentry duties must be carried out by station personnel generally. Rosters are drawn up and guards are drawn from them in rotation, Service Police being used only in emergency (A.M.O. A.951/44). All airmen, with the exception of Group “M” personnel and fire instructors are eligible for night guards.
[underlined] Training for Station duties [/underlined]
22. The responsibilities of Commanding Officers for drawing up orders for Station duties are stressed in K.R. 820-3. Junior and inexperienced officers of all branches, except medical, should be attached for instruction to orderly officers and junior G.D. officers, to duty pilots. They should not be employed on full duties until competent (K.R. 820-6). Members of courts martial are available for Station duties when the court is not sitting (K.R. 825). Duties of witnessing officers at pay and clothing parades are laid down in K.R. 2830.
[underlined] Amendments to this Precis [/underlined]
[page break]
[underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCE TRAINING SCHOOL
Questions: Station Administration [/underlined]
1. Enumerate six of the main administrative services.
2. How does a C.O. control W.A.A.F. personnel on his station?
3. Give four of the new duties of Accountant Officers.
4. What officer would be normally responsible for disciplinary action in the Transport Section of any station?
5. Give three duties for which a duty pilot is responsible.
6. Can an officer of any rank be detailed as Station Duty Officer?
7. What is a duty flight?
8. Who approves (a) the roster?
(b) the orders of Duty Medical Officers?
9. What is the Orderly Officer’s tour of duty?
10. During the course of the inspections which he has to carry out, give three points a good Orderly Officer should watch carefully.
11. What specialist airmen or airwomen are kept on watch after working hours on your station?
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[Stamp] JUN 1945
26A5
[Underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL [/underlined]
[Underlined] PRECIS: INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES [/underlined]
Appendices:- “A” – List of Offences Punishable Summarily.
“B” – Orderly Room Procedure.
References:- M.A.F.L. – R.P.. 3 and 4.
K.R. Chap. XV. Sect. III.
A.P. 837, Sect. 24.
[Underlined] Officers who may hear charges [/underlined]
1. (a) Commanding Officer – normally the Station Commander; but on certain stations the officer commanding a unit is specifically authorised by the Air Council to exercise the full disciplinary powers of C.O.
(b) Subordinate Commander – Officer commanding a unit or section who is subordinate to C.O. for disciplinary purposes and to whom C.O. has delegated powers of punishment.
[Underlined] Offences Punishable Summarily [/underlined]
2. There are only certain offences which C.O. (or subordinate commander) can dispose of summarily without permission of A.O.C. These offences are shown in K.R. 1129, and for convenience are set out in App. “A” to this precis. This power of summary disposal does not prevent C.O. from sending accused charged with any of these offences for trial by C.M. when sufficiently serious to warrant punishment beyond his powers.
3. Other offences under A.F.A. normally tried by C.M., but C.O. may in appropriate circumstances apply to A.O.C. to permit summary disposal by C.O.
[Underlined] Charges Against Officers [/underlined]
4. When C.O. learns of circumstances that may lead to charge against an officer, he will investigate them to decide whether:-
(a) To prefer charge; or
(b) To administer reproof (K.R. 1154) or
(c) Refer matter to superior authority; or
(d) No foundation for further action.
5. If charge preferred, C.O. will investigate by hearing witnesses’ evidence in presence of accused and:-
(a) Dismiss charge, if satisfied accused not guilty, or insufficient evidence against him; or
(b) “reprove” him if circumstances warrant it – (see A.P. 837, para. 734 (iv)); or
(c) Order a summary of evidence to be taken to consider whether to apply for trial by C.M. or summary disposal by A.O.C. for which see K.R. 1153.
6. For procedure regarding:-
(a) Confidential reports on and courts of inquiry into misconduct by officers.
(b) Administrative action (not amounting to an air force punishment) which may follow misconduct by an officer;
See A. P. 837, paras. 733 to 735A. (Note that C.O. cannot [underlined] punish [/underlined] an officer, “[indecipherable]” not being classed as a punishment under A.F.A.)
[Underlined] Charges against Warrant Officers [/underlined]
7. Procedure outlined in paras. 4 and 5 above applies equally to
/Contd . . .
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warrant officers, except that, if charge preferred (whether by C.O. or other officer), case first heard formally by subordinate Commander but must always be remanded after investigation to C.O.
[Underlined] Charges against N.C.Os and Aircraftmen [/underlined]
8. Charge to be investigated in first instance by subordinate commander who will decide whether:-
(a) To remand case to C.O. where offence sufficiently serious or beyond Subordinate Commander’s powers, or where charge sent by authority outside station, or
(b) To award a punishment within his powers, subject where applicable to accused’s right to elect trial by C.M. (A.F.A. Sect. 46 (8), or
(c) To dismiss the charge.
9. Charges remanded by subordinate commander are heard by C.O., who may:-
(a) Dismiss charge if insufficient evidence or case trivial, or as a matter of discretion for any reason, e.g. good character of accused; or
(b) Award punishment within his powers, subject where applicable to right to elect trial, or
(c) Order Summary of Evidence to be taken with a view to trial by C.M., or
(d) If offence not punishable summarily, apply to A.O.C. for permission to deal with case.
[Underlined] Use of Forms for Hearing Charges [/underlined]
10. Charge Form 252, for written statement of charge against airman. Raised by person preferring charge and sent to accused’s subordinate commander (via Guard Room, if close arrest).
11. Offence Report F. 281, used by:-
(a) Subordinate Commander when hearing charges.
(b) Adjutant for P.O.R. and documentary action.
(c) C.O. for reviewing punishments by subordinate commanders.
12. Guard Report F. 160, used:-
(a) For recording details of airmen in close arrest.
(b) By C.O. when hearing charges remanded to him.
[Underlined] Orderly Room Procedure [/underlined]
13. “Orderly Room” – term used to denote procedure by which C.O. or subordinate commander disposes of charges and also hears applications and complaints. Should be held each day if any cases (no objection in war-time on Sunday). Hour for C.O.’s Orderly Room should be laid down in Station Standing Orders, to allow subordinate commanders to investigate in all cases first.
14. Orderly Room procedure, described in App. “B” to this Precis, applies not only to C.O. but also to Subordinate Commander who must thoroughly investigate all matters even if beyond his powers to deal with. Junior Officers should be detailed to attend C.O.’s Orderly Room under instruction.
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[Underlined] Civil Offences committed by Service Personnel [/underlined]
15. Civil authorities decide whether to deal with such cases or request C.O. to do so. Certain offences, listed in A.M.O. A.532/42, have to be reported to the civil police.
16. When charges referred by civil power to C.O. to deal with,
(a) Subordinate Commander to investigate and remand to C.O. for final disposal (K.R. 1127 (4)).
(b) If summary disposal appropriate, C.O. to obtain prior authority from A.O.C. as charge falls under A.F.A. S.41.
(c) C.O. to notify civil authorities of action taken against accused (A.532/42 para.4).
[Underlined] Necessity for Investigating Charges Promptly [/underlined]
17. Commanders should ensure that all charges brought against persons under their command are dealt with as promptly as possible. Considerations include:-
(a) Accused, who may be in arrest, is in a state of suspense.
(b) Delay in disposal contributes to lowering of morale.
(c) Evidence of witnesses become less reliable as time passes.
(d) Witnesses may be posted overseas.
[Underlined] Change of Arrest or Release without Prejudice to Re-arrest [/underlined]
18. C.O. has discretion to change arrest from close to open or to release from arrest without prejudice to re-arrest.
[Underlined] Amendments to this Precis : [/underlined]
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[Underlined] APPENDIX “A” TO PRECIS ON INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES. [/underlined]
[Underlined] LIST OF OFFENCES PUNISHABLE SUMMARILY ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO HIGHER AUTHORITY [/underlined]
[Underlined] Sections of A.F.A. Offence [/underlined]
10 (2) Assaulting escort
10 (3) Resisting escort
10 (4) Breaking out of camp
11 Neglecting to obey any general, local, or other orders.
14 Assistance of or connivance at desertion
15 Absence without leave
18 (1) Malingering or feigning or producing disease or infirmity.
18 (3) Producing or aggravating disease or infirmity, or delaying its cure.
19 Drunkenness (aircraftmen only)
20 Permitting prisoner to escape (except if act is wilful).
21 Irregular arrest or confinement
22 Escape from confinement
Deficiency in and injury to equipment.
27 (4) False statement as to leave
33 False answers or declaration on enlistment (except enlistment from R.A.F. reserve).
34 General offences in relation to enlistment.
39A (1) (a) and (b) Damage to aircraft, etc., where the damage is small and the act or neglect is not wilful.
39A (2) (a) Signing a certificate in relation to an aircraft without ensuring the accuracy thereof.
40 Minor irregularities contrary to good order and air force discipline.
[Underlined] Amendments to this Appendix [/underlined] :-
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[Underlined] APPENDIX “B” TO PRECIS ON INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES. [/underlined]
[Underlined] ORDERLY ROOM PROCEDURE [/underlined]
1. Adjutant, having satisfied himself all in order, enters C.O’s office, salutes and reports: “Orderly Room present and correct, Sir”, handing him Guard Report F.160 and charge F.252. C.O. Orders “March In” and puts on his cap. Adjutant passes order to S.W.O., and stands to left and just behind C.O. Subordinate Commander and any officers under instruction enter and stand to right of C.O.
2. S.W.O. then marches airmen in one by one for applications and complaints, which should come first. Then comes the accused. S.W.O. outside orders “Accused, cap off”, and then marches in escort, accused and all witnesses. C.O. reads from Guard Report F.160 the charge, beginning with accused’s service particulars; e.g. “No.345679 LAC Blank, H; is that your correct number, rank and name? . . . You are charged on . . . (date) at . . . (place) with, when on active service . . .”
3. If accused demands, evidence to be given on oath.
4. S.W.O. marches out all witnesses except the first.
5. First witness gives evidence. C.O. asks accused if he wishes to question (i.e. cross-examine) witness. C.O. questions witness further if any points require clearing up. Witness then to be marched out.
6. Same procedure with other witnesses against accused, one by one.
7. C.O. asks accused whether he wishes to make statement and, if so, hears it. Then asks accused whether he wishes to call any witnesses; if so, calls them one at a time and allows accused to question them, i.e. to bring out their evidence.
8. C.O. after considering evidence, adopts one of the courses indicated in para. 9 of precis. If decides guilty, calls for conduct sheet F. 121, which must not be looked at earlier by C.O. under any circumstances so as not to prejudice case.
9. C.O. examines F.121 to consider what punishment in light of accused’s record. If proposing to award punishment involving loss of accused’s pay, asks :- “Will you accept my punishment, or do you elect to be tried by Court Martial?”
10. If accused does not elect, C.O. awards punishment; if accused elects, remands for summary of evidence; in both cases entering details on F.160 and F.252.
11. In case of Subordinate Commander, N.B. :-
(a) Offence Report F.281 used in place of F.160.
(b) If accused elects trial by Court Martial, remand to C.O.
12. If necessary to remand for further evidence, charge to be brought forward daily (on F.160 or F.281) to C.O. or Subordinate Commander as applicable; not necessary for accused to be brought in person.
[Underlined] Amendments to this Appendix [/underlined] :-
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/Contd . . .
19. At the summary hearing of a charge against an A.C.1, the C.O. being dissatisfied with the evidence of the first witness ordered the evidence of all witnesses to be given on oath. Comment on this. [Inserted] NO. [/inserted]
20. A F/Lt. Subordinate Commander remands a L.A.C.W., charged with improper possession, to the C.O. Is this right? [Inserted] NO [/inserted]
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Covers officers who may hear charges, officers punishable summarily, charges against officers, charges against W.O.s, charges against N.C.O.s and aircraftsmen, use of forms for hearing charges, orderly room procedures, civil offences committed by service personnel, necessity for investigating charges promptly and change of arrest or release without prejudice to re-arrest. Followed by two appendixes, the first lists offences punishable summarily on active service without reference to higher authority and the second on orderly room procedures.
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[Stamp] JUN 1945
14A5
[Underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL [/underlined]
[Underlined] PRECIS: M.T. ADMINISTRATION. [/underlined]
References: A.P. 837, Section 20; K.R. Chap. 25; Relevant A.M.O’s shown in Appendix “A” attached.
[Inserted] AP 3090. R.A.F. M.T. REGULATIONS. [/inserted]
[Underlined] Duties of the M.T. Officer [/underlined]
1. On many stations there is an establishment for a M.T. Officer, on others the C.O must detail an officer to take charge (K.R. 1987). Duties (laid down in A.561/42) :-
(a) Allocation and co-ordination of use of M.T. vehicles (except Regiment M.T.)
(b) Economical routeing of vehicles.
(c) Preparation and submission of forms and returns.
(d) Application of instructions laid down in K.R. Chap. 25 & A.M.Os.
(e) Servicing and maintenance of all vehicles.
(f) Liaison with the station engineer and equipment officers.
(g) Ensuring that essential vehicles (ambulances, fire tenders etc.) are maintained in a state of readiness.
Station controlled by:-
(a) Group – for operational matters.
(b) Command – for maintenance matters.
[Underlined] Establishments [/underlined]
2. (a) Squadron and echelon M.T. is under complete control of Station Commander (A.406/42).
(b) Regiment M.T. is under the control of the Regiment Commander for operational matters. (A.157/43 and A.368/42, as amended by A.965/43).
(c) Allotment of M.T. Home Commands.
References: A.M.O’s A.636/42 amended by A.68/43; A. 229/43 and A.561/43.
[Underlined] Supply [/underlined]
3. Liaison with equipment officer essential to ensure regular supply of spares, petrol, oil, etc.
[Underlined] Servicing and Maintenance [/underlined]
4. Maintenance schedules laid down for different vehicles. Servicing responsibilities (see A. 205/43) :-
(a) Driver M.T. (or operator) – daily inspection [Inserted] M.T. OFFICER [/inserted]
(b) M.T. Mechanic – 500 & 2,000 mile inspections |
(c) Fitter M.T. – 10,000 miles – partial overhaul. (A.298/40; A.478/40). | [Inserted] ENGINEER OFFICER [/inserted]
(d) Electrician – 2,000 mile inspection. 10,000 mile partial overhaul. |
[Underlined] Repairs [/underlined]
5. (a) Minor repairs within unit capacity (entered on F.656).
(b) Trivial repairs of specialist nature (up to £5) – bills submitted to Command.
(c) Vehicles requiring complete overhaul – (Form 523 action) – A.636/42 amended by A.561/43.
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(d) Civilian Repair Organisation Vehicle Emergency Repair Scheme (up to £50).
(e) Replacement of Main Components (Form 523 action).
(f) Replacement of Defective Parts (Form 1022 action). (A. 420/43).
6. Local civilian garage facilities (for greasing, spraying etc.) may be used by units with no workshops. Bill must not exceed £2 (A.494/41, A.989/41 and A.34/42).
7. [Underlined] Defects Report Book [/underlined] to be maintained in the section. Drivers to enter all defects. N.C.O. i/c to sign at beginning of each day to certify that action has been taken on previous days reports.
8. [Underlined] Salvage of M.T. Vehicles (A.730/43, amended by A.1156/43) [/underlined]
Driver of vehicle which becomes unserviceable it to report to nearest station who will carry out repairs and report to holding unit (for cars and light vans). Heavy vehicles, as above if possible; but, if it cannot be towed, signal Salvage Centre.
[Underlined] Lights on Service Transport [/underlined]
9. Weekly routine inspections to be carried out by day and after dark. (K.R. 2004 & A.M.O. A.616/41, amended by A.720/41.)
[Underlined] Markings of Vehicles [/underlined]
10. (a) Camouflage (A.891/43, A.519/44.).
(b) Gas Detector Paint – 36 square inches in area – A.891/43.
(c) Identification numbers – K.R. 1996.
(d) R.A.F. Roundel – A.617/41 as amended.
(e) Group Code Markings – A.617/41 as amended.
(f) Maximum speed – A.435/42, amended by A.607/42, A.1248/43.
(g) Weights – certain vehicles only – K.R. 2005.
(h) Yellow Discs – bridge weights – A.M. letter 73061/O.M.T.2 dated 23rd July, 1941.
(j) Flags – K.R. 158 (4) and A.397/41, A.851/42 and A.997/43.
(k) Carrying capacity – K.R. 1992 & A.M.O. A.1090/43, amended by A.1222/43.
(l) Tyre Pressure.
(m) Instructions to drivers – A.M.O. A.122/42.
[Underlined] Licensing of Vehicles. [/underlined]
11. Schedule “G” Certificates now issued for all service vehicles. (A.M.O. A.82/40 amends K.R. 2001).
[Underlined] OPERATION OF MECHANICAL TRANSPORT [/underlined]
[Underlined] Types of Run [/underlined]
12. (a) Routine Duty Journeys – K.R. 1954 & A.M.O. A.302/42 – application for general authority obtained from A.O.C. in C., or A.O.C.
– full details published in S.R.Os when authority is received and in first weeks of Jan. and July annually.
(b) Individual duty journeys – requests for transport should be made 24 hours in advance if possible.
(c) Repayment Runs – K.R. 1956 modified by A.436/42; A.608/42 and A.1227/42 – A.1287/43.
– greatly restricted during war,
– C.O. must sign authorisation form.
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(d) Recreational Runs.
– See A.M. letters A.26946/39 DD01 dated 10.12.40
A.26946/39 DDO(MT) dated 14.8.41.
A.313607/41/OMT 2 (a) dated 6.5.43.
466943/42/OMT 2 dated 3.6.43.
535847/43/DDO(MT) dated 25.5.44.
(e) Duty Runs by Private Car – see K.R. 3069 and 3072 – authorised users if annual mileage exceeds 2,000 (A.592/42 amended by 744/42; 908/42; 1318/42.)
– casual users if annual mileage less than 2,000.
– Schedule “G” Certificates can be issued (A.158/43)
– if more economical private cars can be used even though service vehicles are available (A.89/43).
[Underlined] Authorisation of Runs: Driving Licenses. [/underlined]
13. (a) All divers of service vehicles must be in possession of written authority (K.R. 2000) – must be produced to police on demand.
F. 658 – for individual duty journeys – signed by M.T. officer (A.561/42).
– for routine runs – no approving signature needed.
F. 925 – for maintenance unit journeys only.
F.793 – for repayment runs – prepared in triplicate
– must be signed by C.O.
F.1651 – for duty runs in private car.
(b) (i) M.T. Drivers must be in possession of Form 1629 (Identification Card) – A.353/42 amended by A.521/42; 15/43; 250/43 suspends K.R. 2006.
(ii) Officers who drive Service M.T. must have C.O’s written authority, Form 1839 (A.180/43 amended A.1103/43; A.1102/43).
[Underlined] Co-Ordination of M.T. [/underlined]
14. M.T. Officer responsible for ensuring that runs are co-ordinated whenever possible and that utmost economy is exercised. Control of all M.T. is in hands of Station Commander. (A.14/43 amended by A.206/43)
Imprest Account held by M.T. officer for paying:-
(a) Bus fares for personnel )
(b) For carriage of parcels, etc. by carriers ) A.560/42
(c) For use of ferries and toll bridges – A.693/42.
15. Bicycles can effect considerable economy in M.T. – A.488/43, amended by A.841/43 and A.1133/43 lays down M.T. officer’s responsibilities.
[Underlined] Records to be Maintained [/underlined]
16. Form 656 – M.T. Maintenance form kept for each vehicle monthly, miles run per day; fuel issued and details of all inspections, overhauls, defects and repairs must be recorded.
– check average of miles per gallon at end of each month.
Form 814 – record of all journeys made by service M.T. in order in which they are made.
– details obtained from Forms 658, 793 or 925
– checked and signed daily by M.T. Officer.
Form 814A – summary of all journeys compiled from F. 814
– total monthly mileage and fuel issues must be entered at end of each month and average of miles per gallon calculated (A.748/43).
Form 813 – Log book of vehicle.
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Form 361 – maintained, to record daily issues of fuel to each vehicle.
Form 748 – Inventory of equipment – maintained for each vehicle – issues and withdrawals recorded on Form 464.
17. C.O. must examine and sign Forms 814 and 814A at end of each month (A.302/42).
[Underlined] ADMINISTRATION OF M.T. SECTION [/underlined]
[Underlined] Discipline and Allocation of Duties [/underlined]
18. (a) M.T. Standing Orders to bring to the notice of all personnel all local or special orders and instructions.
(b) Section Order Book to draw attention to A.M.Os and Air Ministry, Command and Group letters.
(c) Importance of careful allocation of duties (A.1291/42) especially for W.A.A.F. personnel. (A.1154/43).
(d) Lifts in service vehicles may be given to service and civilian personnel (and families) serving on station, and to service personnel picked up en route. (A.665/42 amended by A. 276/43)
[Underlined] M.T. Accident Procedure [/underlined]
19. References : A.P. 837 paras. 661-676. A.M.O. A.475/42, amended by A.175/43 and A.914/43.
[Underlined] Courts of Inquiry into M.T. Accidents [/underlined]
20. Court of Inquiry or Investigation must be held if:-
(a) C.O. satisfied it is only way of ascertaining true facts.
(b) There us any suggestion of unauthorised or improper use of the vehicle.
(c) Mechanical defect is suspected.
(d) Death or Injury to R.A.F. personnel has resulted (see K.R. 1325 and A.M.Os. A.337/40 amended by A.473/41).
(e) Death or injury has been caused to an Air Ministry employee.
(f) Ordered by superior authority or requested by A.D. claims.
See also A.P. 837 paras. 1371-1375 regarding summoning of witnesses, and terms of reference.
[Underlined] Amendments to this Precis: [/underlined]
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[Underlined] APPENDIX TO PRECIS ON M.T. ADMINISTRATION [/underlined]
[Underlined] AIR MINISTRY ORDERS RELEVANT TO MECHANICAL TRANSPORT [/underlined]
A.230/25 Loading of Hot Ash in M.T. Vehicles (Amended by A.281/37).
A.737/30 Form 748 – Inventory of Equipment of M.T. Vehicles.
A.27/31 Issue of Driving Licenses under Road Traffic Act, 1930. (Amended by A.85/38).
A.69/31 Officers and Airmen Medically Unfit – Driving Motor Vehicles.
A.94/31 Accidents to R.A.F. Personnel while travelling in Private Motor Cars.
A.180/31 Restrictions on Pillion Riding.
A.61/32 Accounting for M.T. Vehicles.
A.186/32 Road Traffic Act 1930 – Offences by M.T. Drivers.
A.192/32 Accommodation of R.A.F. Vehicles on long journeys.
A.352/32 Refuelling Gear – Maintenance.
A.307/33 M.T. Rates for use on Repayment (Amended by A.271/37 and 464/39).
A.338/33 Issue of M.T. Petrol for Use in Motor Mowers – Rollers.
A.254/34 Use of Private Motor Vehicles on Duty Journeys. (Amended by A.304/34, 82/36, 98/37, 953/40, 909/42, and 462/43).
A.63/35 M.T. Vehicles on detached sites.
A.300/35 Identification Marking of Petrol Tins carried on M.T. Vehicles.
A.15/36 Conveyance of personnel and stores (Amended by A.272/37).
A.167/36 M.T. Drivers – Opthalmic Examination.
A.203/36 M.T. Vehicles – Conveyance of highly inflammable Stores.
A.286/36 Equipment and Tools on M.T. Vehicles – Stamping with A.M. Mark.
A.32/37 Driving Licenses for Heavy Goods Vehicles – Civilian Employees.
A.247/37 Motor Vehicles (Driving Licenses Regulations 1937).
A.357/37 Emergency Treatment arising out of Traffic Accidents.
A.276/37 [missing letter]rohibition of Wearing Hob Nail Boots by M.T. Drivers.
A.279/37 M.T. Vehicles Routine Runs.
A.346/38 Form 748 – Inventory of Equipment for M.T. Vehicles.
A.364/38 Form 925 – Entry of Arrival and Departure times of Vehicle.
A.391/38 Marking of Mobile Tankers.
A.392/38 Petrol Trailers – Operation of Pumps.
A.400/38 Fordson Vehicles – Care in Driving.
A.424/38 Form 748 – Trailers, Tanker, Petrol.
A. 16/39 M.T. – Towing of Trailers.
A.33/39 Keys of M.T. Vehicles (Amended by A. 209/39).
A. 34/39 Ignition Leads – M.T. Vehicles.
A. 52/39 Protection of M.T. Vehicles against Overhead Cables.
A. 85/39 Petrol Trailers – Use of Pumping Equipment.
A.199/39 Accumulators for Fire Tenders and Ambulances.
A.260/39 M.T. Accounting for Petrol.
A.328/39 Garaging of Private Motor Vehicles.
A.337/39 Billeting of Personnel and Vehicles.
A.438/39 Driving Licenses for Heavy Vehicles – Civilian Employees.
A.441/39 Tenders, Articulated – Precautions in Loading.
A.463/39 Fatal Injuries to Civilians caused by Service Vehicles.
A.496/39 Shortages of Essential Equipment.
A. 82/40 Licensing of “Exempt” Road Vehicles.
A.275/40 Petrol Rationing – Applications for and Issue of Supplementary Coupons.
A.298/40 M.T. Technical Maintenance (Amended by 478/40)
A.322/40 M.T. Petrol – Casual Purchases (Amended by A.200/41).
A.323/40 Issue of M.T. Petrol to Army Guards at R.A.F. Station (A.1358/42)
A.339/40 Driving of M.T. Vehicles.
A.345/40 Supply of M.T. Petrol to R.C.A.F. Vehicles. (Amended by A.428/40)
A.357/40 Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses (Amended by A.353/42)
A.381/40 Reserves of Marine Craft Engines (Amended by A.935/41).
A.449/40 Accidents Involving Third Party Claims (Amended by A.62/41).
A.496/40 Issue of Driving Licenses.
A.581/40 Refuelling Vehicles – Draining Before Transfer.
A.585/40 M.T. Petrol and Oil for Vehicles Proceeding to Contractors Works.
A.586/40 Amendments to Technical Air Publications.
A.610/40 M.T. Vehicles – Makers Handbooks (Amended by A.947/40).
A.775/40 Disposal of Motor Vehicles Belonging to Deceased and Missing Personnel
A.776/40 Use of Service Transport for Collection of Civilian Salvage.
A.840/40 Despatch Rider Letter Service – Allotment of Home Commands (A.556/41, A.988/41, A.69/42, A.636/42, A.68/43, A.229/43, A.561/43).
A.865/40 Precautions Against Frost etc. (Amended by A.958/40).
A.943/40 Maintenance of Portable Fuel and Oil Tanks.
A.947/40 Air Publications for M.T. Vehicles.
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A.61/41 Defence of R.A.F. and A.M. Drivers.
A.66/41 Bonus of M.T. Drivers – Conditions of Payment.
A.111/41 Collection of Vehicles on A.M. Allotment.
A.112/41 Use of unlicensed and uninsured vehicles on R.A.F. Stations.
A.160/41 Use of M.T. Service by Education Officers.
A.216/41 M.T. Vehicles – Defects – Repairs and Replacements.
A.256/41 Courses of Instruction.
A.310/41 Reduction in Rank of N.C.O.’s innefficiency [sic] or misconduct.
A.333/41 Aviation Fuel – Refuelling Vehicles etc.
A.354/41 M.T. Spares – Demanding Procedure (See A.977/41)
A.389/41 Training of M.T. Drivers and Motor Cyclists.
A.397/41 Use of Distinguishing Flags on R.A.F. Staff Cars (Amended by A.851/42.)
A.424/41 Use of Service Transport for Patients in R.A.F. Hospitals.
A.464/41 Demands for Bicycles (See A.1026/41.)
A.494/41 M.T. Vehicles – Use of Civilian Servicing Facilities (See A.989/41 A.34/42)
A.529/41 Technical Training of Airmen.
A.533/41 W.A.A.F. – Trade Training at R.A.F. Stations.
A.616/41 A.R.P. Lighting Restrictions and Mobility of R.A.F. Transport. (See A.720/41)
A.617/41 Identification of R.A.F. M.T. (See A.12/42 A.152/42. A.225/42, A.587/42.)
A.626/41 Economy in the use of Manpower and Material.
A.682/41 Use of M.T. for personnel discharged from hospital.
A.683/41 Immobilisation of M.T. Vehicles (Amended by A.202/44)
A.721/41 M.T. Vehicles allotted to Contractor for repair – Accounting. Procedure (Amended by A.550/44.)
A.727/41 7 0 Octane Aviation Fuel – Use in Fire Tenders (Cancelled by A.330/42)
A.828/41 Use of Service Transport by Contractors.
A.876/41 Inter-departmental Adjustments in Wartime.
A.877/41 Mechanical Transport Carrying Capacity.
A.882/41 Fog Lamps on M.T. Vehicles.
A.933/41 Shortages of Equipment – Reporting by Stations.
A. 956/41 Aerodrome Rumways. [sic]
A.957/41 Mobile cranes – Safety Precautions.
A.1007/41. M.T. for Dance Bands, Gang Shows etc. (Amended by A.678/42)
A.1051/41 Local Cartage Contracts.- Solid Fuel and Laundry.
A.1074/41 M.T. Tyres – Rebuilding and Disposal (A.355/42.)
A. 35/42 Driving of Service M.T. Vehicles.
A. 36/42 Economical Use of M.T. – Collections from M.U.’s.
A. 56/42 Careless Use of Petrol.
A. 57/42 M.T. Vehicle Marking.
A. 71/42 Turning round of vehicles on Highway during Blackout.
A. 110/42 Compensation for War Damage – Private Cars – R.A.F. personnel.
A. 118/42 Continuance of flying during absence of Fire Tender or Ambulance.
A. 122/42 Economy in the Use of M.T. Tyres (See A. 607/42).
A. 150/42 Conservation of Petrol and Oil.
A. 161/42 Motor Insurance policies issued to R.A.F. personnel.
A. 182/42 Transit of Ford V.8. Engines.
A. 176/42 Use of Service M.T. – National Savings Campaign.
A. 293/42 Sale of Petrol to R.A.F. personnel.
A. 299/42 Receipt of Aviation M.T. Fuel at R.A.F. Stations (Amended by A. 966/42.)
A. 302/42 Requisitioning and Recording of M.T. (See A.436/42, 520/42 748/43).
A. 364/42 Hire of M.T. without driver – Form on agreement.
A. 365/42 Log Books for Power Plants – Introduction.
A. 406/42 Mechanical Transport and Marine Craft Establishment of Squadrons, and Echelons.
A. 435/42 Speed Regulations for M.T. Vehicles (See A. 607/42).
A. 436/42 Use of Service Transport on Repayment.
A. 437/42 Disposal of Motor Vehicles belonging to R.A.F. Personnel (and A.395/43)
A. 461/42 Use of R.A.F. tractors on Repayment – Land cultivation see A.1207/42)
A. 475/42 Transfer of action in connection with Traffic Accidents etc. (Amended by A. 175/43 and 914/43).
A. 491/42 Loss of Tools etc.
A. 519/42 Requisitioning and Recording of M.T.
A. 540/42 Issue of Fuel to visiting R.A.F. M.T. Vehicles and to Works vehicles. and Mobile Plant – Revised Accounting Procedure (A.631/43).
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A.545/42 Petrol Rationing (A.766/42, A.1017/42, A.1095/42, A.1208/42, A. 1395/42).
A.552/42 W.A.A.F. – Night Travelling Allowances when driving Service vehicles.
A.560/42 M.T. Officers and Warrant Officers – Imprest Account.
A.561/42 M.T. Officers Functions and Duties.
A.592/42 Motor Mileage Allowances in the United Kingdom – Service Personnel (A.1744/42, A.908/42, A.1318/42).
A.593/42 Motor Mileage Allowance in the United Kingdom – Civilian Personnel. (A.715/42, A.908/42).
A.1014/41 Bulk Petrol Installations – Fire Precautions (See 462/42).
A.600/42 Provision of spare parts and tyres for privately owned Motor vehicles on Official Business.
A.607/42 Speed Regulations – M.T. vehicles (A.897/42 and A.1064/42).
A.608/42 Use of Service Transport on Repayment (See A.1227/42).
A.609/42 Salvage and disposal of M.T. Anti-Freeze Mixture.
A.633/42 Wearing of Crash Helmets.
A.636/42 Allotment of M.T. Home Commands. (Amended by A.68/43, 229/43 & 561/43).
A.637/42 Economy in the use of Service M.T. Vehicles – Use of Railway by officers visiting R.A.F. Stations.
A.653/42 Granting of permission to live off at an R.A.F. Station when the use of a care [sic] is involved. (A.956/42).
A.665/42 Lifts in Service Transport (Amended by A.276/43 and 544/44).
A.666/42 M.T. Vehicles proceeding by Road to ports of shipment – Accounting for petrol.
A.669/42 Repair of M.T. Components.
A.693/42 Use of Ferries and Toll Bridges by R.A.F. Vehicles.
A.699/42 Disposal of Repairable spare parts – arising from repair or reduction to produce of impressed M.T. Vehicles. (Amended by A.1134/42).
A.714/42 Use of private Cars and Motor Cycles on official business – Service and Civilian Personnel.
A.731/42 Identification Cards for Drivers of mechanically propelled vehicles – Form 637.
A.758/42 Employment of airmen on agricultural work (Amended by A.816/42, A.889/42, and 1389/42).
A.820/42 Camouflage of Mechanical Transport
A.821/42 Substitution of Standard Tread Tyres for Cross Country Tyres.
A.829/42 Tyre Treads.
A.887/42 Promotion of airmen.
A.915/42 Garaging of Service Cars away from R.A.F. Parent Stations.
A.1010/42 Driving Licenses for personnel of the R.A.F. Regiment.
A.1015/42 Accounting Procedure for Fuel and Oil in aircraft and M.T. Vehicles received from Civilian operated Units.
A.1016/42 Service Indents for Motor Fuel (Royal Observer Corps).
A.1018/42 Searchlights Servicing and Repair Responsibilities.
A.1038/42 R.A.F. Mechanical Transport – Organisation etc.
A.1039/42 Service M.T. – Use of by Civilian Met. Officers.
A.1044/42 Racks for Transportation of Propellors.
A.1072/42 Log Books – Entries in Transfer Log.
A.1103/42 Tampering with Speedometers, M.T. Vehicles.
A.1124/42 Driving of M.T. Vehicles by Airwomen Drivers.
A.1126/42 Check of Stocks of Fuel – Satellite Aerodromes.
A.1147/42 Screening of airmen in Ground Trades.
A.1149/42 R.A.F. Station, Prestwick – Visits by R.A.F. Vehicles.
A.1178/42 Prevention of Road Accidents.
A.1127/42 Use of R.A.F. Vehicles M.T. on repayment for Land Cultivation.
A.1241/42 Maintenance of Ground Equipment.
A.1256/42 Drivers (M.T.) Group V – Conditions of Service.
A.1291/42 Drivers M.T. – Allocation of Duties.
A.1299/42 Issues of Petrol by Army Units to R.A.F. Vehicles.
A.1308/42 Packing and Storage of Radial Exhaust Manifolds.
A.1355/42 Gloves, Leather – M.T. Drivers – R.A.F. Regiment.
A.1359/42 Schedule “G” Certificates.
A.1361/42 Misuse of Service Transport – Theft of Petrol.
A.1213/42 Allowances for Use of Motor Cycles, Pedal Cycles etc. in the United Kingdom – Service personnel.
A.1214/42 Allowances for Use of Motor Cycles, Pedal Cycles etc. in the United Kingdom – Civilian Personnel.
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A. 1396/42 Use of Schedule “G” Certificates for casual duty runs.
A. 1397/42 Camouflage for Mechanical Transport.
A. 12/43 Electrically Operated Equipment – Responsibility for Servicing.
A. 14/43 (Amended by A.206/43) Co-ordination of Control of Mechanical Transport.
A. 71/43 M.T. Fuel in Bulk – Dyeing on delivery at R.A.F. Stations and units.
A. 88/43 Supply of M.T. Fuel and other Pool products by the Petroleum Board Accounting Procedure.
A. 89/43 Use of Private Cars for Duty Journeys.
A.101/43 Driving of Private Cars run under Schedule “G” Certificates.
A. 113/43 Garaging of Service Cars away from R.A.F. Parent Stations.
A. 130/43 Spare Wheels for M.T. Vehicles (Cancels 303/42 and 385/42)
A. 131/43 Mechanical Transport – Danger of leaving mud Deposits on the Highway.
A. 176/43 Courts of Inquiry on Accidents (other than flying accidents) and other matters – War Time Procedure.
A. 205/43 M.T. Maintenance – Distribution of Servicing Responsibilities. Revised lay-out of Maintenance Schedules.
A. 278/43 Servicing of Vehicles towing Mobile Dental Vans.
A. 292/43 Conveyance of Personnel between quarters and place of Messing or Duty.
A. 307/43 Refuelling of Convoys at the R.C.A.F. Depot, Warrington.
A. 315/43 Disposal of Repairable spare parts arising from repair or reduction to produce of impressed M.T. Vehicles.
A. 492/43 Demands for M.T. Spares – Use of Part Numbers instead of reference numbers.
A. 524/43 Identification of R.A.F. Mechanical Transport.
A. 606/43 Road Traffic Act. 1930 – Towing of Vehicles.
A. 610/43 Economy in the use of M.T. Specialist Vehicles.
A. 629/43 Use of heating apparatus on Marine Craft.
A. 630/43 Aviation Fuels on Aircraft and M.T. Lubricating Oils and Demanding.
A. 631/43 Issue of Fuel to visiting R.A.F. M.T. Vehicles and to Works. Vehicles and Mobile Plant – Revised Accounting Procedure.
A. 655/43 M.T. Vehicles – Painting of Wheel clamping nuts on two-piece whells. [sic]
A. 674/43 Recreational Runs on partial repayment – General safety provisions.
A. 677/43 Marine Craft Repair and servicing.
A. 730/43 Mechanical Transport salvage arrangements in the United Kingdom.
A. 772/43 Maintenance of Kerbside petrol pumps at R.A.F. Stations.
A. 867/43 Disposal of M.T. Vehicles (refers observations beyond economical repair A.51/44)
A. 868/43 M.T. Vehicles – Use of Gnomist Cellophane for prevention of internal misting on screens.
A. 890/43 Conveyance of children to school by M.T. Vehicles.
A. 891/43 Camouflage painting of M.T. Vehicles (Gives Section ref.nos.)
A. 892/43 Use of Service Transport on behalf of N.A.A.F.I.
A. 893/43 Mechanical Transport – Rates for use on repayment.
A. 913/43 Repayment services involving labour, machinery etc. Rates of charges to be applied.
A. 914/43 Transfer of action in connection with Traffic Accidents at Home to the Claims Commission – (475/42 amended).
A. 1067/43 Petrol Rationing (Amended by A.201/44 and A. 628/44)
A. 1090/43 M.T. Carrying capacity passengers (Amended by A. 723/44)
A. 1098/43 Repair of Berg and Beck Clutch Plates.
A. 1113/43 Limitation of engine speed on M.T. Vehicles (SOB).
A.1154/43 Driving of Motor Vehicles by W.A.A.F. M.T. Drivers (Amended by A. 680/44)
A. 1250/43 W.A.A.F. Clothing (M.T. Drivers) (Amended by A. 296/44).
A. 1248/43 Speed regulations for M.T. Vehicles.
A. 1249/43 Recreational runs on partial repayment – general safety provisions.
A. 1222/43 Carrying capacity passengers.
A. 1223/43 Issue of M.T. petrol for use on mowers and other petrol consuming equipment used by R.A.F. Service Institutes.
A. 1325/43 Motor Vehicle leave permits (refers 253/40).
A.600/1247/43 Funerals.
A. 15/44 M.T. Vehicle repairs.
A. 31/44 R.A.F. M.T. Vehicles introduction and allocation of type Nos. Amended by A.232/44).
A. 51/44 Disposal of M.T. Vehicles at Home (Amends A.867/43)
A. 71/44 Mechanical Transport Spares for Impressed Vehicles, demanding procedure by R.A.F. Units in United Kingdom.
[Page break]
– 5 –
A. 82/44 R.A.F. M.T. Vehicles – Introduction and allocation of type nos.
A.143/44 Bridge load classifications (A.291/44 and A.660/44 amends).
A.202/44 Immobilisation of M.T. vehicles (Amends A.683/41).
A.181/44 Speed regulations – M.T. vehicles.
A.201/44 Petrol Rationing.
A.309/44 Mechanical Transport – carrying capacity – passengers.
A.203/44 Wearing of crash helmet.
A.232/44 Introduction and allocation of type numbers (Amends A.31/44).
A.258/44 Carry capacity – goods. (Amends 309/44)
A.241/44 Motor vehicles Leave Permits.
A.291/44 Bridge load classification of R.A.F. M.T. vehicles (Amends A.143/44).
A.292/44 Identification of R.A.F. Mechanical Transport.
A.313/44 Issue of fuel to visiting R.A.F. M.T. Vehicles etc.
A.327/44 Operation of mobile cranes – safety precautions.
A.342/44 Driving of Motor Vehicles by airwomen M.T. Drivers.
A.372/44 Defect Reports – Procedure.
A.366/44 Driving of M.T. Vehicles by F.M.T’s, Group 1 and M.T.M’s Group 11.
A.464/44 Carriage of R.A.F. Stores and Equipment by Vehicles operated by M.O.W. Dept.
A.463/44 Driving of M.T. Vehicles – categorisation.
A.473/44 Recreational travel use of M.T. on partial repayment (A.677/44 amends).
A.486/44 Vehicle and Ground Danger markings on Airfields (See A.518/44).
A.519/44 Camouflage Painting of M.T. Vehicles.
A.544/44 Lifts in Service transport.
A.550/44 M.T. Vehicles allotted to a Contractor for repair – accounting procedure.
A.556/44 Marine Craft – repair and servicing.
A.609/44 Motor Vehicle Leave Permits.
A.632/44 Defects report procedure.
A.649/44 Use of R.A.F. M.T. on repayment for the conveyance of R.A.F. Benevolent Fund Representatives on certain occasions.
A.661/44 Requisitions and Recording of Mechanical Transport.
A.665/44 R.A.F. M.T. Vehicles – introduction and allocating type numbers.
A.660/44 Bridge Load classification of R.A.F. M.T. vehicles.
A.680/44 Driving of motor vehicles by airwomen M.T. Drivers.
A.896/44 Repair of M.T. Home Commands.
A.897/44 Camouflage painting of M.T. Vehicles (procedure for painting defined).
A.905/44 Cancels A.M.O. A.31/44.
A.875/44 Leave.
A.958/44 Dispersal of R.A.F. Mechanical Transport.
A.978/44 Mechanical Transport Accident Prevention.
A.977/44 Driving of Motor Vehicles by airwomen M.T. Drivers.
A.998/44 M.T. Lighting Restrictions.
A.995/44 Vehicle and ground Danger Marking on Airfields.
A.1010/44 Transport Facilities between London Railway Termini.
A.1020/44 as amended by A.1245/44. Mechanical Transport – Carrying Capacity – Passengers.
A.1036/44 Recreational Travel – Overseas.
A.1066/44 Transfer of action in connection with Traffic accidents.
A.1088/44 Identification of R.A.F. Mechanical Transport.
A.1103/44 Recreational Travel.
A.1134/44 Tyres and Tubes for M.T. vehicles – restriction.
A.1220/44 Driving of M.T. Vehicles by Fitters (M.T.) and M.T. Mechanics.
A.1262/44 Recreational Travel.
A. 10/45 Civilian Repair Organisation.
[Page break]
[Underlined] OFFICERS ADVANCED TRAINING SCHOOL. [/underlined]
[Underlined] M.T. ADMINISTRATION – QUESTIONS. [/underlined]
1. If no M.T. Officer is established on a Station who is responsible for the M.T.?
2. Enumerate five important duties of a M.T. Officer.
3. Who controls M.T. operational matters?
4. Who controls M.T. Maintenance matters?
5. Why is it important that all requests for M.T. duty journeys should be made, whenever possible, 24 hours before the journey is undertaken?
6. On what occasions may civilian garage facilities be used by Service M.T.?
7. What useful purpose does a F.656 serve?
8. May a driver be issued with a Schedule ‘G’ certificate to use his motor car for private purposes. ?
9. Does an authorised user get any allowance for garaging his car?
10. How are recreational runs obtained?
11. Who is responsible for reporting M.T. accidents to Higher Authority?
12. When must a Court of Inquiry or Investigation be held with regard to M.T. accidents?
13. From whom is authority obtained for routine journeys?
14. How are spare parts obtained for M.T. Vehicles?
15. Why is a defects report book necessary in the M.T. Section )
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Officers advanced training school - M.T. administration
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Covers duties of M.T. officer, establishments, servicing and maintenance, supply, repairs, lights on service transport, markings on vehicle, licensing of vehicle, types of run, authority of runs: driving licenses, co-ordination of M.T., records to be maintained, administration of M.T. section including discipline and allocation of duties, M.T accident procedures and Courts of inquiry into M.T. accidents. Followed by appendix of five pages listing air ministry orders relevant to mechanical transport and a page of questions.
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No 1 Officers Advanced Training School
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1945-06
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Ten page typewritten document
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eng
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SHughesCL1334982v10039
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
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1945-06
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Anne-Marie Watson
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military service conditions
RAF Cranwell
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Mitchell, Mitch
John Ernest Francis Mitchell
J E F Mitchell
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2016-02-27
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Mitchell, JEF
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59 items. Flight Lieutenant John Ernest Francis 'Mitch' Mitchell. Joined the RAF as a boy entrant in 1934 and trained as a wireless operator. Flew on Vickers Virginia, Handley Page Heyford and Whitley before the war. Completed an operational tour on Whitley 1939-41. After being rested he flew a second tour of operations as a wireless operator with 207 Squadron before retraining as a pilot post war. Collection contains his flying logbooks, memoires of his air force career and first operations, lists of his operations, correspondence and photographs.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by C A Wood and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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[John Mitchell - notes for memoire]
1.
Describe first raid of war 3rd Sept 1939. Leaflets.
Loaded up A/C day before. Work Out details flight & route.
YORK across North Sea & DENMARK. Turn in via KIEL CANAL. OVER GERMANY TURN SOUTH INTO RHUR [sic] HEIGHT 12,000 SEARCH LIGHTS IN VIEW NO SIGN OF FIGHTERS
*LEAFLETS OUT* STARBOARD ENGINE OVERHEATING THROTTLE BACK TO COOL CHECK RADIATORS RAN FOR ½ HOUR AT LOWER TEMP LATER INCREASED AGAIN WENT ON RISING – HAD TO BE STOPPED INCREASE POWER OF PORT.
*PARACHUTE ON*
ONE HOUR TEMP RISING DANGEROUSLY HIGH – DECIDED BALE OUT OR FORCE LAND [deleted]ENGINE HAD TO BE STOPPED[/deleted] OR USED TO LAND
[page break]
2.
GROUND MIST – GETTING LIGHT USED LAST OF ENGINE POWER FOR LANDING BEFORE GOING ON FIRE.
FRENCH GATHERED ROUND A/C GERMAN LEAFLETS SCATTERED PITCH FORKS STICKS STONES CARTED OFF TO GATHERED UP BY ARMY. POLICE HOUSED IN OLD BARN – STRAW DOCUMENTS SECURITY 3 DAYS LATER DH116 FLY LONDON FLYING BOOTS NO HAT LIFT ON MOTOR CYCLE ISSUED RAIL WARRANT BACK TO BASE
[page break]
3.
1) FIRST RAID OF WAR 3 SEPT 1939
2) ENGINE FAILURE FORCED LANDING AMIEN[sic]
3) RETURN BOAC 2 DAYS LATER
4) CONVOY PATROLS WEST OF FRANCE
5) 1940 MINE LAYING CHANNEL KEIL CANAL
6) APRIL NORWAY (PAGE 1) STAVANGER
7) APRIL NORWAY OSLO
8) MAY HOLLAND & GERMANY DESCRIBE PREPARATION FOR RAID
9) JUNE [underlined] ITALY[/underlined] – TURIN ENGINE ICING UP 8 HOURS LIGHTNING – [indecipherable word] OF ICE ST ELMO FIRE PARACHUTES ON
10) JUNE FRANCE 3 – 5 HOURS RECALLED FORCE LANDED GERMANY 6 HOURS TRAINING SCOTLAND
[page break]
4.
11) TO 207 SQUADRON
APRIL 43 DUSSELDORF BOCHUM
JUNE FREIDRICKSHAVER [sic] 9.45 LANDED BLIDA N/AFRICA
JUNE BLIDA TO BASE VIA SPEZIA BOMBS
26 JUNE GELSENKIRKEN [sic] SHOT UP FORCED LANDED COLTISHALL
JUNE 43 BERLIN LEIPZIG GLADBACH [sic]
AUGUST SEPT OCT NOV INVASION PORTS
DEC 43 PARIS FRANCE ANTWERP VISITED SUB PENS
FEB 44 BERLIN LEIPZIG
MARCH SUB PENS “V” SITES
JUNE 45 RHUR[sic] MUNSTER DUSSELDORF
AUG 45 NORTH LUFFENHAM TRAINING
NOV 46 POSTED 91 GROUP MORTON HALL 5 GROUP
5.
9 AUG 48 TO TERNHILL
20 AUG 53 TO 202 SQUADRON ALDERGROVE HASTINGS AIRCRAFT
26 AUG TESTING FOR RUSSIAN ATOM BOMB CLOUDS CAPTAIN FAILURE FORCED LANDED
NOV 53 MARITIME TRAINING ST MAWGAN LANCASTERS
JAN 54 220 SQUADRON ST EVAL SHACKLETON
MAR 54 236 OUT KINLOSS SHACKLETON
JUNE 54 224 SQUADRON GIBRALTAR SHACKLETON
FEB 55 GIBRALTAR EXERCISE FORCED LANDED MALTA
[page break]
6.
10 FEB 55 GIBRALTAR FORCED LAND IN MALTA
16 AUG 55 GIB TO EL ADAM – ENGINE 1 U/S 5.06
18 AUG 55 EL ADAM MAURIPUR
19 AUG 55 MAURIPUR NEGOMBO
6 SEPT NEGOMBO POONA 5.30
8 SEPT POONA MAURIPUR 3.00
9 SEPT MAURIPUR HABBANIYA [sic] 6.30
10 SEPT HABBANIYA[sic] – IDRIS 7.45
11 SEPT IDRIS – GIBRALTAR 6.30
11 DEC 55 MADEIRA – AZORES EXERCISE TWO A/C MISSING AFTER HEARING RADIO
14 MAY 56 FLYING IN SUNDERLAND FROM PEMBROKE DOCK TO GIBRALTAR
15 OCT 56 AT LUQA MALTA HYDRAULIC FAILURE
15 NOV 56 S/L FLOOD LANDING GIB WIPED TAIL WHEEL ON RUNWAY THRESHOLD
OCT 57 POSTED VAMPIRE TRAINING WORKSOP
[page break]
7.
1954 ALGERIA EARTHQUAKE
1955 SUEZ UPSET
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John Mitchell - notes for memoire
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Notes describing first leaflet sortie, problems with starboard engine, forced landing and activities in France and return to England. Then moves on to 207 Squadron and lists operations and flying after finishing second tour and post war.
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J E F Mitchell
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Seven page handwritten document
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eng
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MMitchellJEF550261-160125-03
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany
Germany--Kiel Canal
Norway
Norway--Stavanger
Norway--Oslo
Netherlands
Italy
Italy--Turin
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Friedrichshafen
Algeria
Algeria--Blida
Italy
Italy--La Spezia
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Leipzig
France
France--Paris
Belgium
Belgium--Antwerp
Germany--Münster in Westfalen
North Africa
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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1939-09-03
1940
1940-04
1940-05
1940-06
1943-04
1943-06
1943-08
1943-09
1943-10
1943-11
1943-12
1944-02
1944-03
1945-06
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David Bloomfield
207 Squadron
bombing
forced landing
mine laying
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Eley, Jim
Norman James Eley
N J Eley
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2016-02-29
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Eley, NJ
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40 items. The collection concerns Jim Eley (163588 Royal Air Force) and contains his memoir and photographs. He trained in Canada and flew operations as a pilot with 514 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jim Eley and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Jim Eley and Crew
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Seven RAF crew, standing in front of the rear end of a Lancaster Bomb bay, next to a record of 514 Squadron Operations, submitted with caption; “Flying Officer Norman James Eley and crew, RAF Waterbeach June 1945”.
Annotated 'Good Luck! Tommy'.
A second image is a cropped version with the list of operations.
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1945-06
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One b/w photograph
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eng
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Photograph
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PEleyNJ1608,
PEleyNJ1614
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany--Berlin
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Dessau (Dessau)
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Chemnitz
Germany--Wiesbaden
Germany--Koblenz
Poland--Szczecin
Germany--Saarbrücken
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Munich
Germany--Augsburg
Germany--Schweinfurt
Germany--Friedrichshafen
Germany--Merseburg
France--Caen
France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados)
France--Falaise
France--Le Havre
France--Lens
Germany--Bochum
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Helgoland
Germany--Regensburg
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Magdeburg
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Essen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Gelsenkirchen
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Poland
Germany
France
Germany--Braunschweig
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1945-06
514 Squadron
air gunner
aircrew
bomb aimer
bombing
flight engineer
Lancaster
navigator
pilot
RAF Waterbeach
wireless operator
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Baxter, Peter Dennis
P D Baxter
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2016-07-12
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Baxter, PD
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63 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Peter Baxter (b. 1922, 52604 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs and documents. He was trained as an airframe apprentice at RAF Halton and served as ground crew before volunteering to become air crew. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 12 and 153 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Michael Baxter and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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[photograph]
No. 153 SQUADRON, R.A.F. STATION, SCAMPTON
June 1945
Pamore Ltd., London, W.C.1.
[page break]
Back Row
6
Sgt Den L Bolton
Rear Gunner
(in Spike Malone's crew)
From Rochester, Kent
5 Apr 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, 'B' flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 4 operations credited
Aug 1945: Transferred to 'Y' Flight, No 12 Squadron, RAF Binbrook, to test H2S Mark IV radar device
Stayed in RAF; was posted away and worked in Pay Accounts
8
Sgt. Jock Burns
Bomb Aimer
(in Spike Malone's crew)
From Kirkcaldy, Fife
Trained in Canada
5 Apr 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, 'B' flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 4 operations credited
Aug 1945: Transferred to 'Y' Flight, No 12 Squadron, RAF Binbrook, to test H2S Mark IV radar device
9
Sgt Les Pitt
Bomb Aimer
(in F/Lt R C Cooper's crew)
From Portsmouth
28 Apr 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, 'B' flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 3 operations credited
Worked at Portsmouth dockyard
died of asbestosis, c. 1993
20
Sgt D M (Blackie) Black
Wireless Operator
(in Spike Malone's crew)
5 Apr 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, 'B' flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 4 operations credited
Aug 1945: Transferred to 'Y' Flight, No 12 Squadron, RAF Binbrook, to test H2S Mark IV radar device
Very good snooker player; always beat Vic Townsend
Went to Australia after the war; came back to Dundee; Manager of a jute mill.
'He married a widow with an existing family, and they had some more’
d. 2003
Row 3
15
F/S Ken Foley
Navigator
(in Johnnie John's crew)
6 Apr 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, 'B' Flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 3 operations credited
Aug 1945: Transferred to 'Y' Flight, No 12 Squadron, RAF Binbrook, to test H2S Mark IV radar device
Shared a room with Vic Townsend in the Sgts Mess at Marham.
Qualified as a Chartered Accountant; emigrated to Canada
16
F/S J Hall
P/F Engineer
(in Johnnie John's crew)
6 Apr 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, 'B' Flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 3 operations credited
Aug 1945: Transferred to 'Y' Flight, No 12 Squadron, RAF Binbrook, to test H2S Mark IV radar device
'As a skilled Building worker he got an early release'
18
F/S Jack Garnham
P/F Engineer
(in Spike Malone's crew)
5 Apr 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, 'B' Flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 4 operations credited
Aug 1945: Transferred to 'Y' Flight, No 12 Squadron, RAF Binbrook, to test H2S Mark IV radar device
'A real character. Older than the rest of us. A regular who had re-mustered from Ground Staff (Engine Fitter). Was a 'Halton brat' (boy entrant). Trained as a Pilot, but like a large number finished up doing the Flight Engineer's job – an excellent one too, with his background. Wonderful company – quite a ladies' man!'
Row 2
17
F/S Noel J Read
Navigator
(in P/O M F A Ryan's crew. Ryan, from Canada, was invalided out in Feb 1945 after 1 operation; replaced by F/O MA Ramsden, from NZ)
18 Feb 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, B' flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 5 operations credited
'Nice chap. Suffered from a stammer which he overcame very well'
d. c.2000
18
Sgt William (Bill) I P Nelson
Flight Engineer
(in P/O F A Ryan's crew. Ryan, from Canada, was invalided out in Feb 1945 after 1 operation; replaced by F/O MA Ramsden, from NZ)
18 Feb 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, B' flight, RAF Scampton
Jun 1945: 5 operations credited
When Jack Garnham was posted away Bill became Flight Engineer on Spike Malone's crew.
'He was one of the leading lights in organising the Y Flight Doomies Reunion, which started in 1946. By all accounts these were somewhat riotous occasions, with Bill on the piano...'
d. pre 1990
Front Row
14
F/Lt Peter D Baxter
Flight Engineer Leader
from Birmingham; previously at Halton, Cosford, Penrhos and St Athan before doing a full tour from Wickenby with 12 Squadron. Later moved to 50 Squadron at Waddington
16
(?) Turner
Navigation Leader
17
Jack Day
Radar Leader
Acted as Assistant Navigation Leader
From Oxford
'Jack had done a full tour, including a number on Berlin, in another Squadron when things were really tough ... a lovely chap
Worked at Barclays Bank
20
G Rodney
Squadron Commanding Officer
25 Apr 1945: Berchtesgaden (C, LM550; aborted, S/I Engine failure)
30 Apr 1945: Manna (3rd X, RA545)
3 May 1945: Manna (3rd J, NX556)
7 May 1945: Manna (4th A, NX573
21
(?)Lloyd
Station Commander
29
F/Lt R C Cooper
Pilot
28 Apr 1945: Posted in to Squadron 153, 'B' flight, RAF Scampton
4 May 1945: Manna (2nd W, RF205)
7 May 1945: Manna (3rd X, RA545)
Jun 1945: 3 operations credited
('Was Les Pitts' skipper')
PBaxterPD1604
Jun 1945 Part 2
1 of 1
17/08/2020 13:56
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Title
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No 153 Squadron photograph
Description
An account of the resource
From information provided by the donor. Panoramic landscape photograph (stitched together from multiple images) of 153 Squadron at Scampton, dated 06/1945, PD Baxter is Front row, 14th from the left. Spreadsheet (on three tabs) identifying some of the individuals shown in PBaxterPD1603.tif and giving career details.
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Excel sheets Peter Baxter
Date
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1945-06
Format
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One photograph and a series of Excel spreadsheets.
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eng
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Photograph
Text
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PBaxterPD1603, PBaxterPD1604
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Temporal Coverage
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1945-06
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Sue Smith
153 Squadron
aircrew
flight engineer
Lancaster
RAF Scampton
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Brook, Maurice
Dr Maurice Brook
M Brook
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Brook, M
Description
An account of the resource
Three items. An oral history interview with Flight Lieutenant Maurice Brook (1640523 Royal Air Force), his memoir and a squadron photograph. He flew operations as a navigator with 625 Squadron.
The collection has been licenced to the IBCC Digital Archive by Maurice Brook and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Title
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625 Squadron photograph
Description
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A large group of aircrew sitting and standing in four/five rows in front of a Lancaster. Titled '625 Squadron RAF Scampton, June 1945'.
Date
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1945-06
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
Temporal Coverage
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1945-06
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IBCC Digital Archive
Type
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Photograph
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Identifier
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PBrookM2001
625 Squadron
aircrew
Lancaster
RAF Scampton
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Title
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Dent, John
J Dent
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-10-23
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Dent, J
Description
An account of the resource
Forty-two items and two sub-collections containing a total of forty-one items. The collection concerns John Dent (b. 1924, 2206473 Royal Air Force) who flew as a flight engineer on Lancaster of 44 Squadron in late 1944 early 1945. Collection contains documents, his flying log book, course notes, and photographs of people, places and aircraft. Two photograph albums in sub-collections contains images of his wedding as well as aircraft, RAF personnel, and air training corps activities.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Geraldene Dent and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Lancaster
Description
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Air-to-air view of the top of a Lancaster registration 'RE172' flying over over the south Manchester areas of Withington, Fallowfield and Ladybarn. On the reverse 'Lancaster BIII, made A.V.Roe (Yeadon) Merlin 224 (March/June 45)'.
Format
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PDentJ20030002, PDentJ20030003
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Temporal Coverage
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1945-03
1945-06
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Geolocated
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Manchester
England--Lancashire
Contributor
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Mike Stilgoe
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 3
-
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Kent, Kenneth D
K D Kent
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-04-04
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Kent, KD
Description
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31 items. The collection concerns Kenneth Kent (b. 1922, 572440, 55219 Royal Air Force) and contains a photograph album and documents. He joined the RAF as an Apprentice in 1936, starting his training at RAF Halton later going to RAF Cosford. He completed his training as an aircraft tradesman and was promoted to corporal. He volunteered for aircrew and went to the United States and Canada for flight training in July 1942. He was commissioned in July 1943 and was posted to 106 Squadron at RAF Metheringham. He was promoted to Squadron Leader in August 1945.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nigel Kent and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
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Picton and Mount Hope
Description
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Caption for the page, 'With the boys at 31 B. & G.S. February - May & 33 A.N.S. May-July'. First picture, three individuals standing in front of a wooden building, captioned 'With Mike and Johnney at Picton'.
Second and third, group of individuals standing in the snow in front of large wooden buildings, captioned 'With the boys in the snow at Picton, and Again in the snow.'
Fourth is of 18 individuals posed in two rows with hangar in the background, captioned 'Graduation class at Mount Hope. July 9th 1943.'
Format
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Four b/w photographs on an album page
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PKentKD17010034
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Canada
Ontario
Ontario--Picton
Ontario--Hamilton
Temporal Coverage
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1943-07-09
1943-05
1945-06
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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aircrew
training
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McCron, Samuel Lorne Wilfred
S L W McCron
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-08-17
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McCron, SLW
Description
An account of the resource
39 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Samuel Lorne Wilfred McCron (R/191097 Royal Canadian Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He was training as a wireless operator / air gunner and was killed 30 November 1944 when his Wellington crashed. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Ken Proteau and catalogued by Barry Hunter. <br /><br />Additional information on Samuel Lorne Wilfred McCron is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/115416/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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Two Receipts for Money and San McCron's Effects
Description
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The two receipts, for $166.41 and personal effects are signed by Olive, Sam's widow.
Creator
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Olive McCron
Date
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1945-06
Spatial Coverage
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Canada
Coverage
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Civilian
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Format
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Two printed sheets with typewritten and handwritten annotations
Identifier
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MMcCronSLW191097-170817-110001, MMcCronSLW191097-170817-110002
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
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1945-06
aircrew
killed in action