THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JUNE 20,
1935.
BRITAIN'S FLYING FLEET
R.A.F. EXPANSION UNDER WAY
AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME
PILOTS' WAGES
"Increased numbers of airman pilots will be needed. These have' hitherto been provided solely from among serving airman," "During the next two years this source will be supplemented by the direct entry of young men of secondary school education. Accepted candidates
will be given the status of airman pilots on completing their initini flying training. They will receive pay and allowances equivalent to £200 year at the outset and in- creasing to £270 a year on qualify- ing na pilots. An entry of about 1,300 men a quarter (in addition normal entry of aircraft appren- tices) is required for duties in con- nection with the maintenance of
(From Our Own Correspondent.) | aircraft. As many as possible of
London.
these should be men with a basic training in fitting in divil fo.
The Royal Air Force wants. "In addition to these men, men recruite-twenty two thousand of of superior intelligence will be them--and it wants them quickly, considered for acceptance for train- Full details of the pay and the ser-ing as mates, flight mechanica, or vice conditions of recruits for flight riggers, preference for selec- Britain's Bigger Air Force weretion being given to those with issued by the Air Ministry. An mechanical experience. An entry enlarged recruiting depot has been of about 400 a quarter tin addition -opened at Victory House in Kings to the normal buy entry) Is requir- way. And now recruiting depots ed for training as armourers, wire- Are to bo celablished in the less operators and photographers, provinces. As the Government has Young men of superior intelligence, announced we are to have a Home with secondary school education, or Air Force of 1,500 first-line with some experience of the trades 'machines by 1937-practically three in question, are invited to apply.
times us many as we have now.
UNSKILLED MEN WANTED
And consequently the Air Force
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wants 2,500 extra pilota, as well as "In addition to these classes 20,000 tradesmen and unskilled.rge number of unskilled' men aver mon. Hence the recruiting appeal 18 years and under 26 years will be hangars, workshops and personnel squadrons, but no -which begins with the words accepted for entry
new special try against a future emergency "The most vigorous steps will be hands.
accommodation. Aerodromes will reserve squadrons will be formed. In order to
however. has been under active taken to provide the large bly adequate
he situnted. In accordance with a henty of of skilled pilots and tradesan tradesmen in the Service, trades stations are located in the most con-hangars
experienced definite strategic plan. Fighter The suggestion for underground consideration for a long time, but required." Men between the ages men
in contemplation been enrefully who have of 17% and 26 are invited to e-Reserve, or have been discharged, areas to be defended. Bomber cost involved, it is not considered of aircraft, replacements types of pass to the venient positions in relation to the examined, but apart from the heavy cannot be disclosed. In all classes como short-service pilot officers. are invited to apply to the R.A.Flations are located They will receive £125 a year to Recruiting Depot to re-enter the their task.
to facilitate that the results of such a scheme performance markedly superior to start."
while causing Air Force for four years' service minimum interference with
are in process of the would be commensurate with the existing types the effort involved. Generally speak-development and production. The Air Ministry's announcement
on the active list."
defensive organisation of fightering, dispersion is regarded as a The Air Ministry has had the with complete details of the kind of i New training schools for airmen aircraft. guns and lights, Aero- better means of protection than recruits wanted and the payment are to be established at: Hanworth, dromes will be situated so as to overhead cover. There are how motion of speeding up deliveries conditions of service
Reading, White Waltham, near
assist in the defence of coasts and ever, definite advantages in provkler consideration for some time follows:-
past. A new system has been Maidenhead, and Sywell, Northants, shipping against
attacking underground facilities for the evolved. The aim is to curtail by The existing schools
Since it information the "The most vigorous steps will be Hatheld, Hamble, near Southamp sites ranging over 31 counties. In conditions
at Bristol.
Aero- storage fuel and explosives, and has inspected 318 this system will be adopted where necessary for getting new typ drome. Bourd
more than half the present period taken to provide the large body of i
are snilible. The skilled pilots and tradesmen requir. ton, and Brough, on the Humbre. adilition to the sites already select-¡ production
through to production," of the necessary air- These steps will include the will take, mure entrants.
for the previous expansion craft to supply nur immédiate It is ascertained that the first entry for training of large numbers i It is explained by the Air Minis-scheme, 13 have been provisionally needs in considered to be within the line home defence strength of of personnel; the re-entry of person-try that the exceptional expansion selected for the further expansion existing capacity of the aircraft 1,500 planes does not include re- nel who have passed to the Reserve required will need exceptional men- now proposed. It is intended to industry. without the adeption of serves which will or left the service; and the reten-sures. Recruitment in recent years form three
be very sub- tion in the service of personnel due was:
auxiliary (Ter-speelal niensures for re-organisa-stantial. The ratio of reserves to ritorial) Air Force Hight bomber tion. The expansion of the Indus-first-line strength is not disclosed.
ed."
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1932-33: 1933-34: 1934-35:
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"The total entries that will required in the present and the next succeeding year are approximately 2,500 pilots, and 20,000 tradesmen | The strength of the Air Force at and unakfiled men. Of these ap present is 32.500, Including 2,700 proximately half will be required pilota. Thirty-one new serodromes before April, 1936. A large propor- of one kind or another will be pro- tion of the pilots will be entered |vided, in addition to the 18 already 05 officers in short service commis-required under the existing expan- slon: Young men of good personall-sion scheme. Of these stations ty and education and over 174 but over half, will be operational, and under 25 years of age are invited the remainder will be for training to arly in writing to the Air establishments and maintenance Ministry, Adastral House, Kings- units. way. Accepted enndidates will be appointed for four years' service i on the active list, followed by six years' service in the reserve. They will receive pay and allowances equivalent, to £325. on entry and increasing to £380 after a year's service.
DEFINITE STRATEGIC PLAN
Pending completion of the con- struction of new permanent aero- dromes, the fullest use will be made of existing service aerodromes and also of civil zerodromes. It will be necessary to construct lemporary
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