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ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS

... South-West. Angle Ten. He was informing the Royal Observer Corps’ reporting centre that flying bomb had Just passed close to his observation post, flying in thick cloud. In the operations room at the reporting centra the track of the bomb was being plotted in ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1945
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 107 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS,

... ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS, Ninety-eight women were among the 300 applicants to join the Observer Corps during July. The applications each of the five Roval Observer Corps areas were. ...

Published: Thursday 25 August 1949
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 289 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS

... ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS Sir Archibald Sinclair, Air Minister, stated Westminster yesterday—ln recognition the valuable service rendered by the Observer Corps, the King has been graciously pleased to approve that the ...

Published: Thursday 10 April 1941
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS

... ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS More than 800 members of the Royal Observer Corps acted as aircraft identifiers for the Allied Invasion fleet on D-Day, and were so successful that a similar scheme for the Pacific war is ...

Published: Tuesday 17 October 1944
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 39 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WATCH THE SKIES

... Report Centre of the Royal Observer Corps. The eyes and ears of the Air Force. as the Royal Observer Corps is called, is a civilian body of highly trained men who do this extremely important work in addition ...

Published: Friday 19 December 1941
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 196 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NEW YORK HAILS COMMANDOS

... recently cited for valour in the air against the Japs.— P.A. New Commandant for Royal Observer Corps Group-Captain C. H. Ambler lias been appointed Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps, effect from June 2j, ...

Published: Tuesday 09 June 1942
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 112 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

AIR DEFENCES

... done by the Royal Observer Corps. There is to relaxation at present in the air defences of Great Britain. The air raid warning system still remains an important responsibility and is based largely on renorts given by the Royal Observer ...

Published: Monday 11 September 1944
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 190 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LOST OVER LONDON

... LONDON Tribute to Observer Corps General Griswold, the American Eighth Air Force Chief, disclosed yesterday that his first flight in a Thunderbolt over England he reported himself by radio telephone as lost.” The Royal Observer Corps was ...

Published: Monday 25 June 1945
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 215 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

OBSERVOR CORPS CHIEF

... OBSERVOR CORPS CHIEF Group Captain Finlay Crerar has been appointed cpmmandant of the Royal Observer Corps. He succeeds Air-Commodore G. H. Ambler, who has been appointed Deputy Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters. Fighter Command. ...

Published: Thursday 24 June 1943
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 34 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Sporting Briefs

... Report Centre of the Royal Observer Corps. The eyes and ears the Air Force, as the Royal Observer Corps is called, is a civilian body of highly trained men who do this extremely important work in addition to ...

Published: Thursday 18 December 1941
Newspaper: Larne Times
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 566 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

AIR DEFENCE TEST

... AIR DEFENCE TEST Jet ’planes in exercises in England The interlocking of the visual observation of aircraft by the Royal Observer Corps and spotting by radar was tested yesterday during exercises in London and the Home Counties. About 250 R.O.C. posts ...

Published: Monday 26 July 1948
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 66 | Page: 5 | Tags: none