... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS Since recruiting for the Royal Observer Corps opened last November, 11,162 men and 1,676 women have applied to join, says the Air Ministry News Service. ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... WOMEN IN OBSERVER CORPS Same Duties as Men: Lower Pay Women are be enrolled In the Royal Observer Corps for duty at centres and posts where difficulties arise in obtaining suitable men to replace those called up for military service. ■> ...

... OBSERVER CORPS A New Commandant The Air Ministry announces that Group Captain G. H. Ambler, 0.8. E., has been appointed Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps with effect from June 25, 1942, in succession to Air Commodore A. D. Warrlngton ...

... kind of weather. The Royal Observer Corps might well be termed the Silent Service. Silent, because its unremitting vigilance and extraordinary high degree of efficiency does not depend on any mechanical or scientific aids. The observers rely entirely on ...

... quatter of this year showed a decline compared with the quarter ending March 31 In all arms except the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and Royal Observer Corps, according to a Ministry of Defence statement issued last night. ...