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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

A.F.S. MAN’S EPIC COURAGE IN

... the Skies One of the meet imporUnt branches of the R.A.F. Fighter Command the Royal Observer Corps. Not an aeroplane croteos our coast that they do not know about. Every observer Is a volunteer, and goes through Intensive training before le considered fit ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 85 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

tlie Armed Home l-'orce Auxiliar lii tin- Army iiW.i'j September, 193!). tlio Women led; in the Navy Auxiliary ..

... Außiist, 1939. end the Royal Observer Corps and 737 un dennfled bodies hut from then until June, 1945. a 61,000 women in full-tini Civil ne figures, vvith other statistics, further 5.215.000. including re-j Defence and the Royal Observer ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1946
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 282 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Heavy Penalties

... police, whole-time members of civil defence forces and services Including the National Fire Service, members of the Royal Observer Corps, or the Women’s Auxiliary Services are excepted from the operation of the Order. ...

Published: Saturday 07 March 1942
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WOMEN SPOTTERS

... WOMEN SPOTTERS FOR OBSERVER CORPS Women are to enrolled in the Royal Observer Corps for duty at centres and posts where difficulties ar. e in obtaining suitable men to replace those called up for military service. Conditions of service will ...

Published: Monday 30 June 1941
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 176 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CIVIL DEFENCE TO GRATUITY

... ss. monthly The gratuity would also be paid to other ranks of the Royal Observer Corps and the Auxiliary Coastguard. Spetia! considerations applied to officers of the Royal Observer Corps, and this question ...

Published: Friday 09 March 1945
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 541 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Grim Play

... have an electric magnet at the top to facilitate picking the metal symbols. The wirelessed reports are drawn from the Royal Observer Corps, ships at sea, coast watching stations and other sources. Presiding over the whole of the BLACK-OUT To-night Sunday ...

Published: Saturday 14 June 1941
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

NEW NAME FOR

... NEW NAME FOR OBSERVER CORPS CIU ARCHIBAI.D SINCLAIR, Air Minister, replying to a question in the British Commons yesterday, said in recognition of the valuable service rendered Ihe Observer Corps the King had been graciously pleased to approve that the ...

Published: Thursday 10 April 1941
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 244 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

for Britain

... Bomber and Fighter Commands, U.S. Superforts, Western Union jets, A.A. formations, and nearly 8,000 members of the Royal Observer Corps, will take part in big air defence exercises between Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, July 3. The exercise will be held ...

Published: Tuesday 31 May 1949
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 563 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

128 planes downed

... through the waist-deep Hoods and orreniial monsoon rains. R.A.F.’s “Thank you” to Observer Corps PMGHTEEN hundred men mid women who had served in the Royal Observer Corps from ils beginning until its stand-down last month attended a rally ...

Published: Monday 25 June 1945
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 359 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

! No. 43,671—Saturday, September 4, 1948 AND BELFAST POST

... to scramble and had located, intercepted and engaged the enemy. Princess to fly through air ‘battle ALL pilots and Royal Observer Corps personnel have been specially briefed to watch and avoid at all costs any interference with the Viking aircraft in ...

Published: Saturday 04 September 1948
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 455 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NOT FATAL WOUNDS

... pictures. Other sections show the R.A.F at ork in the Middle East and the Balkans; and such auxiliary air services as the Royal Observer Corps and the W.A.A.F.. as well as Bmpire and Allied air squadrons are depicted. Besides the pictorial record of R.A.F. wartime ...

Published: Thursday 08 May 1941
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 572 | Page: 2 | Tags: none