.2,. 5, 40 _ No-!.-l

SH1~~ING THE HONOUR

In order that Canada's non-pGPmancnt active militia may share the honour of partici:-Qating in tho national war effort, its uni ts will be grouped with tho Active Service,

Force to s~pply overseas reinforcements. Infantry regiments will in conse quence be territorially grouped, but the non-permanent units will continue to be known by their existing titles. This scheme, as time goes on, will enable members of those units which have not been mobilised to serve overseas. Gavalry uni ts will reinfoI'ce the divisional cavalry if and when it is despatched, and will me~time provide reinforcements for the infantry batt alions from their territorial areas. A similar procedure will be followed with artillery and other units.

DOMINION AND COLONIAL AFFAIRS 5/5/40 - No. 2,

FRJ:N CH OFI'ICI.AI, GOMHUNI'\UE ( l\10RNING)

The following conunuriique was issued this morning b~r the Fren ch G. H. Q. : -

Activity of the contact units.

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AIR MINISTRY CASUALTY COMMUNIQUE NO., 28

ROYAL ,, The Air Ministry regrets to announce tne f ollowing casualt;tes on var ious dates:-

KILLED IN ACTION~ BURNSIDE 551796 1st Class D. CAR':rER 563527 Sergeant R.. F .. CUTHBERT 516395 Sergeant WI? GRAHAM-HOGG 39516 Flying H. Go FROCTOR 515376 Sergeant J. R,, SHUTTLEWORTH · 626490 Aircraftman 1st Cl ass J. WINDSOR 580294 Sergeant J,,

PREVIOUSI,Y RLPORTED 11 MISSING 11 NOW REPORTED 11 KILLED 1 IN ACTIOW ,,

PICOT 364162 Leading Aircraft man E.. W.J9 PREVIOUSI,Y R:=:PORTED 11 MISSING BEIJIIN:CD KILLEDn NOW 11 PRESUMT__;D KII,LED IN ACTI OWi

FIDDOCI( 619855 Aircraftman 2nd Class W.H .. PREVIOUSLY R.Li?ORTED 11 MISSING11 NOW 11 PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION •

BIGGER 580320 Sergeant R .. A., BURRELL 510603 Sergeant G~J. FULLERTON 522192 Aircraftman 1s t Class T. HILL 545939 Aircraftman 1st Class A.F .. MACDONALD 551388 Aircraftman 1s t Class A.B. ']OPHAM 551613 Aircraftman 1s t Class J.A. WALKE!{ 70706 P. E.W ..

!.Q_l]NDED OR INJURED IN ACTION.

CAMPBELL 580306 Sergea..."'1.t C .. N.S o WALKER 39953 P. WHI'rLAM 514589 Sergeant G" DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED I N ACTION.

EVANS 41162 Pilot Officer A,E. TEMPLEMAN 39767 Flying Officer·P.F.

.MI.SSING BELIEVED KILLED IN ACTION.

CLARKE 564585 Sergeant E.,R 111 :BmWARDS 540912 J~H. PERRY 581005 Sergeant G"C" SYLVESTER 39907 Flying Officer K.,R .H. MISSUiG.

DAILEY 552069 Aircraftman 1st Class A. BAR."R. 740019 Sergeant VoHs BA'l'TRICK 516469. Sergeant RoH., J. 2.

BEYNON 523511 Leading Aircraftman Eo ~ BRENT' 355953 Sergeant JoWoL11Ge BROWN 531388 Leading Aircraftman AaR.s. CUNNINGHAM 580784 Sergeant Pi1C., DAVISON 563790 Sergeant E. DOBSON 535582 Leading Aircraftman T. DOHERTY 627157 Aircraftman 1st Class EcBo DOP.AN 37467 Acting K.C.,D~FeC• r~rn . m1rns 513935 Sergeant -D~Wo ~ A... F~M., FENTON 42493 Pilot Officer HoCoF~ GO.AD 563876 Sergeant G.,E ...

GOLDER 522805 Leading Aircraftman A.J.P0 GOSLING 566256 Sergeant 'l\, GRIFFIN 563663 SeI'geant N.,J., F.1.AITHVVAITE 524167 Sergeant Na HA.1:1.G HE.AVES 619153 Aircraftman 1st Class F. H.AR'NOOD 625809 Aircraftman 1st Class F 0 HAWKEN 564188 Sergeant JoLo 1 DoF.Mo HAYES 580893 Sergeant JoF~ HENRY 630142 Aircraftman 2nd Class J. HOGARTH 543524 L~ading Aircraftman T. HORNSBY 551285 Leading Aircraftman No HORRIGAN 39525 Flying Officer OoG. HOSKINS 43152 Pilot Officer ReFo

1-WRST 525267 Sergeant P.,J 0 JAMES 580961 Sergeant AoF1t1 JONES 518847 Sergeant N"La LANGRIDGE 37156 JoHo, R9 N$Z 9 A.F. LERVVAY 552657 Aircraftman 1st Class T.W~ LILLEY 631565 Aircraftman 1st Class D. Mc CROSSAN 520724 Sergeant So MULLER 39558 Flying Officer H~G* MURCAR 532866 Leading Aircraftman A., D.FQMo NEVIJBY 622865 Aircraftman 1st ciass E.G. NOLAN-NEYLAN 41455 Pilot Officer L,.Go O~ SULLIVAN 621221 Aircraftman 1st Class M.Jo PEACHEY 566141 Sergeant E .. W"A" POLTOCK 3~<1.:J) Flying Officer T~Vo POOLE 76015 Pilot Officer GaAoH~ ROBINSON 391ri"3 Fl ying Officer D~P~W~R~ SANDERS 41478 Pilot Officer R~Ha SE-4. .._l{LE 4296?, Pilot Officer FuM?No SilVLF'SON 628649 Aircraftman 1st Class RoJ• VICKERY 530080 Sergeant R, F., WARNE 37898 Acting Flight PoE .. W.EFoKS 40494 Pilot Officer Co.A., \VHITE 39090 Fly ing Officer De ,~-iEITLEY 632190 Air craftman 2nd Class c.c. WOODCOCK 56482':i. Sergeant FnA"I KILLED ON ACTIVE__§]RVICE, BARNES 40071 Pilot Officer A,,L.Vo • BARNETT 36235 Pilot Offj_cer M~E., F., BnVAN 565468 Sergeant OoAoL .. CH.AP1\1AN 580942 Sergeant G,. DAVIDSON 758213 Sergeant NaiR(? DENT 566320 Sergeant G,,I,GI DIXON 77348 Pilot Officer La.Sq FRY 41170 Pilot Officer Po de Go GOHDON-WILSON 76314 'Pilot Officer CciDa HAMPTON 741874 Sergeant Do.A., HORSFIELD 748463 Sergeant T<>Gt KEJVJPTON 629'791 Aircraftman 2nd Class J·. W. LINDSAY 625870 AiPcraftman lsi; Class Go LUCAS 752319 AiPcraftman 2.nd Class A.qc., MURDOCH 580576 Sergeant I"N,. ROBERSON 741275 Sergeant Po \fv Q

SPENCER 565344 Sergeant B.oJ 0 WIIBON 565833 Sergean~; R, E,,

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED "MISSING BELIEVED KILLED 11 NOVY PRESU~ lfKILLED ON ACTIVE si:Rvf@.::.1, ·---·-

BORE HAM 39650 Pilot Officer JoW~

WOUNDED OR INJURED ON ACTIVE SERVICI~.

COATES 650905 Aircraftman 2nd Class E.A~ KENNY 581395 Sergeant A~J .. ORCHARD 41313 Pilot Officer R.E~ TUCKER 70684 Flying Officer J.D.

DIED OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. FOST.ER 630009 Aircraf'tman 2nd Class L. F • PARKIN 637487 Aircraftman 2nd Class C. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INJURBD NOW DIED or INJURIES RECEIVED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. ~~~~~~~~- CARTER 568628 Leading Aircraftman G.W.D. MISSING BELIEVED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. OYSTER 751792 Leading Aircraftman K.J. PATTERSON 523326 J~eading Aircraftman G. W.. VICKERY , 566236 Sergeant K"P~ WILLIAMS 42172 Pilot Officer D~R .. DIED ON ACTIVE SERVI CE. -~-- · ~-·a~--· ADAMSON 06175 Acting Squadron Leader B., C11 CLAVER ING 528648 Cor~ J oral JqMCKo ELLIOTT 973429 Aircraftman 2nd Class L.W. HOYLAND 972385 A:Lrcraftman 2nd Class W,G.A. .KELLETT 743266 Aircraftman 2nd Class w. KNIGHTS 404303 Lc;ading Aircraftman W.R.Co LERI GO 614754 Aircraftman 1st Class A.G. LITTLE 947680 Aircraftman 2nd Class s.K., PUGH 247396 AJ.rcraftman 1st Class H.E., READ 628775 Ai~craftman lst Class J. SMITH 77168 Pilot Officer C~Ro WELLS 953769 Aircraf'tman 2nd Class J.W.

Press & Publicity Branch, A~r Ministry, . King Charles Street, Whitehall, s.w.1~ 5/5/yO No. 4.

NORViEGIAN tIINISTBRS IN LONDON.

The Norwegian Minister :Lor Foreign Affo.irs, Professor Koht, o.nd the Norv7egi o.n Minister for Defence, Ljungberg, arrived at Euston nt 6-50 this morning with Sir Cecil rma. L.'ldy ~ ·~ary Dorraer, and the wife of the French Minister to Norw ~y. They \'Yere met o.t the station on behalf of the Secret P, ry of State by Sir John r;Ionck. The Norwegian Ministers have come here to consult with His Majesty's Goverrunent.

FOREIGN OFFICE, s. w. i. 5/5/40

NOT TO BE P'QfilJSHEJ?_ _OR BRO.ADCAST

BEFORE 7 a.m. on MOJID AY, MA~

PRESS NOTICE

The King h as been pleased to approve the f'ollowing appointment:-

Rear Adrairal Henr;y: R~ Moore, o.v.o., D.s.o. to be o. Lord Comrni s sioner of the tY and Assistant Chief of Nnval St aff, in succession to Harold tr . Burrough, C.B., to date 25th July, 1940.

Re o. r Admiro. l Moore to be appointed PRESIDENT nddl. f or a.uty ins ide Admiralty, to date 25th June, 1940.

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ADMIRALTY, WHITEHALL~ s.w.1. E ven1nz. N... C?•. i-.6_£__ -·"

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN ANY COUNTRY BI~FOREi TifE EVENINe NEWSPAPERS OF WEDNESDAY 9 8TH MAY, 1940, OR BROADCAST BEPORE 7 A.M., ON THAT DAJ'E.

AIR MINISTRY WEEKLY NEWS LETTERe ' ' • (Evening Papers) •

B~: The information contained in this News Lettev may be used by the Press without ackp.owledgement. g it is desi,red to refer to the Air Ministry as the source of the information, the expression 11 The Air Ministry Announces:- 11 is NOT to be used.

C 0 N T E N T S.

FIGHTER COMMAND SCORES 50 FOR 1.

NEW A.c.A.s. IS KEY MAN.

LUNAR LANDSCAPE.

v.c's OF THE AIR.

THEY CAN RUN TOO.

"RESPIRATORS NEEDEDtt.

CUCKOO!

Press and Publicity Branch, Air Ministry, King Charles Street~ s .. w.. 1. Pilots of the Fighter Cormnand now fly 2,000,000 miles each month to defend the shores of Britain agai:..rJ.st

Nazi air attack. This distance is equivalent to 3,333 flightB from London to Berlin.

Night and day the Spitfires and Hurricanes of Fighter Corrmmncl a 700-mile coastline to a height of 5 mil es.

Durinc; the first month of war, fighter pilots fle-w les s than 200,000 miles. Each month the mileage has incr·easedo Even duri11g the great freeze of January and February, when f'ighter aerodromes lay inches deep il1 snow the i1ilots of Fighter• Cornmand flew 1,000,000 miles. In March the figure was neqrly 1,700,000 miles. Last month it ro.se again.

The most trying of a fi.ghter pilot's duties, are the many wearisome hours which he must spe21d ready f or attacks which may develop at any time. For him, every minute is the min ute before zero hour.

VVhen war broke out, Fighter Comt1mnd plans for the defe:c·.c e of Britain against mass air raids were completeo. Por the time being those plans have been put into 11 cold storag ell,.. New ones have been adopted to meet a different menace •. In seven months of war there have been no large-scale

Nazi raids on land objectives. Even the attacks on S?apa Flow naval base have been made by not more than 30 bombers c..t a time and they have slipped L1 from the sea in twos and threes at a high altitude. Fighter Command, t h erefore, has been fac ed with three new tactical problems: ( 1) To i:nter>cept the single recon.naissan c e aircraft, which seldom crosses the coast: (2) To def end fishj_ng

&'1.d. merchant shipping many miles out to sea a gainst b ombing an d machine... gunning: (3) To i n tercept mine-laying s eapl anes a t night ,.,

In each type of raid~ the Nazi airmen adopt "tip- ·aad-..ru.}__ n tactics, using cloud an.d poor visibility to the fulL Because / these 3\.-C. lea.s ·;:. slx

ener:iy

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accl1.:·1L1lE1 tecl.

A n i ce 1Jo.1ancu must · !Je lccpt betv1een aircraft out:pu t and

will largel y- li.C}?·-~110_.

CJ.1ief Heq_u L 0 emen ts

I:n 1 91 9 he vrat3 avrar'ded

1926 won the D .. P.C.

J,1 'i 936 lw joined the

("\ ·(" ():pe. l.,8. ·~ C)l1 D ru1J L1telligonce, Di:r.'cc tore. tc '·) ~- i

Last ,Jieclc 11t:J

1Jecdmc a.2. Actill.~ Air Vicc-+1a:cs:i:1al. / T~nc He has d~veloped the mind of a chess player4 For his new job demands foresight above all else. Aircraft production progrrunme s are not planned in a day nor can they be al t .er>ed in a weelc. Pcrbable future developments of the air war n;iu,st be . consid-:-- ered as well as the needs of the moment. .. What this man does today will have repercussions t.v10

years henceQ His rapid promotion brings heavy l;"espon-sibi~~ties :

but he can bear th~m with confiden_ceo

When called an avi,ation· expert, Air Vice~Marlshal 8aundby

becomes deprecatory. But he boldly admits that he :ts.~ - e,xpert

fly~~fisher.

He has had little time to spare :for' ang.ling since the .• '. . outbreak of war put he is ~till· president of1 the Pis ca tor>ial :.aC>oi.ety. . ':'' . . ' . .t ' ' . ... - Lond~'n '' s oldest fishing club.

b_UNAR LANDSCAPE.

Aircraft of' the Coastal Gonimand ·keep ceaseless. wa-tch cm Norway's west coast •. Night arid da;y in. '1::.;g and blizzard the . R.A •.F ..,

reconnaissance fly back and, ,forth I'· eporting and' bombing' ' .. ~. :. enemy naval and troop movements. When the· weather is .f:lne recortn.~• . '~ · aissance· over Norway can be almost a ::pieasure· as the fo:l.J;owing account by a ·pilot shows. ! "We start off in the evening, . in daylight:,;' and._;get •to

the Norwegian coast about midnight. . · We ~ee the surt s·~t over th~ ' . North Sea and we see it rise again; because we are away .for 1 j 'or . . . . . 12 ho-lu·s. By moonlight the coast looks a.s if it has just been lifted up out of the sea. The fjords look desolate and terribly ·.rugged. There i-s snow everywhere. 11 Navigation is difficult. You think you're following

);he coast, tl~en you find yourself running into . a blanlc wall; ·you 're going up the fjords instead. "We f'ly at such a height that it is not usually .bumpy. But i:f' i.t -is.rough weather, it's hard work with a heavy machine·.

/The 5. The controls bucl: and you have to heave an.d turn the wheel baclcwarcls and forvrardso llLately we have been going often on moonlight nights, and it is very beautiful. The last time I was over Christiansand, all the towr1 were lit up except Oslo. Our objectives were shipping o.nd aerodromes.

"I am in constant touch with my sergeant observer in the front turpet, because hets got the best view for map-reading. On good nights we don't need to go low: we just continue at the same height and bornb from there. The observer directs me over the target.. As I fly over, he just presses the but·ton to release the bombs and says, 'bombs planted' o The machine lifts a little and starts to gain speed as soon as the weight of the bombs has goneo "Bombing is an abstract business: we don't see any excitement on the ground., We' re ·!.'ar removed from it all" r·t is a relief when you've dropped your bombsll You feel much better: you sit back and take it easy as you make for homeon

v.cis OF THE A:Qk.

13~!....- Lleutenant AoAo McLeodo It was late in March 1918 that Alan

.A1'nett McJ.lleod, a young Canadian not yet 19 years old, won the Victoria Cross for his heroic battle against eight Germru1 It was an amazing display of tenacity ancl couro.geo McLeod and his observer, Lieutenant A.W. Hammond, were attacking hostile ground formations with bomb and machine-gun fire. It was a late winter and snovr still lay on tho ground in many parts of the Western F:ront. After an attack on groun.d forces McLeod climbed to about 5,000 ft. VVhile at that height he was engaged by eight Foldcer triplanes of Richthofen's Circus. There have been few more uneg_ual battleso But the two British airmen gave a magnificent account of themselves~ /By By sl~ilf'ul man.oeuvring McLeod enabl ed Hammon d to g et in

bursts of f:i.re ai~ each machine in turnft Harnmond ' E! marksmanship

was goodo Three of the eni:;;rry machines went ·uovvn out of control .. But by this iirne McLeod had been. wounded f'iv.e times and a bullet

p,3net11 at5.ng ~he petrol tank had set his a:Lrcraft on fire .. Undaunted McLeod climbed out onto t he por·b wing of his

a tr·craft and by side slipping st~t~ply managed to keep the fire from spreading and ail the sarne time to lceep the en emy in his obs8rvers iiine o:e fire until the machine hit the g round in No Man's Hamnond had been vroundecl six times c;.nd vras unabl e to drag

h imself f'rom the burning aircraf't~ Despite hj_ s own vroui1.d s and

machino·~·gun fire from enemy trenches, McLeod pu ll~d Hammond f ree

and staggered with him to wha ·;; J.i ttle shelter t her e wa s .. Then he

e ollapsed from loss of bloodc

McX.,eod returned to his home t oi;;m~ Stonewall, I!ianitoba, on

le ave~ when he was co:l.valesceff~.,, But he died of woun ds~

Airmen Qan' run as well as fly~ The cross count I'iJ Ghampionship of the Air Component Squadrons, run over a cour se of

· nea rly ·~hree miles, mainly grass, j_n France, showed t hat the lads

ove::.'"" ther·e•, are in fine fettle(\ Nearly 200 t u rned out to the

s t arti.ng flag of the A.O~C., Air Vice-Max•shal C .. HoBo Blount ..

The field included 28 teams (six men,. f o u r counting) and a· few individual entrants ..

.H uoph:rey·&i, a De'al (Kent) boy, who has appeared f o r Lincolnshire in

ill'ter-county events, won the individual championship in fine style

in thirteen and a half minutes& Second was L . A.C .. Hughes, vrho wa.s Bedfordshire 3 mile cha.'llpion in 1937 and R.A. F . one mile

champ'i.on in the same yearo A .. C. Langley, who comes from Sunder-

land way, ran ·thirdo Langley also had the satisfaction of leading home the winning team, all lads from the Sunderland area, and r e c e iving the / t eam team chicld from the Air Vice~·Marshalo Members of the team were,

.A.c~ I1:::1 ni:slc;:,r, Corporal Sharpe, A.C. PrGston, A.C. Howells,

A.C. Simpson ancl AoC~ Davidson~ 'I'hese IJorthern lads scored 48 i<'.ints, 21;. -tc;ttsr than their nearest rivalso The .second team also hu.ilcd f'i•om the North, Signallers from Leeds, Corpoi... al Bent,

81,[;nol1nex1 Atki.nson, Gibbs, Toalster, Dean and Griffitho

R::;gula tions concerning the carrying of gas-masks are • s,srictly enforced in the A.A .. SoF. Por at least half an. hour on one day each week, all ranks must wear their masks, as they go a1Jou·S their usual viork, i11, order to get con1.J"':lletely accustomed to thorn~

So rigid is the rule, that on occasion even telepho1w c~onversat.ions are conducted in masks, thG speakers' toi1cs being muffled, but not in.audible" On at least one occasion since the war began there has

~cm~ a real emergency, necessitating the use of gas-masksJ

A certain H .. Qo Mess vras quartered at one time in 1r.rhat had. been a small French provincial hotel. Every night after dini1er members of the mess gathr;;red to listen to tho news bulletin on the raclio in rm ante-room .. Ono night the voice of the announcer was drormod in a risi:ng tide of coughing from the listcncrso Tears ran down tho faces of officers as acr'id fumes filled the airo Soon all prese:n t were coughing and choking helplessly. It appeared that the hotel's refrigerator had gone out of action~ and a stream of arnrnonia fu.rnes was spreading from the baso- men to Orderlj_es, at tempting "bo approach the rcfrigora tor J stagge1,- ed back., Members of the Mess descended, wearing their gas-masks, to supervise repairs and o.rderlies, working in maslrn, managed to ciuell the iigas attack".,

/CUCKOOl CUCKOO!

' "0~45 hours .. cu'hkoo heard but not seeno Course and

11 speed unknovh.J.o · This mysterious statement appears ,_l3.t the foot of a bomber pilot's operational reporto

~ The reasonc ~he pilot had just returned from a succBss-

ful raid over ~forway v He was in good spirits. As he vmlked across the aerodrome he heard the call of,,.a. cuckoo .. . the ipciden t should be recorded officiallyo Tho station InteJdi•

gence Offi~er agreed. At the end of his official rq.id report he gave the cuckoo 1 s position by C(;l.refully plot':j;i'.hg the po si tiol'). of the aerodrome according to co""ordinates on the Operations Room map. The '.J ·!8 r Office. 5th i\llay 1940.

The ,:ar O:f:fice issu es t h e following communique:

Ther e is noth ing of i mportance to rep ort from Narvil<:,, ·wh ere oper ations are continuing . There h a s be en slight enemy a ir a ctivity in t his a reao 5/5/qO •.:. No ...8.

FRI!.::NCH OFFICIAL CO iAkIDNIQUE (EVENING)

The following officiQl corMaunique was issued from French G.H.Q. this (Sund~y) evening ~

During lnst night in the of the Saar the enemy, suj/:)orteci. b y heo.ViJ nrtillery fire, nttecked three of our outposts with strong :rorces. These outposts, although surrounded, resisted victoriously until our cm:mter-o.ttack,

lea. 1Jy li ~:ht tmi ts, drove the enerny uwn;}r. No •..2.,

The Admiralty announces :

The German claim to have sunk a British battleship and a cruiser of the York class in the operations off Namsos is untrueo

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