March 6, Is the UK Mothering Sunday (Mothers’ Day) Held on the Facts Fourth Sunday of Lent (Three Weeks Before Easter Sunday)
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Editor: Dr Jenifer Harding (daughter of George Hogarth, Co 3) [email protected] Reflection Five 5BFTS Today, March 6, is the UK Mothering Sunday (Mothers’ Day) held on the Facts fourth Sunday of Lent (three weeks before Easter Sunday). Originally people returned to the church where they were baptized (their ‘Mother Church’) resulting in family gatherings. Young people who were working as Opened in servants in large houses, were given a holiday on Mothering Sunday to visit July 1941 at their own mother and often took a gift of food or hand-me-down clothing Carlstrom from their employers. This has led to the modern meaning of Mothers’ Day Field when people still visit and take gifts to their mothers. Traditionally, people did not eat sweet, rich foods during Lent. On Mothering Moved to Sunday, this was relaxed and a Simnel cake prepared. This is a light Riddle Field fruitcake topped with marzipan. Marzipan is also baked into the middle. September Legend suggests it was named after Lambert Simnel, who worked in Henry 25, 1941 VII’s kitchens around 1500. Mother's Day in the United States is annually held on the second Sunday of 26 Courses May. With more secular origins, it focuses on a celebration of motherhood and it is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures. Many people give 1434 gifts, cards, flowers, candy, a meal in a restaurant or other treats to their graduates mother and mother figures, including grandmothers, great-grandmothers, (1325 RAF stepmothers, and foster mothers. and 109 The 5BFTS cadets, mostly away from home for the first time, would USAAF) therefore have had two occasions when their distance from home, and their 1 mothers, would have had extra poignancy. In Flypaper , May 7, 1942 (for Closed in the US Mothers’ Day) Jack Hobler, a Flypaper Associate Editor, put some September of those feelings into verse, but also gave a new perspective to the meaning 1945 of Mothers’ Day. The full poem is at the end of the newsletter, but the last three lines read: 1 Embry Riddle Flypaper “Stick to it” - the official newsletter of Embry-Riddle 1940 through 1957 During WW2, the newsletter was published weekly. It included information about Riddle Aeronautical Institute at Carlstrom Field and Dorr Field, Arcadia, and the Riddle-McKay Aero College, Riddle Field, Clewiston. 1 “Defending other mothers, sons, he's fighting now in air. God's blessing on you, Mother dear, for giving such a son; We can't repay the debt we owe to you when this war's won”. So true! ‘Their efforts to preserve the freedom of the world were not in vain and will never be forgotten’ Useful websites: Clewiston Museum: http://www.clewistonmuseum.org Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Archives: http://www.alumni.erau.edu/archives #5 British Flying Training School: http://www.5bfts.org.uk ‘George Hogarth – Clewiston and Beyond’. Memoires of George Hogarth, 5BFTS Course 3 http://commons.erau.edu/clewiston-beyond/1/ US Contact: Harold Kosola – [email protected] Memorial Day, May 30, 2016, is a very special 5BFTS day So, please come and join us at the British Plot, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Arcadia, for the 60th Annual British Memorial Service to remember the 23 cadets who died in training and never left Florida, AND at the same time, thank the Rotary Club of Arcadia, and the many others who contribute, for organising the service for 60 years. The service starts at 10am The Service is organised, as it has been for the past 60 years, by the Arcadia Rotary Club Mailing address: PO Box 1492, Arcadia, FL 34265-1492 Telephone for information at 863-444-0664 Email: [email protected] EVERYBODY IS WELCOME And afterwards: Please join us for lunch at Mary Margaret's Tea and Biscuit, 10 South Polk Avenue, Arcadia, Florida 34266. Mary Margaret’s Tea and Biscuit takes us back to the grandeur of the Victorian era. As well as lovely soups, salads and sandwiches, desserts include traditional British favourites, which 5BFTS cadets would instantly recognise, such as White Chocolate Bread Pudding (although the strict rationing of sweets and sugar in war time Britain meant that chocolate in bread pudding was a luxury not enjoyed by people back home), Sticky Toffee Pudding, Chocolate Log with Raspberry filling and of course, Scones with clotted cream and Strawberry Jam. Their tea selection includes Earl Grey and English Breakfast, and having been there, I know that they make tea British style with warm pots and boiling water poured directly on the tea! 2 If you would like to join us for lunch, please let me know as soon as possible, preferably by email ([email protected]). Mary Margaret’s has a relatively small dining room and places may be limited and allocated on a ‘ first come first served’ basis. For more information about Mary Margaret’s Tea and Biscuits, and details of their menu, please visit: http://marymargaretsteaandbiscuit.com In Memoriam Dr Ray Kerry (Co 5) died August 9, 2015 Ray Kerry Course 5 Cadet 1942 . Dr Raphael (Ray) James Kerry died on August 9th at home aged 94. His wife, Margaret predeceased him. Ray had three sons, John, Bob and Peter, and grandchildren. His family requested family flowers only at his funeral, but asked for donations, if wished, made payable to the Bomber Command Memorial, indicating his lifelong interest in the RAF. Ray graduated from 5BFTS on June 17, 1942. After WW2, Ray became a Consultant Psychiatrist and worked at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. His first recorded link with the 5BFTS Association was in 1984 when the membership list shows him living in Ranmore, a suburb of Sheffield. He remained as a member of 5BFTS Association until it was disbanded in 2013, and was still living in Ranmore when he died. Stanley M Haswell (Co 20) Died December 13, 2006 Stanley Haswell Course 20 Cadet Stanley Matton Haswell died suddenly and peacefully at his home in Ontario on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 in his 85th year. He was the husband of Ingrid and father of Linda. 3 Stan joined AVRO Canada in October 1952, after a distinguished career with the RAF. Flying as many as five test flights a day, he flew virtually every AVRO CF-100 Jet Fighter that came off the line between 1952-1959. He also flew the legendary Avro Jetliner, North Americas first Jet Airliner, and was at the controls of the Jetliner in December 1952 during rocket testing of the CF-100. In addition to thousands of flights in CF-100s, he often piloted the DC3/Dakota-Avro Canada’s company plane. In December 1957, he ferried an MK.5 CF-100 to Pt. Magu, California and was involved in critical fire control testing. He was one of the few to co-pilot the Avrocar flying saucer and was a member of the Avro Hall of Fame. Stan’s first recorded link with the 5BFTS Association was in 1997 when the membership list shows him living in Ontario. He remained associated with 5BFTS until he died and was included in the final membership Directory of 2005. Eric J Mowser (Co 17) Died November 13, 2013 Eric Mowser Course 17 Cadet Eric James Mowser, a retired BWIA (BWIA West Indies Airways Limited) Captain, died on November 13, 2013 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. His widow, Elizabeth, four sons and five grandchildren, survived him. Eric Mowser was born in England and joined the RAF during WW2. After Clewiston, he was reportedly the youngest Flight Instructor in the prestigious Central School of the RAF. At the end of WW2, there were no jobs for pilots in England and he went to Canada. After just one Canadian winter, he went south to Florida and the family whom he knew during his time in Clewiston. There, Eric obtained his commercial pilots’ licence and found a job with British Caribbean Airways in Jamaica, but within a short period of time the airline was bought out by BWIA/BOAC, which brought him to Trinidad on November 11, 1949. He stayed in Trinidad for the rest of his life, flying DC3’s, Viscounts, B-727’s, B-707’s and finally wide- bodied L-1011s’, rising through the ranks as Training Captain, Fleet Manager and finally Head of Flight Operations. He also served on the Board of the Airline Pilots Association. On November 11, 1999, at age 75, while still doing what he loved most, working in the aviation industry, Captain Eric James Mowser suffered his first stroke and sadly, his aviation career, which he really loved, ended. Like Stan, Eric’s first recorded link with the 5BFTS Association was in 1997 when the membership list shows him living in Trinidad. He remained associated with 5BFTS until he died and was included in the final membership Directory of 2005. We remember with thanks these three pilots (and other pilots known to us) who have handed in their logbooks, and to friends known to us who have done so much to keep their memories alive. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE! 4 Notes from the ‘Old World’ 5BFTS Grove - UK National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) In the Christmas Newsletter, I was able to report the good news that the Arboretum has agreed to replace the old 5BFTS information board at the entrance to the 5BFTS grove of three North American birch trees and two English Birch trees (5 for Number 5) with one of their standard dedication plaques at their expense. This is now underway and the proposed artwork is with the designers. I should be able to include a photograph of the new plaque in the next newsletter.