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From Hull Daily Mail Spring 1964: supplied by B H Pardoe
AIR SQUADRON DINNER. - Air-Marshal Sir Douglas Morris (left)
in Conversation with Sqdn.-Ldr. M. J. Hardy
at Hull University Air Squadron's
annual dinner at RAF station, Leconfleld
HULL UNIVERSITY FLYERS TOLD
MOST EXCITING ERA IN WORLD HISTORY AHEAD
THE "MOST EXCITING PERIOD in the world's history " lay ahead of youth in the next 40 years or so, said Air Marshal Sir Douglas Morris, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Command, at Hull University Air Squadron's dinner at RAF Leconfield last night.
Proposing a toast to the squadron, he referred to developments in space flight and said the future might be full of problems. "But in view of the changes -the incredible technological changes as well as political changes which are going to occur in the next 40 years, you young men are going to be extremely fortunate." Sir Douglas said they in the RAF had a somewhat difficult task to keep the -university air squadrons going.
SQUADRONS' VALUE
We have had to fight the Treasury and we have succeeded, certainly temporarily in maintaining that the hard-bitten people in it realise that there are advantages not only to the Air Force but to the country in retaining this form of training.
"From the national point of view this is a very valuable thing, and from the service point of view we get our bonus."
Fifty or 60 officer cadets a year went into the RAF from the university squadrons, of whom Hull contributed four or five a year.
Sqdn.-Ldr. M. J. Hardy, commanding officer of the squadron, proposing a toast to the guests, said the squadron relied on the support and interest of four separate factions - the RAF, the University. industry, and the city of Hull and the East Riding.
CHAMPION CADET
No squadron, no matter how strongly supported by the RAF, no matter how much money is poured in by the Treasury, can hope to have the smallest degree of success without the support of the University," he declared.
Prof. W. H. Cockroft replied on behalf of the guests, and the toast of " the squadron" was responded to by Officer Cadet J. D. S. Lindsay, of Bournemouth.
The Cleminson Cup for the best all-round cadet was presented by the Air-Marshal to Officer Cadet D. Greenwood, of York, who also received the Blackburn Trophy for the best third-year pilot from Capt. E. D. G. Lewin, managing director of Hawker Siddeley Aviation. Brough division.
Dr Brymnor Jones, ViceChancellor of Hull University. presented the third-year ground school prize to Officer Cadet Beverley H. Pardoe, of Redditch. Worcestershire.
THE GUESTS
Guests included Air-Marshal Sir Augustus Walker, C-in-C. Flying Training Command; Air Vice-Marshal P. D. Holder, AOC 25 Group (the group responsible for administering the University Squadron); Air Commodore W. T. Brooks, AOC 11 Group, Fighter Command, Leconfield; the Sheriff of Hull: Mr George Odey, formerly air commodore of 3505 Squadron RAAF (Fighter Control Wing); Mr P H. Stone financial director. Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Brough division: Mr W. D. Craig, Registrar, Hull University; Prof. N. A, Robertson, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences; Prof. J. S. G, Wilson, Faculty of Social Sciences; and Dr A. O'N. Waugh. Mathematics Department.
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