JANUARY I S T ,

FLIGHT

1942

19

Je<ervice
viation
Royal Air Force and
Fleet Air Arm. News
and
Announcements
Civil and Service Pay

R I V A T E firms and public bodies wh^i make up

the pay of former employees serving in the
yal Air Force or the W.A.A.F. will, under a
r procedure, be able to ascertain from t h e Air
fMiuistry the amount of service pay which their em
rployees get on entry for the purpose of assessing
' the la lance of civil pay. Hitherto no formal official
machinery has existed to furnish this information.
The new procedure is described in detail in a
memorandum which is being sent to all employers
who are known to be interested. Employers who
I do not receive a copy of t h e memorandum should
I apply for one to the Air Ministry, Accounts 15(B).
Stroud, Glos.

University of London Degrees

A C I L I T I E S have now been arranged for
F
R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. personnel to take
degrees or diplomas as external students of the

University of London.
Preparation will be by private study or by correspondence coarse, and, naturally, some subjects
are more suited t h a n others. The degrees and
diplomas obtainable are:
Degrees in theology, arts, laws, music, medicine.
dental surgery, pharmacy, science, agriculture,
horticulture, veterinary science, engineering, mining and metallurgy, economics and political
science, commerce, estate management.
Diplomas in theology, geography, education.
public health, clinical pathology, biology, public
administration.
Advice and guidanceincluding reading lists for
students for whom suitable educational facilities
re not availableis obtainable from t h e University
of London.

PRE-WAR
Broadhurst,
their flight
Broadhurst

MEMORY : At the 1936 R.A.F. Display at Hendon, Fit. Lt. H.

F/O J. R. MacLachlan and P/O B. G. Morris delighted the crowd with
aerobatics on the Gloster Gauntlets of No. 19 (F) Squadron. Fit. Lt.
is now a Group Captain and has been awarded a Bar to his D.S.O.

. Awards

H E K I N G has been graciously pleased to

approve the following awards in recognition
of gallantry displayed in flying operations against
the enemy :
BAR TO T H E D I S T I N G U I S H E D

SERVICE

ORDER.

Act. Grp. Capt. H. BROADHURST, D.S.O., D.F.C.,

A.F.G.This officer has organised and led his wing
with conspicuous gallantry and success.
During
a heavy engagement over Bethune, in J u n e , 1941,
Grp. Capt. Broadhurst's aircraft was h i t by
cannon shell which, besides making a large hole
in t h e port wing.- put t h e port wing .guns out of

action and also damaged the aileron, t h n s making

control difficult. A second shell hit t h e side of
t h e fuselage, causing havoc in the cockpit. Grp.
Capt. Broadhurst received many small wounds in
the arm and legs and only recovered irom t h e
effects of the shell-fire at 1,000 feet over t h e target
area. Nevertheless, he" flew t h e aircraft back t o
England. Within a few days. Grp. Capt. Broadhurst was again leading t h e wing in action over
Northern France.
On t h e return journey, he
was attacked by a force of six Messerschmitt 109s,
but by brilliant tactics Grp. Capt. Broadhurst
fought, them off and, it is believed, destroyed tw,o
of them before t h e engagement was terminated
some 15 miles north of Gravelines.
Although
his aircraft was damaged by the enemy's fire.