The Clinton News Record, 1941-08-14, Page 7'THURS., AUGUST 14, 1941
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Air Observer Important Member of
Bomber's Crew
This is the eighth of a series of
articles about the Royal Canadian Air
Force written specially for the weekly
:newspapers of Ontario. ..,,
By HUGH TEMPLIN
Previous stories in this series have
described the training of a Pilot in
the Royal Canadian Air Force from
the day he enlists rather nervously
perhaps, to that other proud day, six
or seven menthe later, when he "gets
his wings" and completes his training
in this country. After that, he is ready
to proceed to Great Britain, where he
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gets some more experience under the
somewhat different conditions in 'a
land where enemies may lurk.. Then
he is ready to take over a 300 -mile -
an -hour fighter, or to pilot big bomb-
ers over GerinanY•
In those stories, I have completed
the task I undertook, thanks to the
hearty cooperation of the officials of
the Royal Canadian Air Force, but
before than task was finished, I knew
many things I hadn't realized at the
start. One of these is that while all
the recruits want to become Pilots' if
they can, the Pilot is not the only
iraportant member of. the air ; crew:
possibly he isn't even the most im-
portant member. Poi that reason, I
am writing something about • the
training of the Air Observers,
Pilots, Observers and Navigators
I'sat one day in the office of Mr.
W, W. Woollett, civilian manager
of the Air Observer School at the
great Malton-Airport.
"There's a tendency on the peatof
the public," observed Mr. Woollett,
"to think of the Observer as a man
who sits in a plane and looks out
occasionally, while the Pilot does all
the work and takes all the risks, Per-
haps the word `Observer' is at fault.
A more accurate "term would be
`Navigator.' The time is coming when
the Navigator will be the captain of
the large planes and the pilot will be
on1 i. the wheeisman."
Mr. Woollett should know what he
is talking about. He was a Pilot him-
self in the last war, and has had much'
to do with flying ever since. In 1929,
he returned from England, and with
another Pilot of the Great War, op-
erated a company in the North Coun-
try. Dominion Skyways Limited, they
called it, and their planes flew over
much of Northern Quebec and On-
tario. Name any place north of the
Transcontinental, and he is sure to
have been there.
When war broke out in September,
1939, Mr. Woollett and his partner,
C. R. Troup, were asked to form the
first Air Observer School. They had it
going by the end of May, 1940, and
it has been in operation ever since.
In all that time, there has not .been
oneaccident to students, pilots or
planes -not so much as a flat tire on
a landing gear. Canada may not have
been prepared to go to war, but in
our experienced "bush fliers," we had
a great asset.
The Air Observer School at Melton
is operated by a civilian company,
Dominion Skyways Training Ltd., un-
der an arrangement somewhat Sim-
ilar to those whereby Flying Clubs
operate the Elementary Flying Train-
ing Schools for Pilots, That enabled
the R.C.A.F. to take advantage of the
experience of' older Canadian pilots,
and it speeded up the early stages of
the British Commonwealth Air Train-
ing Plan.
The company looks atter mainten-
ance of flying aircraft, buildings and
flying in general. It supplies the
experienced pilots and the repair
men. The R.C.A.F, takes over the
ground instruction and the discipline.
Squadron Leader G. W. Jacobi is the
Commanding Officer,
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Directors: Wm. Knox, Londesboro;
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Parties desiring to effect insur-
ance or transact other business will
be promptly attended to on applica-
tion to any of the above officers ad-
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ANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS
A Specialized Job
The course lasts twelve weeks. A
new class comes in every month and
another graduates, but there are al-
ways three distinct classes at the
school at one time. The educational
requirments for an Observer are
higher than for a Pilot. The course is
stiffer and entails more hard work,
though it undoubtedly has its share
of thrills, even in Canada. The future
Observer has a specialized job, and
he must make no mistakes.
Sometimes, those who start the
course as Pilots and fail to make the
grade are shifted to the Observers'
course. At first, they are disappoint-
ed, but Mr. Woollett says that invar-
iably they are all glad they changed
before they have half -finished their
course.
The Air Observer must learn sev-
eral things, and all of them must be
done well. Rather, they must be done
perfectly. He must learn to lay out
an exact course, smite of wind and
weather, that will take him where he
is ordered to go. More important he
must return again and know when he
gets home. He must learn to operate
a tricky bombsight, so that his bombs
find their target. Ani he must learn
to use a machine gun if need be.
At the Malton School, he learns to
navigate. Everything else is subor-
dinate to that. He doesnot have to
worry about piloting the plane: that
is done by an experienced pilot who
knows Ontario as you know your own
home. The Observer charts the course
for him to steer and the Pilot carries
out those instructions to the letter,
unless they may• -result in possible
danger to the aircraft and the crew.
Apart front that, he follows the
course the student gives hint, even if
he knows it is at right angles to the
direction in which he ought to be
going. At the end of each trip, he
hands in a detailed report. it omits
nothing, even noting whether the
student became sick, and whether he
carried out his exercises in spite of
his sickness.
A Rainy Day at Malton '
It was raining when I arrived at
Malton, but a few planes were up
The big silver liners of the Trans -
TIME TABLE
Trains will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Goderich Div. '
'Going' East, depart 6.43 a.m
'Going East, depart 3.00 .p.nm.
Going West, depart 11.45 a.m,
Going West, depart 9.50 p.m.
London --Clinton
Ging South ar. 2,80, leave 3.08 p.m
PAGE 7
CONVOY RAIDERS MEET A HAIL OF FIRE
British destroyers have recently successfully dealt with many German
aircraft which have attacked convoys under escort. This picture shows a
member of a destroyer's anti-aircraft gun crew, wearing a blast -proof hel-
met, receiving orders from the bridge.
Canada and, the even larger American
Airline planes were arriving at, and
leaving. the nearby commercial air-
port, and the little yellow elementary
trainers from another R.C.A.F. School
were in the air, but the Avro Ansons
of the Observer School were being
called home from the wireless room.
Perhaps that wasn't entirely a dis-
advantage. Mr. Woollett was able to
spare hours to the visiting newspaper
man, and when he had to keep an-
other appointment. Duty Pilot Smack
acted as guide.
All down one side of the control
room were wireless sending and re-
ceiving stes. Two way conversation
can be carried on from anywhere in
Southern Ontario. Later, I saw the
wireless equipment inside the Avro
Anson plane and marvelled at its
compactness and efficiency. But that
is not all. Recently a direction finding
station has been installed. A lost
aviator can send in a call for help,
and when the answer goes back, it
will tell him exactly where he is, and
how to get back home in any kind of
weather,
Laid out on a large table in the
centre of the room wasaa map of On-
tario.
ntario, On it was marked the exercise
for the day. Colored pins were stuck
in the map at half -a -dozen places and
a black thread was wound frbm one
to another. This marked the course the
planes would be taking that day. It
was not a straight trip out and back,
but had several turns and angles. The
student must learn to navigate such
a course accurately, and he should be
able to tell to the minute when he
will be back at Melton again. He may
have travelled 300 miles or more.
Similar exercises are conducted at
night.
Out on the edge of the runway, a
long line of Avro Ansons was drawn
up, mostly yellow, but some silvery
and a few camouflaged. Some of
them had seen active service. They
are altered, for use in the school. The
gun turret is 'removed and some of
the windows taken out, Gaits are not
needed for protection here, and the
plane gains speed and saves fuel as a
result of the changes. •
Everywhere around the Observer.
School at Malton were evidence of
similar economies. The oil is all
filtered and reclaimed, and when
tested, 88% is as good as new. One
serious problem at all schools using
British or American planes is the
obtaining of repair parts. At Melton;
most of them are manufactured in a
little workshop, A mechanical gen-
ius, and a small staff, using machines
of their own designing, which look,
as the Director put it, "like something
out of a Heath Robinson cartoon,"
make many of the repair parts out
of easily obtained materials, saving
more money and keeping the planes
flying.
Planes are overhauled in two huge
hangars. After so many hours flying,
the Armstrong-Siddley motors are
overhauled. Each Avro Anson hat
two of these big engines, giving a top
speed to the altered planes of 200
miles an hour. At longer intervals,
the whole plane is torn down and re-
built.
That day, there was a visiting
plane in one of the hangars, a huge
Douglas bomber, belonging to the
American Army. A committee from
the Air Corps was visiting Canadian
schools and gathering • `information.
The visiting bomber dwarfed the
Avro Ansons, but it was somewhat
older and lacked something of their
sleekness.
The buildings of all Air Force
camps are much alike, but two things
impressed me at Malton. Though
officers, civilian personnel and men
all have separate mess halls, their
food comes from the same central
kitchen. And there is a hospital with
space for 25 beds yet it has never
had a crash to handle at this sehbol
in 20 months, although an ambulance
always stands ready, and two crash
beds are always kept warm with hot
water bottles.
In the men's mess hall a full-size
propellor hangs on the wall, backed
by a square of blue carpet used in
Westminister Abbey when the King
and. Queen were crowned. On the hub
is a silver Avro Anson ,and on the
blades are replicas in silver of the
Observer's badge, each one bearing
the name of the highest ranking
graduate in a class. In the office
are pictures of the graduates, and
scrap books with clippings and more
pictures of students -Winston Chur-
chill's nephew, the brother of a fam-
ous opera star, and so on. Many of
them are in Britain now: a few are
dead in the battle for freedom.
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HERB'S 14 POINTS TO SAVE FUEL
OIL IN FARM TRACTORS
The following fourteen points are
simple ways by which fuel and oil
may be savedfarm'tractors doing
regular farm work, suggested by the
Dominion Experimental Station, Swift
Current, S'ask.:-
1. Keep carburetor cleaned and ad-
just main jet clay and night for eaoh
load when in operation,
2. Keep valves clean and tappet
clearance correct.'
3. Keep spark plugs clean, both
points and porcelain.
4. Reduce slippage by proper air
pressures and added weight to rear
wheels of rubber -tired tractors.
5. Cheek breaker point clearance
and advance ignition to a maximum
for fuel being used.
6. Retard spark on overload.
7. Operate at as near rated,horse-
power as possible.
8. When pulling light draft loads
at a low speed operate in a higher
gear and throttle motor to required
speed,
9. Operate power take -off machin-
ery where satisfactory.
10. Draft of ploughs and one ways
increase with speed, therefore, operate
these implements in larger units at
lower speeds.
11. High speed) mouldboatd ploughs
operate at one mile per hour faster
than slow speed ploughs with an
equivalent draft. Thus ploughing
may be done more economically with
the high speed unit.
12, Make sure the one ways and
ploughs are properly lined up and
adjustments are correct. Poor hitch
alignment results in a higher draft
and poorer resultant work.
13. Operte deisel and distillate trac-
tors at high temperatures, small gas
tractors at lower temperatures of 170
to 180 degrees P.
14:, Lubricate efficently, thus reduc-
ing wear which causes loss of power
and fuel.
BARGAIN FARES
TO
TORONTO
EXHIBITION
In effect from many points
in Ontario
SINGLE FARE
. Fox THE ROUND TRIP
Gov't Revenue Tax Extra
GOOD GOING AUG. 21- SEPT. 6
RETURN LIMIT SEPT. 10
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
G 0 50/50 WITH 'v
Fl:
REMEMBER: The slower
you drive, the more you
save!
Gas burned up while standing still totals a
staggering gallonage. So never leave your car
---even for a few- minutes -with the motor
running. It's just as easy to switch it off and
save gasoline. Remember your 50/50 Pledger
dont let your motor idle.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor
2.30 p.m. -Sunday School
7 p.m. -Evening Worship
The Young. People meet each
Monday evening at 8 p.m.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Rev. G. W. Moore, LTh.
10.00 a.m.-Sunday School.
11 a.m. Morning Prayer.
7 p.m. -Evening Prayer.
THE SALVATION ARMY
Lieut. Deadman
Lieut. Whibley
11 a.m. - Holiness Service
3 p.m. - Sunday School
7 p.nt. - Salvation Meeting
ONTARIO STREET UNITED
Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., B.D.
10.00 a.m.--Sunday School.
11 a.m. Divine Worship
9.30 a.m. Turner's Church Ser-
vice and Sunday School.
7 pan. Evening Worship
WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED
Bev. Andrew Lane, B.A., S.D.
11. a,m,--Divine Worship
7 p.m. -Evening Worship.
Sunday School at conclusion of
morning service.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. B. F. Andrew
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m.
3 p.m. Worship Service at Bayfield
2 p.m. -Sunday School. Bayfield.
CLINTON MISSION
W. J. Cowherd, Supt.
Services:
Tuesday 8 p.m. -Young 'People.
Wednesday 3 p.m. -Ladies Prayer
Meeting.
Thursday 8 p.m. -Prayer Meeting.
Sundays:
2 p.m, -Sunday School.
3 p.m. F'eilowship Meeting.
8 p.m. Evangelistic Service.
"YOUR ROHR STATION"
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WEEKLY PROGRAMHIGHLIGNI1
FRIDAY AUGUST 15TH:
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8.05 a.m. Breakfast Club
6,00 p.m. George Wade
8.00 On With The Dance
8.30 Grain's Gulley -Jumpers
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH:
8.00 Howard Bedford
9.30 Kiddies' Party
6.30 p.m. Blyth Sports
8.00 Barn Dance
The Lords Day Act And
Sunday Trading
To clarify the interpretation of The Lord's Day Act with res-
pect to the purchase and sale of merchandise on Sundays the follow-
ing representations, based on a careful review of court decisions,
is submitted;
Meals and Accommodation
Hotels and Restaurants may conduct legally on Sundays the bus-
iness of providing meals or accommodation for their customers. The
sale of food for consumption on the premises has been declared by
the courts to be legal on Sundays, This would validate all serving
of meals on Sundays by those equipped for this business throughout
the week.
For Relief of Sickness
Under our Lord's Day laws the Sunday business of drug stores
is limited to the sale of drugs, medicines, and surgical appliances
necessary for the relief of sickness and suffering.
Merchant Trade
On Sundays it, is illegal to sell goods to be taken from the prem-
ises, whether it be staple groceries, hardware, furniture, meats, bak-
ery products, fruits, confectionery candy, cigars, cigarettes, tobac-
cos, newspapers, magazines, kodaks, cutlery, toilet articles, station-
ery, souvenirs and other lines of merchandise. In each Sunday sale
it is required that both the purchaser and the merchant show
that the purchase or sale was actually a work of necessity or mercy
in each specific instance. Places legally open on Sundays for the
sale of meals, medicines, surgical supplies, gasoline or oil, are re-
quired to refrain on that day from the sale of other lines of general
merchandise included in their regular business during the six legal
business days of the week. Wayside markets for the sale of fruits,
flowers, vegetables, rugs, souvenirs, etc., are not legally entitled to
carry on this business on Sundays.
Garages and Service Stations:
The Lord's Day Act permits on Sunday "any work of necessity
and mercy." Hence only work of that kind may be done on that
day. The Supreme Court of the Province of Alberta has declared
the sale of gasoline and oil to motorists on Sunday,. and emergency
repairs and services, legal under the provisions of the Lord's Day
Act. The courts of other provinces in Canada have not pronounced
on this subject. The ordinary repair work in garages cannot be re-
garded as legal on Sundays, nor the work of washing and polishing
GATS. 1 .-..1A.aial.l Jt;4..i I:modal
No municipality has authority to enact by-laws to supersede the
provisions of the Lord's Day Act. No municipal official has auth-
ority to hinder the police in their sworn duty to enforce laws, includ-
ing Lord's Days laws, within the bounds of any mums:polity or other
police area.
The Lord's Day Act seeks to protect the freedom of our Can-
adian Sunday as a day of rest for the people of Canada. Our normal
needs can be met by purchases on the six legal business days of the
week, whether it be food for our tables, smokes for the smokers, or
gasoline and oil for motor cars.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17TH:
11.00 a.m. United Church
12.35 p.m, Mail, Bag
1.30 Meloday Time.
6.00 Gt'acie Fields
MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH:
12.80 p.m. War Savings Club
6.00 George Wade
8.00 Songs by Sarah
8.30 Ranch Boys
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH:
10.30 a.m. Church of the Air
6.45 p.m. Howard Bedford
8.00 Captains of Industry
8.30 Piano Ramblings
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH:
8.05 a.m. Breakfast Club
6.00 a. m. George Wade
8.00 Sewers Brothers
8.00 Clark Johnson
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST;
7.45 Hymn Time
10.30 a.m. Church of the Air
6.30 p.m. Baseball Scoreboard
V
WHAT YOUR WAR SAVINGS
STAMPS CAN ACCOMPLISH
$5 may, bring down a German
plane for it will buy one round at
40 m.m. anti-aircraft shells.
$5 will stop a Hun with five mar
chine -gun bursts.
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