ROYAL AIR FORCE ACTIVITY
■ * DEVELOPMENT FLIGHT FROM EGYPT TO INDIA (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBY, January 12. Twelve Vincent aircraft of No. 4 and No. 5 B Squadron, under the command of Wing Commander A. R. Churchman, will leave Heliopolis for India on an inter-command and colonial development flight to-mor-row. The aircraft, will reach Risalpur next Tuesday, and will leave for the return journey on. February 5. Four London flying-boats of No. 201 Squadron, of which the commanding officer is Squadron Leader J. D. Breakey, will leave Calshot on Thursday for a cruise to the Mediterranean and Lisbon. The outward route will be via Hourtin, Berre, Malta, Algiers, Gibraltar, and Lisbon. The flying-boats will reach Gibraltar to-morrow week and Lisbon on January 25, and will leave again the next day. returning to Calshot on January 27.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21990, 14 January 1937, Page 7
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