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Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1935, Page 4

The King, who is Chief of tho Royal ’Air Force, wore the uniform of a Marshall of tho Royal Air Force at tho review on Saturday last. The review' took a double form—an inspection of the aerodrome at Mildenball, Suffolk of about 550 craft and their personnel, drawn from nearly 49 squadrons, and a fly-past over Ruxford aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, of the greater part of these units in formation. The concentration of aircraft at Milclenhall was the largest number ever assembled at one aerodrome in Britain. The units were drawn mainly from the Air Defence of Great Britain Command, which was represented by fighter and bomber squadrons of the Regular and Auxiliary Air Forces; the inland Area Command had present two Army Cooperation squadrons and the Coastal Area Command were represented by the Coast Defence Development Unit. After the inspection His Majesty, accompanied by the Secretary of State, for Air, Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister, drove by ear to Duxford, where lie joined the Queen, who Tiad arrived there from Cambridge. During this period the allotted squadrons took off from Milclenhall and took up their assigned order for the second part of the Royal review. Shortly before 2.30 p.m. the King and Queen pro; ceded to the Royal dais on the north side of Duxford aerodrome, from which they reviewed the squadrons in flight, and the King took their salute. The Air Force nuts wore flying in squadron formation 1 in succession at intervals of half a minute, anil immediately this flv-past has been completed a display of squadron drill by one fighter squadron took place. The -other squadrons ,in the meantime had assumed wing formation and carried out a fly-past in succession of “Wings.” After the ceremony the King and’Queen left Dnxford hv motor-car for London.