NOTED FLYING OFFICER

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13969, 20 August 1919, Page 1

NOTED FLYING OFFICER

CAPTAIN EUAN DICKkSON, D.5.0., D.FC. . Th' c diiireotou-s of tihe Canterbury AiviaitnJotn. Company hr,ve appodlnlteid Captladn- Euian D'ioksoai, D.5.01., D-.F.C, i(b tlaikei cibaa-g^..oa th© Soctkbura /aerodromei/ iv sucoessioia to the laite Mr C M.■•' Hill. By thei..kindnessoif tihe Actimgi-Primjei Minibieir apipliicia- ; itfiottis were, invited by the High Gbiraimiilssioner in- Lpn.doMi, and their© was, a Vei-y lairge responsei, including; many officeiT'si with ,exceSlent records. For. •reasonis, which I need niot be. srtaitied, the firial gelecit^oni hiad. tioi be delayed until the end otflasiti.' month, buifc tihe delay has not been; a diisiadvantage! a® i!fc has enabled tihet boiai-c! to receive by miaiii furttiher (pairtaculairs ',of the numerous. aipiplic|ainitls- Capitaan ,Dicikisom ha s cabled hisi aiccepitamciei -of the posdtnoni, 1 buit; word; hais noit yeti been receiilved din ChrSstehiiirah of the daite on whiioh he-.will, leave for New Zealand. ■-."- '" " Caipitlaiini D^cikjson served hi©, enigiin!eeaing aipjprenit&ceshSip at; Sheffiielld, andl im 1912 camel out) to Messrs A; and G. Pracie, Ltd., Thamesi, where ha lieimialiined Mil 1915, whem he ret-' turned to tlhei Old Countey ,ti> take uip flydng!, and, waisi oomnrmsisiioned an tlve Royal Naval. Adtf Seirviciei. He. had a disftrlniguishied careier aiti the froniti, anid waisi aiwardled the DiisltlinguLshed Servicie Gross (anid -bar), thei DistiinguMied; Flyimg- Oobisi and the Frtenco Groiix.de Guien-'e for service a® a piiloit'. Afiter eiig'hitleeni mopiths alfc tihe front he broke dowm aim health, and wa® sent' to .England to reciuiperaitie,. bu(t! aiftea'' siix mion|tJh« endled Mlarcih last he held the ippLSiiiflion/ of flight coammiander. Diuring huts timiei aifa the School of Pilots he had nob a eiimgle ofcsai&ilty- oni lv.s> lifiit of -pupils, and his- dommiandang' officieir s!ays of him : ':In my 'aibseaiioa he foasi ciomimiaTided the S'quadrotni. and hatsj proived himselif in eveay way etitliirely sarßisfacltiary, and am energetici, keeni amd very capaible officer and piloti. His pre-war experience) as. an engineer has proved of inestlimaible vsaluie to hiini to oonineol'ioW' with aieno.planiei engiiniesi." .'.-'"• Claiptaiini Dickspn'si war 1 expeirienca ■inciludied 186 bomibajn^ 1 raids, 140' of wMch he cioanimanded, and he has scmce had am equally wjido experience of tlhei building! of aeiroplanes amid the cotoltkffing of as,., well as the instiiMtiioni:. of piiloitis. ; • His many friends will wish ham well in: hig) new 1 Gip.here.