HC Deb 02 March 1938 vol 332 c1086
27. Mr. Alexander

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of pilot officers to be entered during this year and following years under the recently announced new naval Air Branch; why a similar scheme for petty officer pilots has so far not been instituted; and whether he intends to introduce such a scheme, in view of the fact that non-commissioned officer pilots have been a success in our own and other air forces and in other naval air forces?

Mr. Cooper

Fifty commissions in the Air Branch of the Royal Navy are being offered at present; a further entry will be made in the autumn of this year, but the numbers of future entries cannot yet be decided. A scheme for the selection and training of naval ratings as pilots will be promulgated this week.

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