The Chairman, in introducing the Author, said that Wing Commander Williams joined the Royal Air Force in 1936 and, after serving m Bomber Command at the beginning of the war he was unfortunate enough to be shot down in a Halifax bomber and taken prisoner After the war he spent some time on instructional duties, and in 1952 he attended the Royal Air Force Staff College In 1953 he was sent to Malaya to form and to command the Helicopter Wing, which also included a Naval Squadron He had, therefore, been very closely associated with helicopter operations for two and a half years Wing Commander Williams was now serving at the Air Ministry, in the Directorate of Air Transport Operations He is a Member of the Association