European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 the stars and stripes monday augut 31, 1959 Craf retains air gunnery title sweeps laurels 111 2cl annual nato meet Cazaux France special a team of Royal Canadian air Force pilots won the Guynemer trophy for the second straight year in the International air to air gunnery meet  second annual gunnery con test was sponsored by the a Tocoma of Allied air forces Central Europe air6ent. The canadians also placed first second and third in individual scoring in the contest. Eight teams from six countries took part in live and Cine gun camera shoot ing Over the Atlantic off Cazaux. The total of the nato assigned canadians was 1,697 Points. In Sec Ond place with 1,427 Points waste fighter come team of the Royal air Force. The third spot went to the Royal air Force stationed in Germany with 1,075points. Fourth was the 1st tactical air omd team of the French air Force fifth belgian air Force sixth Royal Netherlands air Force seventh air defense come of the French air Force and eighth the . Air  individual scorer with 511 Points was David j. Barker of Lakeview ont based with the Craf s no. 4 fighter Wing Ambaden Soellinger Germany. Canadian flight it William  of Calgary Alberta from the Craf s no. 1 fighter Wing a Marville France was second with 448 Points. Award ceremony in third Slot was flight it Al Fred f. Mcdonald of Barrie  with the Craf s no. C fighter Wing at we Brucken Ger Many with 404 Points. Top scorer for the . Team was1st it Edward p. Schmit jr., with 255 Points. Gen Leon w. Johnson us fair Deputy for supreme head quarters Allied Powers in Europe presented the Guynemer trophy to the Canadian team capt inflight it Ronald Mcgarva. The canadians also received per Sonal congratulations from the commander of the Craf s nato air division in Europe air vice marshal Larry e. Wray. The Safe runner up trophy was presented by Johnson to the Royal air Force fighter com team Captain Squadron Leader a e. Bairstow. Command changes former Pentagon officer assumes 3d inf div Post i ? & Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial it col Raymond d. Hill for the last four years on duty in the Pentagon with the office of the army s Deputy chief of staff for personnel has assumed duties As assistant chief of staff go forthe 3d inf div it was announced Here. He succeeds it col William , who has been reassigned to 7th army he at Stuttgart. This is Hill s third tour of duty in Germany. In 1944 he was wounded in Western German while in combat with the 30th inf Ai inv 6rlnafi Gen Leon w. Johnson shape air Deputy presents the Guynemer trophy to flight it Ronald Mcgarva Leader of winning Royal Ca Nadian air Force team at the second annual International air to air gunnery meet at Cazaux France. Air cent photo Bonn troops Start giant Man Euver Stuttgart Germany up West Germany s largest army Man Euver of the year started herewith a mock Battle involving More than 18,000 men. The exercise was to last three Days. The troops divided  tacking and defending forces Willman Euver across the South Ger Man Countryside in a test of the flexibility of West Germany s new armed forces in the stress of Bat the. More than 200 planes of the new Luftwaffe Are also taking part in the exercise commanded by it Gen Max Pemsel. Naco sets to display models at air show Frankfurt special three Northern area come first place winners in the Usa eur Model plane contest will participate inthe 50th annual Frankfurt Aero nautical exhibition to be held atthe Frankfurt City Hall sept. 4. The three who will display their prize winning planes Are sgt Colin a Campbell he 24th engr up sgt James 3b. Strong pc Btry 73d arty and m sgt nest , 509th pm depot 7th army aviation up shows trigger Talent by Ernie Weatherall staff writer Wertheim Germany is the 7th army aviation up is determined to prove to the ground forces that they can Josh debt As Well As they can Fly. Two Lucius c. Frye a former infantry sergeant from Alexandria va.,is putting together a shoot ing team he Hopes will Start giving the other commands something come the next to worry about Sarteur shoot. Frye a helicopter Pilot has just won a leg on the new group com Mander s trophy with a pistol team he led made up of shooters from his outfit the 59th trans helicopter co. We just grabbed any weapons we could find on the Racks soothe score was not too impressive Frye explained. But when we Detour match Type weapons Well be right in there. To modify weapons when we form our a Marksman ship detachment for the 7th army support command he explained we Hope to be Able to get our weapons modified for accuracy to compete in  Frye and 1st it Theo r. Rober son of Dallas tex., and another former infantryman have Bee Busy All summer rebuilding the pistol and Rifle Range at the 59th shome station Here. The first match was held Las week on the new 600-Yard Range for the group commander Strophy. Shooters liked the Range so Well that they have been coming Back to practice. Our next project is to hold shooting clinic Here Frye explained. Well take Guys who know How to shoot from different outfits and teach them How to teach  when they go Back they can new Abc Field director Frankfurt special Stephenp Vliek of Dallas pa., is the new american red Cross Field director with the 3d army div s combat coma a succeeding Robert Dean who has returned to the . Start their own unit Rifle and pistol teams. When we go out to represent the 7th support come at Theu Sarteur shoot Well grab the Best shooters for the  s shooting jacket is almost hidden with championship patches from the various matches he has won. He also shot in the biggest one of All the National Competition at Camp Perry Ohio. But Frye has Only one thing on his mind right at the moment. I want to build a pistol an Rifle team that will let those infantrymen know we Guys in army aviation know How to shoot too he said. Set record in Perry Windup Camp Perry Ohio ii the . Army Blue team fired record shattering 1,170 Points to win the infantry trophy match which ended the 1959 Rifle championships. It. Bettered its last year s record by 106 Points. The . Marine corps Eastern team was second with 985 while the army s 3d army Gold team was third with959. The win was an anticlimax tothe army s unprecedented first four places won the previous Darin the National trophy team Rifle matches against 149 service and civilian teams. Army teams won six of the seven Rifle team matches. Which made up the High powered phase of the month Long National matches. The Marine corps won one team match. During this year s matches the army s new distinguished Marks Manship medals were  of the first specimens was made by army chief of staff Gen Lyman l. Lemnitzer. The medal is identical to that awarded to civilians in top level marksmanship tests but has a top bar attached which identifies the wearer As a member of the ".  previously both civilians and soldiers received identical badges with "." emblazoned on the bar. Two Lucius of Frye left of the 59th trans helicopter co pre w 5�  by a co maj Glendon qmenfen4t,sks.1 Tatol team won a leg on the pistol Competition a Pfeto b div. He came to Germany again in 1947, serving three years in this country. 4th Akmid div it col h. Bev Erly Boyle jr., who has just completed a course at the Industrial College of the armed forces i Washington arrived in Germany to serve As division quartermaster and co of the 4th pm in. It col Charles l. Anderson formerly co of the 5th evacuation Hospital at it Bragg n.c., is the new division surgeon succeeding it col Carrol s. Svare who has been appointed surgeon of the Southern european task Force a Verona Italy. At Verona Svare replaces it col Frank j. Vita who has been reassigned to Naples Italy. 8th inf div chaplain it col Osborne e. Scott formerly As signed to the chaplains school att. Slocum n.y., is the protestant chaplain of this division s artillery in Germany. 504th inf it col Harry , former Roth group instructor in Fargo n.d., is the new Deputy co of this unit in Ger Many. 26th inf. It col George , former assistant chief of staff g2 of the 8th inf div is the new executive officer of this Battler Otap in Germany. 62d medical up it col Stan Ley g. Wordley formerly medical personnel procurement officer forthe state of Louisiana and military District of Louisiana is the new executive officer of this group i Germany. Northen area come it col James r. Burkhardt is the new co of this command s Giessen Post. He comes to Germany from it. Sam Houston tex., where hews chief of the plans and pro Grams division of the go sectional 4th army he. Missile safety to be theme Washington special some350 representatives of the army Navy air Force and Marine corps plus officers from the British and Canadian air forces will meet i los Angeles sept. 9-11 for the first annual conference on missile safety. A joint air Force aircraft Industry venture the Parley will bring together missile men and representatives of some 75 Cana Dian and . Corporations to seek solutions to missile safety prob lems. The group will discuss All aspects of missile safety from the design Board to the target Theair Force said. One of the chief speakers willbe maj Gen Joseph d. Caldara the air Force s Deputy inspector general for safety. Discussions in closed sessions will cover Ai defense tactical and strategic missile safety. The conference will review safety Progress to Date seek solutions to current problems an forecast future problems with the objective of providing Early preventative action. Moms daughters to vie in Holiday Ball game Karlsruhe Germany special a Mother daughter softball game will highlight an american youth activities track and Field meet hereon labor Day sept. 7. Bicycle and foot races obstacle courses and baseball throws for both distance and accuracy Are also scheduled events which will Star Tat 4 pm at the Smiley Barracks track and football Field