My Swansong from the Royal Air Force. (1973) On arrival back at Waddington we were to take part in the UK-USAAF Bombing and Navigation Competition. The day after the competition the results came through. Bomber [more…]
RAF Akrotiri, Bomber Wing. April 1972 Within ten days of arriving in Cyprus I was detailed for a Ranger to Masirah in **XH562, with Flt Lt Julian Flood as Captain. A three nights, four days [more…]
Masirah. The Jewel of the Arabian Sea Masirah is twenty odd miles off the coast of the Sultanate of Oman. This was a wartime airfield but not where the airfield now lies. The island was [more…]
Moonflower to Butterworth. (May,1969) We left Waddington, in **XM652 with Flt Lt Tony Semark as Captain. Down the route to Cyprus. The next leg on to Muharrg, Bahrain. The next day to Gan, Maldives. On [more…]
To rescue Bootsy, then Pensacola Feb,1969 I was detailed to fly with Squadron Leader Robert Wood in **XM603 on a CBLR, (Cyprus Bombing Lone Ranger), plus to bring back the Station Commander of Waddington, Group [more…]
Vulcan B Mk 2 XH557 My holiday was over; it was now time to do what I was trained for at Coningsby. It is funny I have never been posted there, but all the units [more…]
Mexico & Jamaica At 139 Jamaica Squadron we enjoyed two great detachments. The Squadron was going on a Goodwill visit to Mexico City, as guests of the Mexican Air Force. We were going via Goose [more…]
No.88 Squadron Goes To War In 1961 the Squadron went to war. General Kassim/Qassim the ruler of Iraq decided Kuwait was theirs, they may have been right, but Britain had a defence agreement with the [more…]
Shakespeare and the V-Bombers When the old 542 Squadron disbanded, the manning people at Bomber Command allowed us to go to a station of our choosing. This was to say you had a rough time [more…]
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