Perhaps some long standing members on here will remember Peter Davies ?
This was posted by Brian on the RAF Commands Forum…..
Blue Skies Peter
Resmoroh – Peter Davies
6 September 2024, 22:14
I very much regret to tell you Peter, my good friend, passed away on 11 August after a long illness; he was in his 89th year. I had known him since the mid-1980s so we went back a long way. Although a civilian for most of his Met Office career, he was also an officer in the RAF Reserve and spent much of 1982-85 with the Mobile Met Unit on Ascension Island or the Falklands. He eventually became its Second in Command on promotion to Sqn Leader in 1990 – and was even mobilised for the Balkans crisis after retiring in 1996.
Peter’s great interest in all things historical is reflected by his user name Resmoroh – Researching the Met Office Roll of Honour – a project we spent some eight years on. It involved putting together biographies of the 74 names on the Met Office Roll of Honour for WW1 and WW2, after we learnt the organisation had no knowledge about them. His skill in tracing the families and descendants was remarkable.
I miss him greatly.
Brian
By: adrian_gray - 24th September 2024 at 12:30
I wonder whether Peter was the reason I joined the Flypast forum back in the last century, as I found a met man in Newfoundland in my family, and *someone* put me onto a historian who helped me try to track him down (he eventually turned up in Arizona, hard to get further away from Newcoundland!).
Whatever the reason, I’m sorry to hear of his death. Somehow “Blue skies” doesn’t seem a fitting valediction for a met man.
By: Peter - 22nd September 2024 at 15:38
Sorry to hear that Baz, thanks for letting us know. I do remember him from years past.
By: l.garey - 22nd September 2024 at 15:02
Sad news, Baz. I remember his posts well. Tempus fugit
Laurence
By: bazv - 22nd September 2024 at 10:01
Thanks for the kind replies all 🙂
I also used to wonder what ‘Resmoroh’ was short for 🙂
regards baz
By: Wyvernfan - 22nd September 2024 at 08:58
Sad to hear of another member from the glory days of the forum passing away. From a time of so much knowledge, experience, research, information and banter. Cheers Resmoroh !
Thanks for the post, Baz.
By: CeBro - 22nd September 2024 at 07:43
I remember him. Sorry to hear of his passing. The former forum was a great place with many passionate people who contributed a wealth of information. Those were the days.
Cheers
Cees
By: Bradburger - 21st September 2024 at 22:53
Sorry to here this.
I do remember the name Resmoroh and always wondered if it meant anything!
Thanks again to Bazv for informing us of Peter’s passing.
Cheers
Paul
By: hypersonic - 21st September 2024 at 18:03
Unfortunately, Peter was before my time on this Forum. However, I think the Met service are the un-sung hero’s of Aviation.
I passed throu’ ASI to / from Mount Pleasant (FI) twice in 1985 in the “delightful” Tristar. I thought ASI Met was provided by the USAF – but I could be wrong!
At Mount Pleasant, you could have 4 different types of weather in the time it took to eat your breakfast. So down there he would certainly have been very busy.
RIP Peter.
H
By: trumper - 21st September 2024 at 17:11
R I P Thank you for your service and thanks for letting us all know on here.
By: Dave Homewood - 21st September 2024 at 14:05
Sad news. RIP.
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