Squadron Leader Terry Bulloch – RIP

During the 1990’s I was a service manager for a Volvo dealership in Slough, Berkshire. I vividly remember a very personable old chap known as Captain Bulloch who was a regular customer, and I had the distinct impression from our casual conversation that he was a pilot. Looking at the picture in the obituary I’m fairly certain he was indeed Squadron Leader Terry Bulloch. I had no idea I was in the presence of such a hero and I now bitterly regret not having the opportunity of ‘shooting the breeze’ with him.

Rest in peace Captain Bulloch and sincere condolences to family and friends.

I interviewed Terry just over a year ago – a true gentleman and typically modest despite his tremendous achievements.

Captain Bulloch was in command of the BOAC flight that was caught in Cairo during the Suez crisis in 1956. Before the crew were spirited out of the country, they had to prevail upon him to leave his service revolver (apparently it was not that unusual for a BOAC Captain to still have one in 1956!) – which he hid in one of the lavatory cisterns in the Heliopolis Palace Hotel … wonder if its still there now??!! 🙂