Pembroke C Mk 52

Outside the Swedish Air Force Museum at Linköping, part of a larger photo of the whole line-up, taken in 2004.

My stint on 112 Sqn didn’t last long – the Bloodhound era for that squadron began at Woodhall Spa, where I helped to erect a brand new T87 radar out of packing cases, with much swearing involved. Almost as soon as we had it up and running, we had to dismantle and repack it again! (That’s the RAF for you!).
A very small group of us carted it down to Aberporth, thus missing the sunshine of Cyprus, enjoyed by the rest of the Squadron.
Instead we had to build it again (in the process breaking the ribs of one of our number when the extraordinarily crude gantry crane let go one day and the hand winch rotated faster than a Spitfire propeller). At least we subsequently had the satisfaction of guiding several very expensive missiles into Cardigan Bay. Even though they didn’t have warheads, at least one went straight through the middle of a radio-controlled Meteor – more taxpayer’s money down the drain!
Just got back from a day trip to Copenhagen for a business meeting (9 hour round trip) so I’m too tired to write more, but I hope this thread flourishes!
I must mention the Russian spy trawlers one day.

Take a bike to the side where the Vulcan is! AFAIK there is no public transport at all on that side! (Mind you, it’s 51 years since I lived on the base!)

Mosquito in EAA Museum

Is this the Kermit Weeks one? Photographed in the EAA Museum at Oshkosh in 2003.

BASpeedbird001

Gordo wrote “As someone a little in the know can I post some answers:”

Hardly “pretend to know it all!” as you claim.

How is it, with your own contacts with the SCG group, that you cannot refute his information with any facts that your colleagues in that group could supply?

I am one of the many who are very proud of Concorde but accept that circumstances have led to permanent grounding, which is unfortunate but a fact of life.

EDO XOSE

And a couple of pictures from the same source.

Couldn’t both staff statements be correct?
Eviction because of lack of BA maintenance support?

It would be nice if you had the time and inclination to write a similar but fully correct article for Flypast magazine . . .
I for one would greatly appreciate it!
I have come across so may perpetuated mistakes in compiling my personal database (of first flights) it can be extremely difficult to know what really is the truth. Here in Sweden I do not have access to many great sources that are available in the UK, so my project is very long drawn out (5 years so far and still counting!)