RAF/FAA .. 1946-1970 the forgotten years.. a program which covers the globe with stories, footage , interviews, recoveries , of the losses at home whilst transitioning from prop to Jet.
And the many conflicts we were involved in since WW2 , Mau Mau, Malaya, Palastine,Aden, Suez, Cold war etc etc , lots to learn about, and a subject that sadly those who were part of those historical times we are losing through age ,faster than we care to realise,and we might get to see rare footage of the likes of Brigand,Hornet,Lncoln,and maybe possibilities of recoveries of rare types .
Most of the people I have interviewed in the past couple of years have been in there 70s, and this was looking for aircraft losses from 1950 to 1970.. the last aicraft I have been looking at with the youngest crew to contact would now be aged 67 years old, and most remembering the 1950s in there 80s.
Thats my reasoning behind such a program . .. it also would show the massive amount of work our air services have done since WW2, which sadly , many only find those five years of WW2 of any interest ??. as Important as those dark days of WW2 are to all of us who enjoy our freedoms, I feel so much has been done since, and we are at risk of losing so many interesting stories and history if we do not try to record it. in some way or another 🙂
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