Tonight
Many of you might not have seen the Spitfire tribute outside
what was once the main gate to the factory at Castle Bromwich?
The Spitfires were rolled across the road from there onto the airfield for testing!
Alex attended the ceremony some years ago!
Anyway, I didn’t like it much at first but have grown to admire it greatly!
At night, the Spitfires are lit and it really does look quite magnificent!
Tonight some cadets from 165 ATC Squadron at Castle Vale and I placed some flowers
on the island below the great aircraft and said a few words to mark the passing of this great man and friend!
I trust you don’t mind me posting these but I would like to share them with everyone!
Birmingham shall never forget you Alex!
Andrew
A great man and Friend
Outside the office at Castle Bromwich
Flying again from Duxford in March 2005 (92 years old!)
Alex,
you never liked computers much so don’t know if you’ll get this?
You are one of the finest men I have ever had the privilege to know and also call a friend!
You are equally one of, if not the finest aviators my country has ever known!
You were a man of honour, integrity and justice in every sense of the word!
I shall miss our lunches and phone chats putting the World to rights in only the way we could!
Your energy, friendship and encouragement as you know, kept me going during some dark days
over the last 10 years! I only trust I can continue to instil the core values of men like yourself
into my Son as he grows? As I know if he is a 10th of what you were, he shall one day be a fine man!
Our Country and Birmingham has lost one of its heroes!
The Cape records shall always be yours and no one can deny,
when a Merlin is heard in the skies for years to come, it shall remain… Always… Your signature!
I shall miss you very much, I shall never forget you and what you stood for!
You put the ‘Great’ in Great Britain!
Thank you for all you did for me and my Country, ill raise a glass or two when next in Cape Town
God bless you
Your friend
Andrew
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