Farmer George (#10018) we shall all look forward to your father's story, I know that seeking it out is an emotional experience and I too have often asked myself
why didn't you talk to him more when he was alive?
The Khormaksar Kids eagerly spotted everything that flew around Aden 1951/52, down to the scavenging kite-hawks, but I never saw a Catalina and I don't know if there was a beaching ramp. There was an extensive RAF Marine Unit near Maala village about halfway between Khormaksar and Steamer Point but flying-boat ops were not mentioned. I wonder how the Sunderlands staged to the Far East, where they served until the late 1950s?
Chug, I agree with all you say, and I wonder how many others were scarred as deeply as though they had been hit by shrapnel, just as too many Service personnel are today. And that's before the ambulance-chasing lawyers get after them … but I'd better stop at this point before I raise the crewroom's collective blood pressure.
