10 Sqn Royal Air Force - 100 yrs

[Exascot]

No. 10 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wishing all serving and past members of 10 Sqn a Happy 100th.

[Jetset 88]

HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY 10 Squadron

I echo the good wishes of ExAscot and wish all members of the Squadron and indeed all past members too, a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
The Squadron was formed at Farnborough on 1 January 1915 so
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY.
For those who were on the Squadron, or relatives of those who have passed away, why not join the 10 Squadron Association?
Visit HOME - 10 Squadron Association - Royal Air Force for 'How to Join' details.

[sharpend]

Happy days, gone forever.

[smujsmith]

I've never served on 10 Squadron, but have a lot to remember them for. They delivered me to my first overseas tour in 73 (Cyprus), they gave me a lift home to my Wedding in 74. They brought me back with a few injuries from the Gulf in late 1990. On a night stop at homestead in the early 90s, the Herk crew I arrived with bottled out of a night out, I joined the 10 Squadron crew for a night to remember. To all who did serve on 10 Squadron, thank you and sincere congratulations on your centenary. It's a proud history.

Smudge

[ancientaviator62]

Never served on 10 but like smudge was positioned by then several times.
Longest back from Easter Island and out to Nellis.
Here is a copy of a page from the log book of a gallant gentleman who did serve on 10 in WW2.

[ICM]

AA62: A computer outage means that I'm catching up on things, including this. Can I ask if you are any relation of the officer concerned? There are a number of clues on that page as to why he was a little special.

100 years ago today, 10 Squadron moved from Farnborough to Brooklands, where it began to build up to strength and training began. Some three months later it moved to Netheravon for operational workup before deploying to France towards the end of July.

[ancientaviator62]

ICM,
a PM is on the way.

[Roebuck]

My first posting out from Training was 10 at Cottesmore and eighteen very happy months later, the Sqdn disbanded. This was marked with a flypast of a diamond nine formation of our Victor Mk 1's, an incredible sight in 1964. I've watched much of Jaluqa's old footage but have never seen that particular flypast on video. My guess is that it was never recorded due to the facilities of the era, which if the case, is such a shame.

[Chugalug2]

Originally Posted by Roebuck

My first posting out from Training was 10 at Cottesmore and eighteen very happy months later, the Sqdn disbanded. This was marked with a flypast of a diamond nine formation of our Victor Mk 1's, an incredible sight in 1964. I've watched much of Jaluqa's old footage but have never seen that particular flypast on video. My guess is that it was never recorded due to the facilities of the era, which if the case, is such a shame.

Ironic that the first operational Victors were those of 10 Squadron at RAF Cottesmore in 1958, and film coverage of that does exist :-

The first operational RAF Handley Page Victors (1958) - YouTube

[ICM]

Roebuck: The F540 record shows that final formation was of just 5 aircraft on 28 February 1964, with the formal disbandment on the next day.



10 Squadron's rather longer era with the VC 10 was just over 2 years away.

[Roebuck]

Originally Posted by ICM

Roebuck: The F540 record shows that final formation was of just 5 aircraft on 28 February 1964, with the formal disbandment on the next day.



10 Squadron's rather longer era with the VC 10 was just over 2 years away.

I take issue with the record and am unable to 'unsee it' as I describe. To paraphrase, 'I counted them out, and I counted them in' as well as marshalling of course. Without prevaricating, 15 Sqdn over the runway from us with their Mk 1A's MAY have supplemented the number, bearing in mind the serviceability of the fleet, but a diamond nine most certainly did a flypast of Cottesmore as part of the disbandment as I claim. What I didn't mention was that as a finalé a single Victor did a high speed low level run down the centre line just like the short video posted above in response to my claim. A characteristic of this run was that pressure waves built up on the leading edges ilke a cloud and flipped backwards, to rebuild again, and flip off again. It was noted at the time that even hard bitten old Crew Chiefs had tears in their eyes. Two Crew Chiefs I remember fondly were 'Paddy' Algio, XA939 and Dave Forster (Not Foster) '938. '939 was the last Mk 1 to have a Major and i was part of Paddy Algio's ground crew that went in a crew bus to Radlett for the handover and to see it off. We took a brake parachute in the bus which meant no leg room for some of us (me!). The aircrew travelled separately of course. Just prior to emplaning, the Co as I remember, in the middle of the airfield, corrected an excessive hydration. I was shocked I tell you. One more little ramble, because we put in so much 'overtime', a book was raised to record it with a view to time off in lieu. We raised this with the Mk 2 Vulcan people that suddenly appeared and who immediately put us on 12 hour shifts, and guess what they said? In case the Vulcan mention raises an eyebrow, 3 Sqdns descended on Cottesmore from Scampton or Coningsby, 9, 35, & 617 from memory. I'll fetch m'coat.

Roebuck