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Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2014, 21:36
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

I've forgotten.

I've forgotten.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2014, 21:22
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

I've been demobbed 49 years and we still have...

I've been demobbed 49 years and we still have some RAF towels!

I honestly wish we could buy more of them.

They don't make 'em like that any more.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2014, 13:07
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

On the day that the Royal Air Force is 96 years...

On the day that the Royal Air Force is 96 years old, you realise that it was only 34 years and 7 weeks when you joined :bored:

....and not quite 47 when you were demobbed :uhoh:

Happy Birthday!
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2014, 14:28
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

It is not just a matter of when he enlisted, in...

It is not just a matter of when he enlisted, in 1957 we did not have the check character, it was a matter of if he was still serving at the time of the change.

Yes there were seperate groups of...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2014, 10:03
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

I understand that the 'check character' was added...

I understand that the 'check character' was added in 1965. When the RAF was 'computerising' its personel records.

I commenced my demob leave in Feb 65 and I was apparantly one of the last people...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2014, 14:13
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

Yes. :ok: I'd like to be able to buy them...

Yes. :ok:

I'd like to be able to buy them today.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2014, 21:34
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

NAAFI tea was 1½d and a ticket to the Astra was 6d

NAAFI tea was 1½d and a ticket to the Astra was 6d
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2014, 16:28
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

Those of us stationed there had unlimited...

Those of us stationed there had unlimited Algerian 'ruff red' with both lunch and dinner :ok:

When I stepped out of the Beverley, I was an innocent 20 year old, who'd never drunk wine or set foot...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2014, 14:58
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

I did many more pax hours in civilian life, than...

I did many more pax hours in civilian life, than in my 13 years service. A lot of it intercontinental, travelling business class :D. The best was the sadly now defunct Varig. A classic example of a...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2014, 11:06
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

In Bomber Command, Station Flight was usuallly 1...

In Bomber Command, Station Flight was usuallly 1 or 2 Ansons and a few Chippies. (Should that be Chippy's?).

As much as I am enjoying this thread, shouldn't it be over in 'Aviation History and...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2014, 07:39
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

NCO Aircrew

Slight thread drift.

My 1st posting after of Boys training was Bomber Command Bombing School Lindholme. May 1954

The a/c were Lincolns and Varsity's, many of the Pilots were NCO's and a lot of...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2014, 19:07
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

If you handed in your Ration Book at...

If you handed in your Ration Book at attestation!:sad:
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2014, 07:08
Replies: 234
Views: 56,234
Posted By ian16th

When your attestation date was closer to the...

When your attestation date was closer to the Wright Brothers 1st flight, than your latest birthday is to Gagarin's 1st space flight.
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