I first met Dick as a young(ish) SAC Ops clerk at Upavon in 1975 when he shared the Heli Tasking Office with Uncle T W and P L. I would pass him either early morning as I went home after nights or in the evening as he went home at the end of the day and was going back on shift. He always recognised me and waved from his VW Beetle as we passed. A few years later as a trainee Sgt Crewman on the Wessex OCU, he insisted that I was his crewman to return to Upavon for a meeting, with the instruction that I return to Ops and show off a bit. His demise was a true loss to the SH force.