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Old 28th Aug 2018, 14:23
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Ormeside28
 
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When I rejoined in Feb 1951 my first posting, to await further training, was to Valley as a Link Training Instructor. Nobody was interested in the Link, so I attached myself to 20 Squadron. I was able to go with Jo Halkirk and Zenon Zmitrowicz in the back of their Beaufighters on Army Co-op down at Towyn, and fly in the right hand seat of the Oxford on similar missions. Jo and Zenon flew the Beaufighter, Spitfires,Oxford and Vampires.. I started to fly the Meteor, unofficially, by the Wing Co Of the AFS when it moved in, but before too long I was sent on the Wings Refresher Course at Oakington. Many years later when a Controller at the MHQ at Pitreavie, Jo Halkiew was the W/O Discip. A great man. He resupplied Warsaw in a Halifax in 1945, and had a top Polish medal for gallentary. Danny will remember him at Valley
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