Training Ethiopian Canberra pilots at RAF Manby and Bassingbourn
Hello all. This is a long shot, but was anyone here (or knows someone) that was with 231 OCU at Bassingbourn back in the late 1960s? I'm specifically looking for anyone that remembered training four Ethiopian pilots on the Canberra. In particular, do they remember the tall pilot, Amha Desta, that was rejected from the course after it was discovered he was too tall for a safe ejection?
Or anyone that was at RAF Manby and remembers training them on Jet Provosts. Both cases would have been late 1967 and into 1968. I'd be grateful for anyone that has memories to share on this topic!
Last edited by nazca_steve; 18th June 2019 at 05:36.