Originally Posted by
DODGYOLDFART
In November 1957 most of the UK military fell foul of the Asian Flu epidemic. Many RAF stations were forced to close as the Sick Quarters and medics became overwhelmed. I was serving at Church Fenton (not a happy place) on night fighters at the time when the station closed down almost completely for several weeks. I was one of the lucky ones who get sent home fully fit but went down with flu the day before I was due to return and had a further two weeks recuperating.
Anyone still around with memories from those heady days?
I was a spotty 16 year old apprentice at Locking. The powers that be thought the best solution was to put 3 tier bunks in a few wooden billets and see how many people they could jam in. It was the same principle as a leper colony. We must have been pretty resilient. We all survived .