Originally Posted by
Captain Radar....
It is Leuchars, we were on det there (TFM or APC?) and the aircrew threw 1000 pounders around, a bit of a change from their usual recce job. We erks lived under canvas by the SAR compound and took our turn at night doing armed guard (with pick axe handles) on Harriers. Unless I'm very much mistaken that's me (as a FLM) strapping the nav in with my mate Viv taking care of the pilot. Happy days.................................(and I do have some piccies of my time on II (AC) and later XV at Laarbruch somewhere but at the time we weren't allowed to take many and get away with it!)
That was my 18th birthday on that detachment and I was on fire picket, drunk as a skunk and burned my backside on the paraffin heater in our tent when I sat on it.
The pubs in the village closed at 10 pm and we went from the pub to a shop which sold beefburgers at night or we had half a yak and chips from the chip shop.
My time at laarbruch on 2 sdn as a flm was the happiest time of my life, oh to be 18 and do it all again.
Would love to meet up with any of the flms from 2sdn again, pick on one you pick on ten was the battle cry and riding shotgun to the lox bay with Tim covens in a green and yellow 153 was the highlight of a swing shift..