Originally Posted by
Loski
I Think the blade was changed in the mid 80s to prevent damage to dingys when ditching at sea
Graham
The change was much earlier than that: my original issue in 1968 was the stabbing knife and ISTR the curved blade arrived very early 1970, although supply could have begun late 1960s with the lazy supply chain to the RN!
Delays in flying clothing were legendary: as the Junior Joe on 826NAS I was the boss’s copilot and he declared the squadron unavailable when my two piece goon suit had a fault which couldn’t be fixed nor replaced. Heads rolled and the first of the new one piece green goon suits magically appeared out of stores to restore the squadron to full OR
