Originally Posted by
Thud_and_Blunder
My turn
. Left the Army as L/Cpl Jun 76, commissioned RAF Sep 76 (OCTU), joined first Sqn (via JP3a, Whirlwind HAR10 and Wessex HU5/HC2) as substantive Plt Off Jul 78 - and that included a 2-week hold on 18 Sqn at Güt while the new Wessex 5 course was brought on line.
So, I must've been working on the Whirlwinds at Shawbury at the same time you were studenting?