I'm sad to learn this. When he was Stn Cdr at Newton I remember him coming along to fly on a fairly regular basis. He always got on well with the students and we often enjoyed some of his hilarious anecdotes, especially the one dating back to his time on Hunters where a formation had to be sent up to cross out a very rude vapour trail that he'd inadvertently made on a weather check flight
RIP and condolences to his family.