Last weekend Mrs SD and I attended an antiques fair in Worcestershire. The pickings weren't good - it was really only one step up from a jumble sale - but one stall had a few bits of aviation memorabilia, including a framed print commemorating a Red Arrows display in 1969. The seller told me that it had come from a house downsizing he'd helped with and I was intrigued enough to pay the modest price asked.
I have tried to ID the signatures based on the list of previous team members at the RAF's Red Arrows team page. For 1969 that list is as follows:
Leader Sqn Ldr R G Hanna, 2 Fit Lt P R Evans, 3 Fit Lt D A Smith, 4 Fit Lt R B Duckett, 5 Fit Lt R Perreaux, 6 Fit Lt JT Kingsley, 7 Fit Lt I CH Dick, 8 Fit Lt JD Rust, 9 Sqn Ldr R P Dunn, Manager Flt Lt P Mackintosh, Engineer Fg Off G E White, Adjutant Fit Lt R Dench
Those positions don't quite match the signatures by the formation. From top to bottom of the formation drawing I can make out:
First row - Euan Perreaux
Second row - ?, Doug Smith
Third row - I Dick, J Kingsley?, ?
Fourth row - J Rust, Peter Evans
Fifth row - Dick Duckett
The lead (third row right) is definitely not Ray Hanna (examples of his signature can be found online). The first signature of the second row might possibly be Dunn, but it's hard to say.
Of the other signatures, one is clearly Ivor Broom, who some research shows was Commandant CFS at the time. The one at bottom left might be G E White (EngO). I can't make out the third, at top left.
So, who are the unknown signatures? And where is Ray Hanna's?
