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Old 27th May 2005, 16:50
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blaireau
 
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Very belatedly stumbled on this thread and have thoroughly enjoyed it. As a 16ish year old CCF cadet, I got a ride in the T7 at Farnborough with the late Neil Williams. Must have been about 1962. Jet jaunts were fairly rare for sprogs then, and after all the "stunting and twirling", it was an influence on my later embarking on a stunning military career.

Reading the Korean contribution reminded me of meeting Oelof Bergh at Mountbatten (during a wet and windy survival interlude.) By his and other accounts, he was less than a model prisoner of the North after attack/reattack on their ground pounders and picking up ricochets leading to jumping out. Most of his time was spent in solitary, as apparently each time they let him out, he bashed some more guards. Anyone else remember him? He could sure put them away.

I seem to recall the OIC ground crew was referred to as the Sqn Technical Officer. My old man was just such a one on 234 at Geilers.
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