Dick Stratton
Yesterday 12th October 2007 at 13:00hrs Banbury Crematorium we all celebrated the life of a true aviation legend. The turn out was amazing and a large number of us had to stand outside. We would have stood there in a storm had there been one.
The ceremony included a reading of High Flight, the RAF Hymn and an Address by Air Vice Marshal John Brownlow which raised many a smile.
Finally just as the curtains closed, with RAF timing and precision, a lone jet arrived overhead in the clouds, turned hard, opened the throttle and departed. (Odd thing is, no one seems to know who organised a fly past).
The wake at RAF Bicester (Windrushers) was in true Dick Stratton fashion and humour, someone asked who the CAA man was, as it was rumoured they had sent someone along just to make shure it was not one of Dicks tricks to catch them out.
Dick - We thank you with all our hearts, you will not be forgotten.
Last edited by renegadespirit; 15th Oct 2007 at 07:49.