Originally Posted by
Mike Read
Ricardian,
The Meteors were used in 1968/9 for FAC training occasionally. The Meteor flight commander was Dave Chaiken and the Meteor IRE was Flt Lt Dave (?) Hill. There were also two Chipmunks (Flt Lt Bill Arrowsmith) moved to Chivenor from Middle Wallop for introduction flights for pongos. I flew FAC sorties in all three types. Dec 68 took Lt S. and Capt. W. up in back seat of T7 and a couple of days later in Hunter T7.
Thanks for that Mike. Bill Arrowsmith was the chap whose name escaped me. A donkey walloper (Maj Dick Gravestone?) was the GLO who liaised with local farmers for ground based locations. Interesting times training AAC heli pilots to be FAC or ACO especially when the AAC refuelling tanker got bogged down in heavy ground.