He was my Step-Grandfather, until his untimely death in the Syerston crash in a Vulcan. I never knew him, and he was in my family for a very short period of time. In a recent attic clearout, I came across a 5 Sqn pewter tankard which belonged to him. It is fairly bashed up, and has clearly seen some quality action!
To cut a long story short, a friend of mine works on (the newly reformed) 5 Sqn as a Flt Cdr on Sentinels, and so I gave him the tankard to benefit the Sqn, and said to use it as he wishes. It turns out he'll be pressing it into regular service as a CR pot in the Sqn bar, which I thought was great news - better than it gathering dust in an attic somewhere.
So, having asked around, the surviving members of my family don't really know much about him, hence this post. I gather he became a Rolls Royce TP after leaving the RAF, but have no knowledge of his time in the RAF other than, of course, he was on 5 Sqn.
It would be good for my friend on 5 to be able to say a few words about the man who's tankard has ended up back on the Sqn after all these years. All dits and info gratefully received and duly passed on.
