I posted the following in the Military forum, and got no reponses, although there were over 200 visits. I wonder if it is OK to repeat it in the History threads. It seems to me that this 50th anniversary merits a mention.
On 30 August 1958 Flt Lt Owen Watkinson of 8 Sqd RAF based at RAF Sharjah lost his life in the crash of his Venom on the plateau of Jebel Akhdar in Oman. The remains of his aircraft and his grave are still up there at 2000m (see my record at http://l.garey2.googlepages.com/home and http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=319277).
As I shall be in Oman on the 50th anniversary, 30 August 2008, I am hoping to lead a small group back up to the crash site, and I wonder if anyone on this forum has any memories of or insight into this sad event.
I should especially like to hear from any former colleagues or more recent members of 8 Sqd, or indeed from Omani colleagues.
Laurence