I was stationed at RAF Celle in 1956-57 (I was very young). There were three squadrons 16,94 and 145 stationed there.
I am sure that one squadron flew Javelins, they were very modern in comparison with Venoms and the sound of the starter cartridges was unmistakable. I am sure it was not 16, doubt if it was 94 and suspect it was 145. I can find no record of this.
Is there anyone old enough who is still lucid who can remember this?
The Group Captain was Reg Tomalin who had dived for GB in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Good swimmers got very special treatment while rugby players worked a lot of shift-work. The famous Don Kingaby was the Wing-Co Flying and I played football with a F/O Osborne who I recently saw a picture of in the press.
There was still a curfew i.e you were permitted to die at Suez but not to be in the Zillertal after 10:30 pm. If there had have been a war the infamous SP Cpl Smith (there is a picture of him on the web somewhere) would have been fired on by both sides.
