Great little thread, which led me to dig out the little blue 3822. Enrolement 23rd May 1965.
41 launches from Kenley in the Mk3 3 of them on me own, and 12 in the Sedburgh.
The serials also lack the first two letters. Mk 3s 196,301,300, and Sedburgh 940
Seem to remember 196 crashing in the trees on the undershoot about 1969, and having the film recording the recovery of bits from the wood being removed from my camera by a surly NCO and exposed as he muttered something about the Russians needing info like that to assess our strength!
Instructors by the names of Nunn, Bellis Townsend Coomber White and Tarrant (civvies) and Vince, Crowley, Kemp (VRT)
Oh dear, just discovered Discharge Cert not complete. Better dig crab blue surge uniform out of Dad's loft and give it back!!
Just found at
http://www.ukserials.com/ 300 and 301 were XA. 300 destroyed in the Kenley hangar fire in 1978 and 301 written off in 1974. Can't find 196 anywhere