After completing my pre-Vulcan Buccaneer lead-in course
, I held at RAF Biggin Hill awaiting my fate.
One day we shifted a filing cabinet, from behind which fell a piece of yellowing foolscap dated around 1955. It contained some fascinating gems, in particular that
'Meteor aircraft are not to be flown below 50ft in the designated low flying areas' and
'Airmen are not to hitch rides on the wings of Meteors as a means of crossing the aerodrome' - but the one I liked best was
'Of the 34 RAF stations in Home Command in the south of England holding Battle of Britain days this summer........'
I have a copy of the 1953 RAF Merryfield BoB At Home day programme - something like 20 different types of RAF and RN aircraft in the static display.....