RAF Auxiliaries & ATC
In posts 3655/6 Danny and Blacksheep refer to the co existence of the local ATC Squadron at RAF Thornaby.
As this thread has become an excellent historical record of the RAF in the 50's I wanted to ask about this. In my days in the ATC, some of us cadets used to put on our uniforms and cycle 8 miles to 614 sqdn at Llandow where we would spend a happy few hours helping to refuel the FB5's and the one T7 (they also had a Meteor 8 which was a bit of a hangar queen as no-one liked the ejection seat). I can still remember that the FB5 main tank held 395 gallons, and I also remember helping to hold the tail booms down after a wet start. Occasionally we were rewarded with a flight in the back seat of the T7, although I never managed that myself. This activity was completely unofficial and carried out on our own initiative. I am therefore surprised that "the cadets of 1261 Squadron were invisible to the real Air Force", to use Blacksheep's words.
Last edited by pulse1; 13th Apr 2013 at 07:28.