R.Aux.A.F Video
mmitch,
Thank you for the video ! I must say, they gave the FCUs quite a fair share of the footage - pity the RAF Regt. auxiliaries didn't rate a mention, for they gave up their spare time to serve just as the Squadrons and FCUs had done. Nice to see the Mk. IVs doing their stuff - the last aircraft I flew !
Smujsmith,
Yes, it brings back vividly the atmosphere of those days. The Auxiliary story ended, for all intents and purposes, in 1958. But the Squadrons had a short but memorable history from the thirties onwards until then. Mobilised for WW2, many of the Squadrons fought in the Battle of Britain; several of the top-scoring fighter pilots were Auxiliaries.
Post war the 22 (?) Auxiliary Sqdns made up half (I have also heard a third) of the fighter squadron strength of the RAF. They were not "chocolate soldiers", but reckoned to be as efficient as the Regulars of Fighter Command.
Cheers to you both,
Danny