1980s
Sorry to hear the news John
Enjoyed your fathers presence at Valley when i was first there from 1981-85 in those days he was busy test flying Hawks out of maintenance, working sim details and doing a bit of Lobster Potting as a sideline.
Stories of his early days in flying, the loss rates on the Meteor quite hair raising. I recall he said the OCU at Driffield lost something like 50 pilots in a year.
Sad loss.