During my many years on Nimrods I was privileged to be involved in the scattering of the ashes of 2 ex RAF personnel. On each occasion the padre conducted a short service over the intercom & at the correct moment the ashes were dispatched down one of the sonobuoy launch tubes. As you can imagine these were both very moving occasions.
Re flypasts, after my father in law (ex WW2 Wellington Wop Ag) passed away 3 years ago, the service was held in Salisbury before retiring to our local Hampshire pub for the wake. OC 206 Sqn at Boscombe kindly supplied a Tucano which gave a spectacular flypast & wing over, bang on cue.
A fitting send off for a fine gentleman.
