John Blackmore was my father. He set up No 5 AEF in the 1950`s and I was a very frequent visitor as a little girl - almost every weekend - and ran the tuck shop in the 1960`s. I spent most of my childhood in the back seat of a Chipmunk doing Loop the Loops and Barrell Rolls.
He continued flying for the RAF as Reserve right up until his 65th Birthday and even managed a further couple of months after that day before his retirement was made official.
It was he who accepted the Husky on behalf of No 5 from Huey Green and I am sure I have a photo somewhere. Having recently moved, things are a little haywire still, and I am not sure where the photos are.
Dad lived for flying, and he was an absolutely amazing pilot. He should have received an MBE at the very least for all his services to the AEF but he was a bit of a `rascal`. Say no more.
