I did 4 years on 30,but never felt the same about the squadron as I did 48.Of course having one's first tour at Changi, newly married,new aircraft etc plus lots of great young co-pilots, many of whom we are still in contact with ( Angus, the Steves, Ron J,Norman H, Ed V,plus the much missed George & Graham etc etc ) and some brilliant captains ( Sir John, Dave Carter, Don K, Bob O etc ), meant that the next tour was never going to be quite the same.
Arriving back at Fairford in winter, the awful quarter at South Cerney ( at least it made us go straight into the housing market aged 23 & 20! ) and pilots I didn't think were a patch on what I had become used to - sorry guys if any of you read this - meant I was grumpy to start with. I think the only person from 30 I'm still mates with is Joe O, apart from the few who had also come from 48.
Despite that congratulations to 30 Sqn! Well done!
48 centenary next April ( 2016 )!