Chipmunk Frames at Manston
Just dropping on to the thread, I used to go to Manston with 358 Squadron from Welling between 1962 and 1963 and have the following aircraft in my 3822;
WK 520 date 27/07/62
WP 970 date 20/08 62
WP 837 date 01/12/63
WP 837 date 06/06/64
Main memories are aeros over Pegwell Bay, how bloody difficult it was to walk out to the aircraft with the chute hanging down behind your backside and being asked if you wanted to go out and do a pass over Radio Caroline out in the Thames Estuary.
The name Ken Fluck rings a bell, a name like that certainly would do especially if it is the guy I remember, as he was a Met policeman and an instructor at our Squadron, he was quite tall, all policemen were in those days and he used to ride one of the police Velocette Noddy bikes. quite a sight complete with pointy helmet as nobody had got to the point where crash helmets were considered a requirement. I left the ATC to join up in Jan 65 and come across Coff a fair bit on the Albert thread in Military forum.
Jumping forward rather in 1987 I was posted to Abingdon after three years on the Tonka toy at Laarbruch on 16 and was pleased to see at least one of the Chipmunks I had flown in at Manston was still trundling round the circuit, unfortunately at this distance in time I can't remember which.