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Old 14th Jun 2015, 08:48
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ian16th
 
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One piece that I would love to know the home of, is the companion of this:


The picture shows Sir Alan Cobham presenting a trophy to the OC of 617, Wing Co. Bastard. It commemorated the 1st non-stop flight from the UK to Australia in 1961.

A few days later, Sir Alan presented the companion piece to 214 Sqdn, who as he said, 'Did all the work'!

This was at a far less formal occasion, attended by all the Sqdn personnel, aircrew and ground crew, in working blue.

That night we had a tremendous thrash in the Families Club at Marham and that was the last time I saw the trophy.

The picture is from the book 'In Cobhams' Company', a must have, for anyone interested in the history of AAR.

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