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Old 1st Oct 2015, 13:33
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Byron Jones - flew Mustangs from D-Day, de-mobbed at the end, recalled during Korean war and converted to Vampires, became ATCO at Southampton and Farnborough.
Bob Hutchinson - flew Spitfires during the war, had a few 'kills'. Told me he was doing an airtest one day in 1944 with no ammo; saw a dark shape go past with what looked like a flame from the rear (V1), turned and gave chase but couldn't catch it and had no ammo anyway. Became an ATC assistant at SATCC/LATCC serving at Uxbridge, Heathrow and West Drayton.
One of the senior controllers at LATCC during my period there (1969 -1971) was Des O'Connell who had a badly burned face picked up while flying in the war but I don't know what he flew.
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