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Old 30th Oct 2015, 20:23
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Originally Posted by Wessex Boy
I went on cadet camp to Binbrook twice; '83 & '87,
I went there in Summer 1959, and had 2 trips in Anson T20 WJ514 of the Stn Flt, flown by the distinguished [to us] persona of Fg Off Jeremy Ffoliant-Foster and his enormous handlebar moustache.

What a marvellous recruitment image that was for an impressionable 14-yo.

Later experiences as a detached ATCO (late 60's, in GCA), and as a visiting 11 Gp Staff Officer, had other dimensions of course.
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