November 4,
Thanks for that, it was a long time ago and I'm sure that was taken by one of our accompanying line tradesmen when we were sent to operate from Bahrain when the Riyadh detachment returned to Lyneham. I believe we had 4 crews, each with its own allocated GE and 3 Aircraft with around 20 Line tradesmen to support the detachment. I was allocated to Flt Lt John Woods 30 Sqdn crew ? Probably much to his dismay, but to my delight. As fine a bunch as anyone could hope for. It was taken with my camera, so the date stamp might be inaccurate (I can't ever remember setting it), or as you suggest, it might have been taken in Riyadh earlier on !
Just looking at my records ;
DATE From/To DAYS Away SQDN. HOURS FLOWN TASK
4-Feb-91 26-Feb-91 23 Various. 85.25 Op Granby Riyadh
31-Mar-91 - 3-May-91 34 30 Sqd 129.05 Op Granby Bahrain
That would tie up with the photograph being taken at Riyadh.
Smudge
