robertfauchon
Re Coningsby,
I was sure I'd been there in '70 - checked my log book, 3rd May positioned from Fairford, 4th Coningsby to Akrotiri, 5th did the return, 6th Coningsby to Akrotiri, 7th Akrotiri back to Fairford. We were moving ground crew and equipment for a Phantom squadron detachment to Akrotiri.
Many years later I was reading "Bugs'' Bendell's memoir and he mentioned the same detachment while a Flt Cdr on 6 Sqn. Just taken his book off the shelf and he was on the 1st OCU course which started at Coningsby in the autumn of '68.
A Vulcan wing ( 9,12 and 35 Sqns ) had been there until Nov 64 when it moved to Cottesmore. I don't know if Coningsby was active between Nov 64 and late 68.