Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
BEagle, agree your point about motivation. My first acquaint was at Hooton Park. My next, in the CCF, was at RAF Silloth with lunch in the Mess served by a cpl pilot and later a flight in a Hastings to RAF Aldergrove. Camps at RAF Topcliffe, RAF Manby, and RAF Upwood followed.
I even remember the MQs at RAF West Kirby reserved for 'wives of . . .' for airmen on 12 month unaccompanied tours. I didn't understand at the time, but that was a downside even then.
PN your memories reminded me of a tale an old mate of mine told me about his first ATC camp at Tangmere in 1943. He got a flight in a Dominie (DH Rapide) over the channel with the might of the Luftwaffe fighter force just a few miles away....
What would Heath and safety say nowadays?
