Fatjoff
2nd Mar 2016, 19:28
Fellow pruners
I wonder if anyone out there is able to help trace aircrew who flew over Scotland last December.
I am currently stationed in North Yorkshire west of Harrogate where the guarding for the unit is MOD Police. One of our chief inspectors is the son of a Spitfire pilot who flew with 111 Sqn during WW2. Sadly, his father passed away in December 2014, and last December, he and his sister took his ashes back to his hometown in Scotland.
Whilst scattering the ashes, on 3 Dec 15 at approximately 1030hrs an aircraft flew over Carlingheugh Bay, north east of Arbroath, heading east. The aircraft then flew back over the North Sea about 45 minutes later, slightly higher and faster, over Lunan Bay near Montrose.
It turned out to be a bit of a spine-tingling moment because the aircraft appeared to waggle his wings as they were scattering his ashes. My colleague and his sister asked if I could help trace the aircraft so that they could personally write to thank the crew. The information as to the type they gave was fairly scant: black painted jet was about as much as I got. I have spoken to both Valley and Leeming - the obvious ones - but as yet they haven't come back to me.
Please feel free to pm me if you think you can help. I've informed the ChInsp that it may be a bit of a long shot, but if anyone can help, I'm pretty sure I've come to the right place.
Bert the real Red Lichtie - Arbroath Herald (http://www.arbroathherald.co.uk/news/local-news/bert-the-real-red-lichtie-1-3631662)
Cheers
Geoff
I wonder if anyone out there is able to help trace aircrew who flew over Scotland last December.
I am currently stationed in North Yorkshire west of Harrogate where the guarding for the unit is MOD Police. One of our chief inspectors is the son of a Spitfire pilot who flew with 111 Sqn during WW2. Sadly, his father passed away in December 2014, and last December, he and his sister took his ashes back to his hometown in Scotland.
Whilst scattering the ashes, on 3 Dec 15 at approximately 1030hrs an aircraft flew over Carlingheugh Bay, north east of Arbroath, heading east. The aircraft then flew back over the North Sea about 45 minutes later, slightly higher and faster, over Lunan Bay near Montrose.
It turned out to be a bit of a spine-tingling moment because the aircraft appeared to waggle his wings as they were scattering his ashes. My colleague and his sister asked if I could help trace the aircraft so that they could personally write to thank the crew. The information as to the type they gave was fairly scant: black painted jet was about as much as I got. I have spoken to both Valley and Leeming - the obvious ones - but as yet they haven't come back to me.
Please feel free to pm me if you think you can help. I've informed the ChInsp that it may be a bit of a long shot, but if anyone can help, I'm pretty sure I've come to the right place.
Bert the real Red Lichtie - Arbroath Herald (http://www.arbroathherald.co.uk/news/local-news/bert-the-real-red-lichtie-1-3631662)
Cheers
Geoff