RAF KHORMAKSAR
233Sqn at Kamaran
Several trips here taking the AOC for a spot of fishing. Crew left with iron rations overnight in questionable accommodation.
Crew accommodation Kamaran
Mirror image. Finger trouble with the slide converter
My Captain, John Williams. I slept out under the stars, luckily no mosquitos!
Crew accommodation Kamaran
Mirror image. Finger trouble with the slide converter
My Captain, John Williams. I slept out under the stars, luckily no mosquitos!
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78 Squadron Twin Pioneers
Twin Pins upcountry from Khormaksar. Can't remember where. Taken 1962/3. Possibly Ataq?
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DeanoP:
Many thanks for your excellent Valetta shots. I particularly liked "Going Home". By the time I got to Khormaksar all the Valettas had gone. The only one I can remember seeing was the wreckage of VW817 at Firq which burst a tyre in 1959 (an 84 Squadron event I believe).
I did the Transport Command ground school at Thorney Island in June, 1962 and we had two chaps on the course who were destined for Valettas (Pearson and Mitchenson). They must have been about the last two to be headed in that direction?
Many thanks for your excellent Valetta shots. I particularly liked "Going Home". By the time I got to Khormaksar all the Valettas had gone. The only one I can remember seeing was the wreckage of VW817 at Firq which burst a tyre in 1959 (an 84 Squadron event I believe).
I did the Transport Command ground school at Thorney Island in June, 1962 and we had two chaps on the course who were destined for Valettas (Pearson and Mitchenson). They must have been about the last two to be headed in that direction?
"Mildly" Eccentric Stardriver
DeanoP. That looks like "Oriana" at Steamer Point. I travelled back from Oz with her, transiting Aden 17th Jan '64. I was hoping to join HM's finest, but little thought that come May '67 I would be stationed at Khormaksar.
Hairdresser No.2 at Beihan. The barber's chair was the captain's seat from 30 Squadron Beverley XH118 which unfortunately crashed during a 2-engine landing at Beihan in 1958. (The siggie was killed but everyone else survived with minor injuries. The aircraft was written off).
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an RPG I guess. Hell of a woosh-bang and that was the first of several bangs
Terrific pics of Khormaksar and other places. Fortunately I only ever transited through the place.
We had a south facing flat on the western end of the Maalla Staight in 1964/66. RPG's fired from the hills to the south were a common occurrance, usually between 1700 and 1900, while we were enjoying a sundowner or two on our balconies. A Major and his wife in the flat two floors above us were enjoying a bit of rumpy pumpy when an RPG flew through their open patio door, shot through the wall in the lounge and into their bedoom, just missing the bed before exploding in the bathroom. It made a hell of a bang and, according to the frisky Major, caused the earth move! It was surprising how we got used to being fired at.
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Was there any truth in the story of a Dak which was buzzed by a Yemeni Mig on its way to Kameran. When they asked for top cover for the return instead of the fighter escort a Shackleton turned up.
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Thanks for your kind comment about 'Going Home'. Aden looks quite attractive from afar!
You mentioned Mitchinson, well, he is the person reading his mail in post No 177. He was detached there as an Ops officer for a short time from 233Sqn. I served with him on 24Sqn Hastings after Valettas and I was Best Man at his wedding in 1966.
Unfortunately Mitch died at a young age in Gibraltar, I think he had a heart attack. Late 1970's if I remember correctly.
Thanks for your kind comment about 'Going Home'. Aden looks quite attractive from afar!
You mentioned Mitchinson, well, he is the person reading his mail in post No 177. He was detached there as an Ops officer for a short time from 233Sqn. I served with him on 24Sqn Hastings after Valettas and I was Best Man at his wedding in 1966.
Unfortunately Mitch died at a young age in Gibraltar, I think he had a heart attack. Late 1970's if I remember correctly.
Downtown Aden
On my first visit to Aden (99sqn Hastings) in April 1958 the crew stayed in the Rock Hotel. I would imagine the locals wish the old times were back.
Taken from a balcony in the Rock Hotel
Taken from a balcony in the Rock Hotel
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