Lest We Forget
Tornado GR1 ZD718 accident was 140 miles west of Masirah - steep turn at very low level 4 days before the start of the Op DESERT STORM Air Campaign.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/55434
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/55434
As my late Pa used to say -"Never fly below half your wingspan".
Nick Taylor
John E-J
Al Curtis
Gordie Batt
All still on CAP down south.
Mog
Wasn't it John Towl? Again, I was there at the time. Student pilot aborted from low level in poor weather, got the recovery wrong leaving the burners in and became disoriented. John ejected them but was outside seat limits.
Perhaps it's only RAF jets on the poster.
Sadly my list is long, with many of the names already posted here so I will not repeat them. But there are some others, very close to home, who will never be forgotten and who constantly remind me of my own mortality:
Bill Graham
Tony White ('Big T')
Hoof Proudfoot
Alex Parr
Rest In Peace
Bill Graham
Tony White ('Big T')
Hoof Proudfoot
Alex Parr
Rest In Peace
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Interesting. Greg Hurst's crash (Jan 99), actually a mid-air collision, was in a TTTE jet. We were both instructors there at the time. I was one of his pall-bearers. RiP m8.
Wasn't it John Towl? Again, I was there at the time. Student pilot aborted from low level in poor weather, got the recovery wrong leaving the burners in and became disoriented. John ejected them but was outside seat limits.
Perhaps it's only RAF jets on the poster.
Wasn't it John Towl? Again, I was there at the time. Student pilot aborted from low level in poor weather, got the recovery wrong leaving the burners in and became disoriented. John ejected them but was outside seat limits.
Perhaps it's only RAF jets on the poster.
In addition to others already mentioned........
Jeremy Hall
Steve Wakely
Andy Bloxham
Jim Downey
John Roberts
Keith Holland
Brian Weatherley
Paul Adams
Jeremy Hall
Steve Wakely
Andy Bloxham
Jim Downey
John Roberts
Keith Holland
Brian Weatherley
Paul Adams
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Amazing to see the names; students, passing acquaintances from various pubs, and so on. One in the latest with whom I shared a soccer tour in Cyprus from Muharraq for example, all bring memories. Yesterday my wife bumped into a squadron crash survivor from 1972, a regular sharer of coffee and cake when not in lockdown. From this encounter I give you a colleague from two squadrons -
Brian Bastable
Brian Bastable
I remember on Ground School being told by our instructor
" Laugh, but look around. In a few years 10% of you will no longer be wth us..
That Class included Peter Stacey and Nigel Elsdon........
" Laugh, but look around. In a few years 10% of you will no longer be wth us..
That Class included Peter Stacey and Nigel Elsdon........
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A few more
Keith Holland
Bruce Cogram
Lawrence Warner
Tom Bayliff
Nigel Storah
John Carver
Greg Lane USN
Dave Sunderland
Berndan Hearney
Dave Haward
Paul Gunnell
Ken Hayr
We will remember them
Bruce Cogram
Lawrence Warner
Tom Bayliff
Nigel Storah
John Carver
Greg Lane USN
Dave Sunderland
Berndan Hearney
Dave Haward
Paul Gunnell
Ken Hayr
We will remember them
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A couple from my past
Arthur Mitchell
Chris Taylor
Dick Langworthy
Brian Jopling
And all from my ex RAFG Sqn who I knew
Dave Critchley
Mark (Jara) Jaroszynski
Dick Wharmby
Ron Sedlickas
Eddie Miskelly
Bill Cunningham
David Cousins
Mike Scouse Brown
John Temple
Terry (Gus) Angus
And those from this forum who are no longer with us from
CoffmanStarter through to Danny42c
gone but not forgotten.
…
Arthur Mitchell
Chris Taylor
Dick Langworthy
Brian Jopling
And all from my ex RAFG Sqn who I knew
Dave Critchley
Mark (Jara) Jaroszynski
Dick Wharmby
Ron Sedlickas
Eddie Miskelly
Bill Cunningham
David Cousins
Mike Scouse Brown
John Temple
Terry (Gus) Angus
And those from this forum who are no longer with us from
CoffmanStarter through to Danny42c
gone but not forgotten.
…
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CoffmanStarter through to Danny42c - Very thoughtful additions to the list of the unforgotten, NutLoose.
- Ed
- Ed
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Thanks, I would like to add Cliffnemo (Clifford Leach) I am unsure if he is no longer with us or if anyone knows, but he started the gaining pilots wings during ww2 thread, he stopped posting and ceased posting on the site below in 2012, it would be a tradgedy if his passing wasn’t remarked on here as he was an inspiration.
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