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Not military, but several years ago there was a bloke at BA called Richard Standing who answered his phone with a loud " Dick Standing , what can i do for you ".....
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Vince McInerney. A highly skilled Chf Tech at a smallish basic flying training school in Yorkshire was known as "the three irishmen". You only had to hear his accent.
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I don't care what anyone says but Pang, Drift Bitch and Milk Shake were all lovely girls, one that hasn't been mentioned though was 'Banner' ..... always a long way behind the aircraft. Also 'Twin Peaks' which is fairly self explanatory 
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I'm sure there was a holding girlie at Coningsby back in the 90s called Wuba - woman used by all.
I had a trooper in my squadron who's surname was Titcomb, he was called Pearl.
And a chap in nav trg called Swiss Army Knife - a tool for every occasion!
I had a trooper in my squadron who's surname was Titcomb, he was called Pearl.
And a chap in nav trg called Swiss Army Knife - a tool for every occasion!
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Very boyish looking trainee pilot nicknamed 'Phoetus' (which stuck throughout his RNZAF career), followed a few years later by an even younger looking pilot who became 'Embryo'.
My last two students while on exchange with the RAAF were a naval officer nick-named 'Ivor' Smallhorn and an attractive young lady, Heidi 'Sausage'.
My last two students while on exchange with the RAAF were a naval officer nick-named 'Ivor' Smallhorn and an attractive young lady, Heidi 'Sausage'.
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There was an unfortunate young lady called Denise who worked in SHQ at Acklington in the late 60s. She suffered from terrible acne and was known as Disease!
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There was another young lady at another Wiltshire base was nicknamed VeeDub... Was something to do with her tight white jeans and the resulting beetle bonnet effect.. 
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A great thread for officers (possibly junior and immature) but not fulfilling the criteria for gentlemen.
Any more WRAF conquests chaps?
Fully agree with your first sentence, Shack37, whilst, so far as the second is concerned, it would be good to hear more nicknames the ladies may have applied to male officers, whether junior and immature, or otherwise.
Jack
Any more WRAF conquests chaps?
Fully agree with your first sentence, Shack37, whilst, so far as the second is concerned, it would be good to hear more nicknames the ladies may have applied to male officers, whether junior and immature, or otherwise.
Jack
Hello, Mrs Maxibon here. In my women's auxiliary balloon corps squadron we had a chap called Union Jack who was a bit too preachy and too big for his boots so we called him "Pie Us" Jack...
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Not a crewroom nickname but I once knew a joiner, surnamed Mycock.
His first name was Aaron.
One of the best names I saw at an air display, where many wore spoof name badges, was an RAF pilot with a name badge annotated "Richard Head". Very good, very subtle, I thought. Unfortunately for him, as I found out later, that was his real name.
There's one regular poster here who used to wear the name badge "Walter Wall-Carpitz", or similar.
In the early 1980s, 230 (Puma) Sqn moved to West Germany. As part of staff familiarisation training we had to fly our aircraft down the inner German border, with a British Frontier Service adviser on board, to ensure that crews knew what the border actually looked like and didn't accidentally cross. We landed close by the western side of the fence for a further briefing by the BFS officer. Very soon afterwards, armed troops arrived on the eastern side of the fence in a 4 tonne truck. One of them appeared through a hatch in the roof of the cab, equipped with a camera fitted with a huge telephoto lens, to take photos of us all, presumably for the KGB records.
Many of us were wearing our false "Air display" name badges for this very eventuality. I often wonder what actually went on record.
"Comrades, I have some bad news. It appears that Ivor Biggun has defected to the west!"
His first name was Aaron.
One of the best names I saw at an air display, where many wore spoof name badges, was an RAF pilot with a name badge annotated "Richard Head". Very good, very subtle, I thought. Unfortunately for him, as I found out later, that was his real name.
There's one regular poster here who used to wear the name badge "Walter Wall-Carpitz", or similar.
In the early 1980s, 230 (Puma) Sqn moved to West Germany. As part of staff familiarisation training we had to fly our aircraft down the inner German border, with a British Frontier Service adviser on board, to ensure that crews knew what the border actually looked like and didn't accidentally cross. We landed close by the western side of the fence for a further briefing by the BFS officer. Very soon afterwards, armed troops arrived on the eastern side of the fence in a 4 tonne truck. One of them appeared through a hatch in the roof of the cab, equipped with a camera fitted with a huge telephoto lens, to take photos of us all, presumably for the KGB records.
Many of us were wearing our false "Air display" name badges for this very eventuality. I often wonder what actually went on record.
"Comrades, I have some bad news. It appears that Ivor Biggun has defected to the west!"
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One of the best names I saw at an air display, where many wore spoof name badges, was an RAF pilot with a name badge annotated "Richard Head". Very good, very subtle, I thought. Unfortunately for him, as I found out later, that was his real name.
A couple of years ago, he came to the Wellesbourne Mountford Wings and Wheels day in some black and yellow peril. Later in the day, he made his apologies as he had to get back to whence he came before it closed. "Are you off to crank up and leg it then, Rick?", I asked him. "No - one has a competent NCO for that sort of thing", he replied with a grin, before turning to his pongo NCO student and directing "Boy - go and warm up the old bus, will you - I'll be with you presently!". But in his inimitably jocular manner, of course!
Noting some of the less gentlemanly comments in this thread, I can only think how lucky I was that all the female aircrew on the squadrons to which I belonged were very nice people who were good at their jobs. Even if they hadn't starred during training, they always strove to improve - something which I'd noticed as a UAS QFI. If you said to one of the male students "That was an average trip", he'd merely think that it was good enough and would then spend the night in the pub. Say the same thing to one of the female students and they'd work at it to do better next time - so were generally a pleasure to instruct. Plus they washed their flying suits more often!
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A certain Herefordian passed Selection at a very young age, and looked younger, so picked up the name Pup. When he made WO2 he was re-named Rover