Old RAF recruitment ads
 

I seem to recall a thread showing the old RAF recruitment ads that appeared in the daily newspapers in years gone by. Does anybody have a link?

Cheers

4T, no, but I recall a moan by Flt Eng whose son was applying to join the RAF. He observed that if you read the Times or the Telegraph and had 5 O-Levels you could become an officer. If you read the Mail or Express and had at least 4 O-you levels could become NCO aircrew

Higher level recruiting was via newspapers rather than AFCO with application direct to Adastral House; AFCO was aimed at airmen.

I remember the Thread discussion, but don't have an instant answer.

PN, I'm almost sure I started with a coupon cut from the Telegraph! :)

MPN, quite.

I think there's been a few similar threads over the years. Here's one example:-

http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/510178-1980s-raf-recruiting-

See Post #10 in the link above.

This website has got some:
Historic British Aviation Advertisements Archive - Search Results

The only recruiting advert I needed in the early 1960s was made of polished aluminium, had two engines but only one intake, and almost immediately after takeoff it went vertically up from the runway at Farnborough with flames coming out of its jet pipes. :cool:

What more could a young lad ask for? :ok:

Is this the same one MG?

The Advertising Archives | Magazine Advert | WRAF Royal Air Force | 1960s

http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk...orce/1960s.jpg

Slightly different PN, but much the same effect.

Where's Pontifex when we need him ?
Captain of a Valiant at ( was it 23) ?

After leaving the MN and thinking I'd have to be a power station engineer, I joined the RAF as a result of reading an ad by the FAA for helicopter pilots :}

NRU74, any V-bomber and only 5 O-levels.

Would YOU trust a 23 year old today with a hydrogen bomb? 20 year AEO, 21 year old copilot and Nav radar and the old man on the crew, a 25 year old plotter?

Especially as it was Banfield in that advert!


The original PPRuNe thread on the topic included a link to a library of old RAF recruiting posters; unfortunately that library has now been discontinued.

And the biggie was that 42 days leave. At the time a civilian might get two weeks. Sadly that 42 days never changed whilst civilian holidays increased to 4 weeks and even 6 and the working week was set at less than 40.

Of course many now work a 24/7 economy.

Pontious Navigator
'Would YOU trust a 23 year old today with a hydrogen bomb? 20 year AEO, 21 year old copilot and Nav radar and the old man on the crew, a 25 year old plotter.'

How incredibly patronising.. Why not, if they were correctly trained?

Not really patronising Lockstock.Just a pragmatic observation I think.

Whereas I joined the RN/FAA as a helicopter pilot after deciding Cranwell was not the best offer ;)

Didn't get Sea King carrier day/night (including 600lb bomb) command until 23, but joined a bit later than the likes of Grayson who still bangs on about how young he is :p

I disagree. Can you give me a logical reason why you wouldn't trust a trained Service person of that age with such responsibility?

I believe he is marvelling at the memory that they were - not complaining about it.

Thanks for the support. In today's Air Force how many 23 year old second tourists are there like that?

I recall a trip in a Dakota, the captain was pilot officer and the other passengers, mostly single seat jocks all looked worried. After a run and break arrival they all opted to RTB by road.