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Forum: Military Aviation
14th Nov 2019, 20:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Thank you Geriaviator. Still around!

Thank you Geriaviator. Still around!
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Nov 2019, 11:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Thank you Danny. You welcomed me so many years...

Thank you Danny. You welcomed me so many years ago. I was lucky enough to be trained at 1 BFTS in Texas, you suffered under the Arnold Scheme. I am glad that we were able to communicate one to one...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Sep 2019, 22:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

As a “newly winged “ RAF pilot expecting to fly...

As a “newly winged “ RAF pilot expecting to fly Spitfires or Mustangs, because of the casualties suffered by the Glider Pilot Regiment on the 17th September 1945 and the following week, I became a...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2018, 16:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

A very happy Birthday Danny from Ormeside. Big...

A very happy Birthday Danny from Ormeside. Big parade tomorrow. Bonfire on the Orme summit tomorrow evening. Kind regards.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2018, 14:23
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

When I rejoined in Feb 1951 my first posting, to...

When I rejoined in Feb 1951 my first posting, to await further training, was to Valley as a Link Training Instructor. Nobody was interested in the Link, so I attached myself to 20 Squadron. I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2018, 22:32
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By Ormeside28

Poor Danny! Not only were you way out in the...

Poor Danny! Not only were you way out in the sticks, but you suffered demerits and senior course syndrome. Our American Aviation Cadets. ( 20 % ) on our course at Terrell couldn’t believe...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2018, 14:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

The Stearman, PT17s which we had at Terrell ( 1...

The Stearman, PT17s which we had at Terrell ( 1 BFTS ) were numbered and we logged the numbers in our log books, likewise the “Harvard” or AT6a. Our pay October to June 1943/4 was 25 dollars every...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2017, 10:46
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Happy Birthday Danny! Unfortunately I did not...

Happy Birthday Danny! Unfortunately I did not know you but we were at Valley in 1951. Not so much activity now that SAR has moved to Caernarfon and the occasional Hawk over Llandudno. They were...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2017, 22:04
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By Ormeside28

Just a couple of funnies before leaving...

Just a couple of funnies before leaving Aldergrove. One day I had to take the GC to Bovingdon for a conference and then go on a navex's before returning to Aldergrove. He sat in the right seat and...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2017, 19:44
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Danny, Chugalug and Harry's, what a great crew...

Danny, Chugalug and Harry's, what a great crew Room! Coastal was run by joint Maritime Headquarters, usually, in my time, with Maritime HQ at Northwood with the C in C Coastal and a Vice Admiral. 19...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2017, 11:27
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By Ormeside28

Topcliffe September 1953. There were two Neptune...

Topcliffe September 1953. There were two Neptune Squadrond, 203 and 210. I was crewed up with a very experienced NCO Captain and we took part in the B of B fly past over Buck House. Soon after I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2017, 23:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

When I returned from 1 BFTS in Terrell, Texas in...

When I returned from 1 BFTS in Terrell, Texas in June 1944, I fondly imagined that I would be flying Mustangs or Spitfires. Not so, and after the debacle at Arnhem, the Glider Pilot Regiment was...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2017, 10:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

I was a lowly co pilot on 47 Squadron at...

I was a lowly co pilot on 47 Squadron at Topcliffe from February1952 until October 1952. Then it was to Coastal until 1964. My first trip was to collect the Queens staff from Mombasa. The first...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2017, 09:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Get well soon Danny, good people are getting...

Get well soon Danny, good people are getting scarce.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2017, 16:01
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Dear Danny, good to have you back with us. Every...

Dear Danny, good to have you back with us. Every day is a bonus to we oldies. Greetings from across the bay.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2017, 15:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Get well soon Danny. Good people are scarce. You...

Get well soon Danny. Good people are scarce. You encouraged me with my story, as you have so encouraged others.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2017, 19:39
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By Ormeside28

Final check while sitting on my chair lift:- ...

Final check while sitting on my chair lift:- spectacles, testicles,wallet, watch, hearing aids, mobile phone, flies! Bumpff was easier. Cheers all.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2016, 20:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Very sorry Danny. God bless. Ormeside 28

Very sorry Danny. God bless. Ormeside 28
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2015, 21:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

A. Very Happy Christmas and "Good" 2016 to all fellow members of the great Crewroom. My last flying Christmas was as captain of the duty Shack at Gan in 1961. The local chieftain gave a turtle to...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2015, 19:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R?A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

And a happy birthday Danny from your North Wales Branch. Ormeside.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2015, 22:08
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW 11

Hi Danny et al. At the risk of repeating myself. A school friend and I, both 18 in March 1942, and forbidden by our fathers, both 14/18 vets, to volunteer until our 18th birthdays, volunteered for...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Sep 2015, 09:38
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet in WW 11

I understand that those R.A.F. Pilots on the Towers Scheme trained at Pensacola on the Stearman, then the Vultee "Vibrator" and then the Catalina..from Pensacola they went to the General...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th May 2015, 20:29
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet In WW11

Congratulations Danny. I'm still keeping a watching brief. Purely what I was used to, but if I was back flying low level over the sea, I would rather have a wheel than the Airbus pistol grip. Kinloss...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Mar 2015, 19:30
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. pilots Brevet In WW11

Yes Taphappy, first day at Lords in Nov 1942 sitting in a darkened room with little chain on collar and looking at silhouettes on a kind of tower. Result put in log book, so that must have been...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2015, 19:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

Thank you Danny and Warmtoast. We found out much later that the Shackleton would not ditch successfully and several broke by the engineers position when they "ditched". Four engines were much better...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2015, 21:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. pilots Brevet in WW11

I joined 205 Squadron at Changi on12th August 1958, and found out that I was to be used as co - pilot to those ex Sunderland Captains who had been converted to Shackletons.
At this time 205/209...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2015, 17:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

My new C.O. On 205 was Wing Commander MacReadie.He was on the Greenland expedition. He apparently hit ice on landing in the fjord but was able to beach the Sunderland. It was fitted with a concrete...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2015, 14:01
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

Hello Brian 48Nav. Abe Lincoln was one of the first of the Sunderland Captains to convert on to the Shackleton and I flew with him on two Navexs in the South China Sea. The boss said to remind him...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2015, 20:45
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

Danny, I had no wish to fly for airlines after I left the R.A.F. I enjoyed my service flying, especially on Coastal where we were very much left to get on with the job and only the Cat board to worry...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2015, 20:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. pilots Brevet in WW11

In February 1958 I was lucky enough to take one of two Shackletons to visit some of the American Naval Stations on their Eastern seaboard. Our first stop was Lajes in the Azores. the winds were...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2015, 17:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

Life on 120 was busy and interesting. Plenty of flying, a couple of sessions at the JASS Course at Londonderry with tame frigates and once with operational ones including a frigate Commanded by...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2015, 20:31
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet In WW11

Warmtoast. I joined 205 at Changi when we were still half and half Sunderlands and Shackletons. We must have served together. However I still have a few things to tell about 120.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2015, 13:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

Hello again. I left you at Aldergrove in January 1957.
The beauty of being in Coastal Command was that it seemed to be far removed from the remainder of the R.A.F. When we landed away at St Mawgan,...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2014, 19:08
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. pilots Brevet in WW 11

Thank you Danny. am returning to Wild Wales after New Year. I hope that you will enjoy Christmas and 2015, and will try to send 120 and 205 stories.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2014, 11:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By Ormeside28

Gaining An R.A.F. Pilots Brevet in WW11

Thank you Danny. I am still with you. I thought my story was getting a bit BS. However if you want to hear about life on 120 at Aldergrove in 56/58 and 205 at Changi 58/61 then I am happy to oblige. ...
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