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From Al Holman: Hi All, Just heard today that Dear Peter Bennett has sadly passed away. He was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties and sadly never recovered. We say goodbye to another unassuming but incredibly talented individual. He and I were the first of the straight through guys to prove that first […]
From Martin Beard: Just to let you know that Derek passed away in March. For his 90th birthday he was taken to RAF Valley where he was hosted for a day by the mess which he thoroughly enjoyed. He was invited to sit in a Hawk that had been repaired but refused because he […]
From the Pegasus Club:Air Marshal (Ret’d) Dr David Walker CB CBE AFC PhD A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday 5 October 2023 at 2pm at St Clement Danes Church, Strand, London WC2R 1DH. Dress: Serving personnel, Full Ceremonial Day Dress (No1 SD with medals), swords not required; retired military personnel may opt […] Dave Walker – Falklands 1983 Received the sad news yesterday of the death of Dave Walker (WAK). Dave achieved fame as a first tourist on the Harrier GR3/T4 at RAF Gütersloh and later went on to become an Air Marshal. […]
Very sad to hear that Glenn passed away at the beginning of November after a long battle with cancer. Commiserations to Carol and the family. Apologies for the lateness of this news – I am currently in Cape Verde with extremely poor internet access. […]
From the Daily Telegraph 9 May 2022: David Ashley, who has died aged 49 as the result of a flying accident, flew Harrier aircraft on operations over Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming a flying instructor on contract with British Aerospace. On March 16, Ashley and his Italian co-pilot were carrying out a post-production test […]
Karen and I are about to embark on the trip of a lifetime, around the world on a yacht! The yacht is an Oyster 56 named Mistral of Portsmouth. Some people at the beer call asked us about it. I won’t be posting about it again on this website, so if you wish to […]
From Geoff Quick: I’m very sad to report that Chris Abbott passed away on 14th November, following a long fight with cancer. I first met Chris when he was a Fg Off at Wildenrath in 1976 where his immensely cheerful character shone brightly, ably supported by Sue. Chris had already had active service experience, […] Late news, I’m afraid, (I’ve been out of internet coverage for a while), but Tony Chaplin passed away on the 18th of April. Kate has let us know that Tony’s funeral will be at Lincoln Crematorium at 12.30 on 15th May, followed by a gathering at Welbourn Village Hall. For those wishing to correspond with […] From John Bevan (OC PI Flt 1981 to 84) Hi Chris, Just re-entered my details after reading about Pete Collins. How very sad! I flew with him in the T bird as a jolly on the final sorties of the day after setting the targets out in the sticks during a local exercise using the […] Bristol Post Report From Al Pollock: Many will already have heard from other sources of our sad loss of Bugs Bendell. Bugs Bendell Because of the rather special sortie link I had with Bugs in 1958 I am sending this out with a rapid career summary at the attachment, mainly cobbled from his book. Wg Cdr […] Chas Mudie Chas Mudie, whom many of us remember as the USAF exchange pilot on the Sqn from 1979 to 1980, passed away in July. His second wife, Beth, writes: Dear Friends, I thought you would like to read the full obituary which was published in the Fallbrook, California local newspaper. Chas was […]Alan Pollock got in contact to pass on details for this Wednesday’s Service for Air Vice-Marshal Peter John (‘Sam’) GODDARD CBE AFC. Sam died at home in Felixstowe on Thursday 11th February aged 72. Dearly loved husband of Val, father of Martin and David, father-in-law of Sally and dear Poppop of William, Harry and Lucy, […] Sad news – Pat King passed away on Monday. Pat King His funeral will be on Tuesday 17 November at 14.30 at Marholm Crematorium, Peterborough and afterwards at the Haycock, Wansford. Pat had a long and distinguished career: After leaving IV Sqn in 1972, he was CO 233 (Harrier) OCU 72-74. USAF Exchange […] |
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