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68th Photos | ||
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The following photos were kindly provided by Vic Mitchell - He, together "with friends" are searching their corporate memory so that names can be put to all the faces. | |||||
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AT CRANWELL |
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Apps Block - Ground Floor |
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Kit Layout - Vic Mitchell |
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RAF Cranwell Church | |
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Class under Tuition |
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Jimmy Aitcheson & Ron Cumming |
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Back Row: Jim Killin, Tony
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Jimmy Aitcheson |
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From left to right: Jimmy Aitcheson, David Homewood, Mike Brighouse, Alan Carter, Keith Smith, Tony Theakstone, Peter (Jimmy) Jewell, Jim Marsden, Jim Killin, Jim Newman, Malcom Scott, Dick Strafford at rear. |
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"B" Flt "A" Sqn - March 1952 | |
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Back Row: George Leach, Bob
Broomfield, Dave Vaughan, Mick Newman, Bob Velzian. |
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"B" Squadron 1951/2 |
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New Zealand Group with New Zealand High Commissioner - March 1951 | |
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Mibs Marsh |
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Jim Newman |
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Richard Evans | |
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Donald MacLeod & Pete Dowsing |
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Vic Mitchell by "C" Squadron Board |
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Tony Voysey | |
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Selection of Cranwell Colours |
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Leaving Cranwell for Locking - Nov 1952 | |
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AT LOCKING |
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RAF Locking - Apps Lines 1953 |
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Mick Stoker |
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Jim Newman | |
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Fred Dawson |
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Alan Cheesewright |
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Max DeRozario & Abby Abaysekara (background) in Workshops | |
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Jimmy Aitchinson |
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John Aldridge |
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Stan Roulston | |
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Back Row: Bob Broomfield, John
Keenan, Frank Hodge, Chippy Wood, John Sparks, Fred Dawson, Brian
Ruwe, Mick Stoker, Vic Ludlow
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Jimmy Aitcheson & Stan Roulston |
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"B" Flight Locking 1953 | |
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68th Football Team |
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PASSING OUT PARADE |
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Marching On |
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At Ease |
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Final Inspection | |
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March Past |
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Ted Newson receiving Certificate |
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Vic Ludlow with Prizes | |
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CLOSURE OF LOCKING |
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Hutted Camp |
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Parade Ground |
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Last Tech Hanger | |
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MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS |
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Bob Broomfield |
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Vic Ludlow |
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Stan Roulston | |
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Mike Street |
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Phil Shaw |
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Jim Marsden | |
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Mibs Marsh |
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Jim Newman |
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Ch. Mohammad Saeed - 2002 | |
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John Aldridge |
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John Chapman |
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Brian Ruwe - 2003 | |
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The following photos were kindly provided by Stan Roulston. | |||||
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Back row ; Max DeRozario, Stan Roulston, Ron Cumming, Tony Theakston
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From Lt to Rt: Ron Potts, Chauhan, Ginge Mann, Yacub, Tony Theakston, Rusty Wood, Syd Hanson, & Alec Hollis |
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Back row: Max Cowley, Alan Cheesewright, Syd Hanson | |
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Tony Voysey |
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Ron Cumming & Ray Wyles | |
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This one came from Jim (Bert) Newman | |||||
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RAF Locking. | |||||
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This photo was provided by Vic Mitchell | |||||
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Four entry members on Christmas Island, Dec 1958: Second from left in the rear row is 'Tommy' Thompson, who eventually joined the Navy! Third from left in the middle row, facing slightly to his right, is Alex Wells. Second from the left in the front row, wearing the fetching hat, is the late, lamented Mibs Marsh. Centre front is Vic Mitchell himself. | |||||
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REUNIONS |
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68th First Reunion |
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68th Second Reunion 1976 |
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RAFCAA Reunion - 2001 | |
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Jim Marsden, Vic Mitchell, Mibs Marsh |
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Derek Ives |
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Maurice Botley & Vic Ludlow - Warwick 2003 | |
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Pete Dowsing - 2003 |
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Warwick 2003 |
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Warwick 2003 | |
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Taken at the Shifnal Reunion in ? |
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Phil Crofts & Frank Hodge |
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Phil Crofts, Vic Ludlow & John Woods | |
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Maurice Botley, Ed Newson & Dave Potter |
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REUNION AT CRANWELL 2009 | |||||
The following photos were provided by Vic Ludlow via Appsnet. | |||||
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13 hardy (stupid) souls volunteered to be drilled by a Flight Sergeant DI, fresh from the Queen's Colour Squadron and complete with slashed cap. (Unquote) |
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"Git yer eyes to the front, Woods, | |
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"Swing them arms, Ludlow! |
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"Stand still! | |
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The RAFCAA is Registered under Charities Act 1960 - No. 1007716 |