Daily PhotoKeith Vaughan (Royal Air Force Photographers’ Association) has written the first part of a career history about Sqn Ldr Bryan W. Smithers, DFC, 1918-2004, whose first posting was to No.IV Sqn, 1939-40. Thirty years later Keith worked closely with him on African aerial survey projects in the air and on the ground.
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Hawk T2 Die Cast From @BrySkye: Thought I would let you chaps know, the diecast 1/72 IV Sqn “100 Years” Hawk T2 is on sale. £28 And here’s the link: Flying Tigers I wish I had room in my garden! Jet Art Aviation: Loads of pictures! Harrier GR3 XZ132 Ex March Hare 1973 Another one from Pete Mears’s archive. “Ahden during Exercise March Hare 1973. The field was so soggy we could only operate one Harrier (XV797) with each sortie consisting of a vertical take-off and landing from the MEXE Pad. The four pilots, Pete Taylor, Jock Heron, Whitney Griffiths and Pete […] At the 100th […]What? A Hollywood-style formation drama: “Saving Bugsy Bendell” Where? 40,000ft in a No.IV (AC) Sqn pair from RAF Jever, 2nd Tactical Air Force When? Second sortie on 28th March, 1958 Why? The Hunter’s pre-modified oxygen masks and connector system On that memorable day 54 years ago, when flying from RAF Jever, my second sortie of […] Two events coming up in December: Harrier Force Association all ranks get-together in the Punch Bowl, 21 Scotgate, Stamford, on Friday 6 December from 5pm onwards Ian Wilkes’ WIWOH (When I Was On Harriers) Annual Christmas Drinks, Railway Inn, Ketton, Sunday 15 December 8pm onwardsBe there if you can! Charlie Davis debriefing Chris Parker on a field deployment c.1980 Thanks Tom Hammond for posting this on Twitter. From Frank Tewkesbury (now living on the Gold Coast in Australia): Trying to make contact with ex-Flt Lt Bill “Shafer” Shepherd who was a Swift aerobatics pilot at RAF Gutersloh between 1961-1964. He used to live at Redland in Bristol but where he is now, only he knows. I was an SAC and used to […]From Alan Pollock: “COLD WAR, HOT JETS” BBC 2 now being screened on FRIDAY, 8th November at 9pm and, one imagines, one week later. The first programme’s focus seems to be on the ‘development of the jet engine’. You may remember that we tried, many moons ago, to marshal whomever we could for the programme […]Harrier GR9 by David Chapman Blogged with the permission of David Chapman, the photographer From Jack Cobb: I have been asked by Susan Liversidge to inform the Sqn that her husband, Wg Cdr(Retd) Brian Liversidge died on 20 Oct 13. Brian was your sites operations officer at Wildenrath from 1972 to 1975. He was again with the HF at Gutersloh in 1985 when he commanded 33 Wg RAF Regt. […]From Wendy Boland in Australia: I have been given an old RAF photo of my Uncle, Herbert W. Smith, who served in WWII in 4 Squadron. I think he was a Flight Engineer. The photo shows the group of 30 men plus an Officer. On the back is written “The Erbs of No 4 Squadron” […]Thanks to Pete Mears for this link! Hi Chris, I thought I owed you an update for the fourfax website. The day after I handed over Command of IV Sqn in June, I flew out from RAF Brize Norton to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan where I am currently serving as Chief of Staff (Operations) at 904 Expeditionary Air Wing. IV Sqn […] |
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