Daily PhotoNot strictly IV(AC) Sqn, but here’s some Harrier video from 1986. We were doing Loft Bombing trials on 233 OCU – here we are missing Garvie Island.
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From Paul Hazell: I’ve been enjoying looking at your site and wonder if you or any of your members can help me? I’m a vehicle restorer and I’m trying to learn more about a ex-RAF fire vehicle known as the TAC-T (Truck Aircraft Crash – Tactical). I own the two remaining examples of the 15 […]Hi Chris, I am 52 years old and police-officer in my hometown Paderborn. Sorry for my bad english. A girl-friend sent me the link about your website. I was realy very surprised about it. I believe I was walking with my father in an early morning in 1973 to the place what ist here called […] Gordon Lewis Gordon Lewis was a pioneering engineer who was the driving force behind the revolutionary Harrier jump jet. Mr Lewis, who has died aged 86, worked at Rolls-Royce in Patchway during its golden age of innovation. He was seen as one of the leading figures in British aviation in the 1960s and also […] Tim McLelland writes: I am currently in the process of writing a major new book for Ian Allan Publications (an international aerospace publisher) which explores the development and operational use of the Harrier. As part of the book’s coverage I would obviously like to include some information on No.4 Squadron’s association with the aircraft. Could […]The Jever Steam Laundry has its own website. Lots of stuff there on IV(AC) Sqn at Jever and the people on the Sqn at the time. Worth checking out… 1940 Chronicle Relive 1940 day by day: the RAF Benevolent Fund has launched 1940 Chronicle, a website that blogs the daily events of 1940 in real time. Anybody with an interest in history or aviation should take a look. […]Here’s a link to some great photos of Gutersloh – from our friends at the Gutersloh Spotting Group via John Wickham. Robin Olds I received this email from Monica at St. Martin’s Press: Wanted to make you aware about this book we recently published. The long-anticipated memoirs of the greatest fighter pilot in American military history, Robin Olds. By Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus Visit the link below for reviews, excerpt, Q&A […]I’ve added a new page – Squadron Age vs Seniority – from the official History of IV(AC) Squadron. I’ve added a new page – Sqn Commanding Officers – from the official History of IV(AC) Squadron. I’ve added a new page – Sqn Operating Bases – from the official History of IV(AC) Squadron. I’ve found an official – i.e. the RAF’s – version of the history of the Squadron, as a downloadable pdf on the RAF website. It’s now on the fourfax server. To download the file (6.3mb), click here to get it from fourfax or click here to get it from the RAF. To read a pdf […] 1987 Sqn Photo A late-80s Squadron Photo, I’m guessing 1987, Boss: Wg Cdr Pete Harris. Other faces I recognise: Des Dezonie, Mike Jenkins, Roger Robertshaw, Mark Taberham, Ashley Stevenson, Neil Ross, Tim Ellison, Simon Turner, Lance Brook, Steve Hicks, Tony Norris, Glen Edge, Clive Loader, Harry Karl, Pete Cockman. Who have I missed? […]With thanks to Leslie de Garis (1947-1950), a short ode to Armament Practice Camp at Sylt: There came one fine morning a Squadron to Sylt, Equipped with Mosquitoes, of wood they were built, With cannon and bomb they determined to score Every point that they could and the Squadron was Four. The drogue had a […] |
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