RAF Air Movements 1953-1961

Born Dagenham Essex 1933 of Irish parents,emigrated to Canada 1957, have two children by first wife, both grown up and living in Essex U.K Married Barbara 1983 in Saskatoon, where we opened an Irish/Scottish/English/welsh high end import shop which we had for 16 years, made a trip back to Ireland/U.K every year while in business. Retired in March 1999. We both play golf 3-4 times a week, my wife plays to a 7 hcp, me to a 19, Barbara shot her age the other day (a 76) We go away on golf vacations or cruise.(6 times) just booked for April 2010 Fort Lauderdale to Copenhagen with stops at various European ports, looking forward to it. Oh yes, we have a mut named Annika, mostly Lab but with Shetland and Terrier mix, a real character. My RAF experience was from 1952-1954 , became an airframe mech. mostly at RAF Feltwell, also "volunteered" for route lining at the 1953 Coronation, at l;east that's what the station W.O told me when he caught me returning from someones demob party, tightrope walking on newly painted ropes that lined the paths at our RAF station. However enjoyed the experience.

RAF 1956 to 1960

Square Bashing at West Kirby

Trade Training Air Radar Yatesbury

Squadron Manby Strubby

Air task Group Antler RAAF Ediburgh Field & Maralinga

RAF Acratiri Cyprus

16MU Stafford

Civy Street Lancashire Dynamo Electronic Products. Rugeley Staffs Service & Commissioning Eng.

British Gypsum Works Engineer

ARUP International Consultant Engineer

Canadianoxy. Facilities Manager

Lyceum NorthWestern University, Director OIC Dean College of Engineering & IT

Retired.

Now residing in Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines

Trained at Yatesbury & Locking. Stationed at Pembroke Dock, Gielenkirchen, Middle Wallop & Benson (1952 to 1962). Worked at Oxford Airport , Culham Labs, Westinghouse Brake & Signals, Smiths Industries Aerospace.

Hobbies cycling, photography & model railways

Served Air Movements, RAF Lyneham early 1955 to Jan 1958 - saw the Suez crisis - trained, with a Lyneham colleague, as an Air Despatcher (with the Army) 47 Company RASC - dropped personnel, small freight and equipment, large cargoes, jeeps and field guns from Hastings aircraft. - seconded to Christmas Island for the first two Hydrogen Bomb tests 1956 and 1957. Dropped parachute suppies to outlying Islands. Spent 14 days under canvas at ground zero on Malden Island backloading the recording equipment - using the last three Dakotas in RAF Service. Managed to reach full Corporal. As I appear to be the only Army trained RAF Air Despatcher (my colleague never put his training to use) I was invited back to Lyneham in October 2006 to fly on a training sortie on a Hercules with the Army to compare Air Despatching over 50 years.

Now a 75 y.o. Siver Surfer. I have attached a "Jankers" photo from 1954. Born in Otley West Yorkshire 1934.  Called up for n/s in 1952. Signed on for three years in1952 , left RAF as SAC Teleg 2.  in 1955. After  RAF worked as a postman in Otley for 10 years until joining Civil Service until  retirement in1994 .Spend a lot of time on P.C. Now retired and living in North Yorkshire. Hard to believe that there are so few members of  this site when thousands passed through Compton gates.