FlyPast – August 2018

(John Hannent) #1
August 2018 FLYPAST 31

DE HAVILLAND VAMPIRE 100 YEARS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE


“I wasn’t overly disappointed at being allocated to the Harvard


squadron. I was to be married the following year and the accident squadron. I was to be married the following year and the accident


“I wasn’t overly disappointed at being allocated to the Harvard


squadron. I was to be married the following year and the accident


“I wasn’t overly disappointed at being allocated to the Harvard


rate on the Meteor at that time was alarming”


squadron. I was to be married the following year and the accident


rate on the Meteor at that time was alarming”


squadron. I was to be married the following year and the accident


Left
The author at the
controls of a 205
Squadron Sunderland.

Below
One of 205
Squadron’s
Sunderland GR.5s,
PP154, at rest.
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