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Date

Name
29th Jan 2012 Alan Harrison
14th Jan 2012 Rex Fearnehough
15th Nov 2011 Geoffrey Simpson
3rd Nov 2011 Chris Graham
29th Sep 2011 Al Maloney
6th Mar 2011 Bill Jopson
5th Mar 2011 Filipe Tagimuri
5th Mar 2011 Andy Reinhardt
18th Dec 2010 Steve Ungi
5th Dec 2010 Bob Bradley
5th Dec 2010 Allan Rook
5th Dec 2010 Ian Keil
21st Nov 2010 Mick Pritchard
21st Oct 2010 Smiley Richardson
21st Oct 2010 Colin Bickley Roe
9th Oct 2010 Phil Moorhouse
3rd Sept 2010 Graeme Court
29th Aug 2010 David 'Jinks' Jenkins
15th Aug 2010 Mike Edwards
25th July 2010 Wally Parsons
25th July 2010 Bob Welford
25th July 2010 Dave Martin
26th June 2010 George Cairns
26th June 2010 Geoff Orme
26th June 2010 Bill Jopson
12th June 2010 Vic Wise
12th June 2010 Bill Naisbitt
6th June 2010 Mick Kemsley
15th May 2010 John Forwood
29th Apr 2010 Magic Martin
28th Mar 2010 Wally Parsons
17th Jan 2010 Andy Davidson
6th Dec 2009 John Rankine
5th Sept 2009 Gavin Lunn
16th Aug 2009 Bob Welford
16th Aug 2009 Roy Bailey
9th Aug 2009 Tim Oates
5th July 2009 Derek Walker
5th July 2009 Smiley Richardson
24th May 2009 Phill Fougere

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Just A Common Soldier.
A. Lawrence Vaincourt
WW II Air Force veteran wrote this poem in 1985
Air Asia 'X'has been operating between Kuala Lumpur and Stanstead for a while now with a frequency of 5 flights a week. Check out http://www.airasia.com look out for special offers. Aden and the Auster
By Mike Jackson, edited and sent in by John Moss

Mini Reunion 2010
A small gathering was held in York on the 10th July at the Golden Fleece. View pictures here or here  and video here. The event was attended by the following: Alan Harrison, Dave Martin, Geordie Fairclough, John Forwood, Gunter Webster and JohnTully.

Mini Reunion (2) November 2010
A second mini-meet was held on the 13th of November at the “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem” public house in Nottingham. The following attended, Magic Martin, Gunter Webster, Andy Davidson, Pete Donnison, John Forwood, John Tully, Jinks Jenkins, Barrie Ward and Geordie Fairclough. There was a beer fund of  £50 so all had a good time. In the evening there was dinner at rthye Red Hot restaurant.  View pictures here or here 

Our thanks go out to Roger Nix who has kindly donated to the Beer fund for the reunion

Mini Reunion (3) July 2011
A third mini-meet was held at the “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem” public house in Nottingham on 23rd July 2011.  View pictures here or here 

Mini Reunion (4) Wallop. 10th Dec. 2011
The 4th UK mini meet was held in Wallop at the White hart followed by dinner in Andover.

The 881 Sqn. Plaque

Mike Brown has kindly presented the plaque from 881 Squadron, Malaysian Army Air Wing, to the Museum of Army Flying. Click on pix below for the full size image.

The 656 Sqn. Association

Maurice Haynes has been contacted by a number of your members who have asked if they are eligible to join our Association. I'm delighted to say that, after a quick poll of our committee, the unanimous result was a firm 'Yes'.

Would you please send a message to all your members advising them that they are welcome to join us. Visit, www.656squadron.org where they can join on line or obtain a membership form from me by email at
heyesjohn@googlemail.com

The 'Twin Engined' Triumph

Mick Pritchard kindly sent in this pix of his Twin Engined Triumph (in the making). I think this is probably as far as it went.

The Kluang Chronicles
- reprints from 'The Craftsman"

#1 Mar 1967
#2 July 1967
#3 May 1968
#4 Nov 1968
#5 Mar 1970

#6 Nov 1970

That's all I have for now. If you have copies of "The Craftsman" from this era, please send me the articles on 75 A/C Wksp for publishing here.

 

2 Flight Seremban

Mike Edwards has posted his photographs of 2 Flt on his blog.

Click here to view

 The Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal

For those who qualify and didn't receive their PJM Medal yet, please check out the details at this link:
Pingat Jasa Malaysia - Info & application form

Mini Reunion (5)
Leeds, 14th April 2012
 
Name Partner Nos attending  
Gunter Webster   1  
Derek Walker   1  
Magic Martin 1 2  
Tim Oates 1 2  
Al Maloney   1  
John Forwood   1  
Geordie Fairclough   1  
Dave Martin   1  
Graeme Court   1  
John Tully  - 1  
       
       

Mini Reunion - Leeds, 14th April 2012 - Info: 

The next meet has been set for 14th April in Leeds.

The Palace Pub, Kirkgate, Leeds
First opened as an inn in 1841, and haunted by a grey lady, The Palace, on Kirkgate (just a stone’s throw away from the bus station), has a lovely wooden interior and a respectable selection of real ales that attract all the aficionados, though some complain that the prices are a little steep.

Then on to a buffet evening meal
44-48 The Light
The Headrow
Leeds
LS18TL Tel: 0113 244 0400
Fax: 0113 246 9364
Cuisines: Indian, Italian, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, Japanese, English
No. of Dishes:200
Days Lunch Dinner Mon - Thurs £9.99 £14.99 Friday £9.99 £17.99 Saturday £10.99 £17.99 Sunday £11.99 £14.99

Dinner will be in the 9:00pm sitting.

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