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EMAIL
There are quite a few names listed on the
Contacts page
of those with email addresses that are no longer valid. If you
have contact with any of those, please get them to send me their new
addresses.
Please remember to update me if you have changed your contact
details. That is if you wish to receive updates. |
Just A Common
Soldier.
A. Lawrence Vaincourt
WW II Air Force veteran wrote this poem in 1985 |
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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 |
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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.
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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
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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
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reprints from 'The Craftsman"
#1 Mar
1967
#2 July
1967
#3 May
1968
#4 Nov
1968
#5 Mar
1970
#6 Nov
1970That'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.
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2 Flight Seremban
Mike Edwards has posted his photographs of 2 Flt on his blog.
Click here to
view |
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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
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Partner |
Nos attending |
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| Gunter Webster |
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1 |
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| Derek Walker |
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1 |
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| Magic Martin |
1 |
2 |
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| Tim Oates |
1 |
2 |
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| Al Maloney |
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1 |
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| John Forwood |
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1 |
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| Geordie Fairclough |
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1 |
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| Dave Martin |
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1 |
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| Graeme Court |
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1 |
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| John Tully |
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1 |
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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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