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Hi Everybody, just joined and would like to introduce myself, ex raf. 1946 to 1956, started as fme, then marine fitter, then aircrew as air sig. finishing up with 42 squadron at st,eval in shacks, now retired, obviously at 78 plus. but enjoying life, just in the middle of having cataracts removed, had one done looking forward to the next one, and the lord said, let there be light etc., and you could see for ******* miles. p.s. service no. 4011057, anyone near to that,?.
 
Hi and welcome to the goat. Pull up a sandbag and tell a few tales.

Canberraman is of the same vintage as yourself but not sure of his service number. Hope the rest of the op goes well, must be nice to see properly again !

Crack on.................:PDT_Xtremez_09:
 
Welcome!

Welcome!

Nice to see someone from a time when the RAF was in it's really interesting stage....what with jet flight becoming a standard thing at the time and still working with piston engined kites,you must have had a very worthwhile time!

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Welcome old timer..... I bet the RAF wasn't in the sh*t state it is now when u were in?
 
Welcome, please tells us some yards from your days in the RAF, I am sure you must have loads.
 
Welcome Deversoir!
I too was on 42Sqn at their demise! They're now known as 42(R) Sqn which was
previously 236 OCU. They're now the Kinloss Nimrod OCU.

'Deversoir'.... Anything to to with:

 
And now to make you feel really nostalgic....


No 42 rejoined Coastal Command and reverted to the strike role on 1 October 1946 when No 254 Squadron at Thorney Island was re-numbered. It now operated Beaufighters and continued to do so until 15 October 1947, when it disbanded yet again. From 11 Feb 1949 until 27 June 1952 the squadron number was linked to No 141 and the following day, 28 June 1952, the squadron was revived as a maritime reconnaissance unit at St Eval equipped with Shackleton MR Mk 1s. The squadron moved to St Mawgan in October 1958, having received Shackleton MR Mk 2 in 1954. It successively re-equipped with MR Mk 3s in December 1965, Nimrod MR Mk 1s in April 1971 and finally Nimrod MR Mk 2s in June 1983, the last MR Mk 1 leaving in July. On 1 October 1992, the squadron disbanded but the numberplate was immediately transferred to the Nimrod OCU at Kinloss as No 42 (Reserve) Squadron, which had previously been No 38 (Reserve) Squadron.
Motto: Fortiter in re ( Bravely in action)​
 
deversoir said:
Hi Everybody, just joined and would like to introduce myself, ex raf. 1946 to 1956, started as fme, then marine fitter, then aircrew as air sig. finishing up with 42 squadron at st,eval in shacks, now retired, obviously at 78 plus. but enjoying life, just in the middle of having cataracts removed, had one done looking forward to the next one, and the lord said, let there be light etc., and you could see for ******* miles. p.s. service no. 4011057, anyone near to that,?.
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Joined in 79 but no where near with J8182940, finished on 231 OCU at Wyton in 86
 
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