RAF Swinderby closed on 17 December 1993, with the Joint Elementary Flying Training Squadron having previously moved to RAF Topcliffe in North Yorkshire. Single Airmen’s barracks, NAAFI etc) that used to be situated opposite the technical side of the airfield as it was when I was doing my basic training there in May ‘80, I have included a computer generated . North Kesteven Airfield Trail by DiscoverNK - Issuu This is me and the lads. Date: 1979 Jul 1-1980 Dec 31. Having my picture taken with her in front of an DeHavilland Vampire jet gate guard at RAF Swinderby after my passing out parade….was that really 25 years ago ? AIR 29/4687. Company: Central Television Master format: 16mm Description. RAF Swinderby, January 1982. Per Ardua ad Astra is the motto of the Royal Air Force and roughly translated means "Through Adversity to the Stars". I managed to dig out some old pictures of RAF Swinderby showing the old domestic site (e.g. Out of Bounds Looking forward to breakfast! Media in category "Witham St Hughs". That was the date of my passing out parade from basic recruit training in the Royal Air Force . Held by: The National Archives, Kew. RAF Swinderby was built just before WWII and came under the control of Bomber Command, but in 1964 . I started on the 26th November, 2014 and graduated on the same intake I started with on the 17th February 2015. I've done it all. Wales on the occasion of the types last flight. See where this picture was taken. Feb 77 Pressure on space at Finningley caused by the impending Queens' Silver Jubilee review of the RAF again caused TJ138 to move on, this time to Swinderby, Lincolnshire. 3 Lightnings doing aerobatics over RAF Swinderby was a sight I shall never forget.-----I've heard it all. It included all the commands and sounds of the parade. A live LP recording of a passing out parade was . The RAF pulled out a lot of the stops for this passing-out parade, didn't they? Loved the experience. I was an instructor on RAF Regt basics at Honington in 99-01 but did my own basics at Swinderby and Catterick. This included a big parade in front of local dignitaries, high ranking officers, and a fly past from . It was built near the village of Swinderby, Lincolnshire just off the south east side of the A46 (the Fosse Way) between Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. It was built near the village of Swinderby, Lincolnshire just off the south east side of the A46 (the Fosse Way) between Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. There certainly WAS a Vulcan flypast at a Swinderby passing out parade that created a good deal of, er, comment! At General Salute, with the Senior Reviewing Officer on the Dias, it approached from the rear, low level over the famous 'Running Hill' and overhead. Legal status: 2,869 0 0. RAF Swinderby, March or April 1976. Here the aircraft was kept in the hangar of the RAF School of Recruit Training and used as a backdrop to passing out parades. It was fantastic normally the fly by passes 2000ft above the parade from south to North but the . Jump to. pass-out parade a . Rank - Aircraftsman (AC) 7 Weeks Recruit Training at RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire followed by 18 months Trade Training at No.1 Radio School RAF Locking near Weston Super Mare. A46 Fosse Way - geograph.org.uk - 2248496.jpg 640 × 480; 71 KB. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner. Press alt + / to open this menu. . March 1994 : Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer retired from service. ), who was so skinny and weak that he could not do a present arms with those nasty wooden gats they used to give you, (his shoulders sagged forwards almost immediately). Group membership is only available for those who completed RAF basic training between 29 June 1964 - July 1993. The final pass out parade was held in July 1993, before the School moved to RAF Halton and RAF Swinderby closed permanently. Monday, 28 June 2010. British officer served as second pilot with 297 Sqdn, RAF during Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; pilot served with 88 Sqdn, RAF in Far East, 1950-1952; attended Flying Instructor's Course at Central Flying School, Little Rissington in GB, 1952- 1953; served as flying instructor with RAF in GB, 1953-1955; served with 61 Sqdn, RAF in GB and during Suez Crisis, 1955- 1957; served with Bomber Command Holdi • RAF Photography « less. Apr 22, 2013 #8. On a wet cold morning in November 1987, I sat waiting nervously on the train station to begin my journey to RAF Swinderby for Basic Training with the RAF. Wellington at No.201 A.F.S. Video and information relating to the joint Quebec & Blenheim Platoon - Gym demonstration and passing out parade at Bassingbourn Barracks - 25th July 1991. Tags: Royal Air Force Swinderby 7 School of Recruit Training more ». Welcome to an unofficial website dedicated to RAF Church Fenton, an ex-RAF training airfield in North Yorkshire. . By this time feeling very despondent at my lack of progress, I was posted in early 1956 as a lowly Aircraftsman to my first proper RAF camp, RAF Swinderby near Newark. In 1989 RAF Strike Command consisted of three major . This meant that I was at Swinderby over the Christmas period and as we had a week off it was sometime in January 1977 before we left, in fact we were at Swinderby for New Year's Eve 1976. The only time i went to Swinderby was to see my lads Passing Out Parade.. and my only time at Halton was for a Specialist 1st Aid Course . Adultery 3. - Originally Posted by Timelord That Swinderby Vulcan photo may be authentic. male and female recruits) passed out in November at RAF Swinderby. Popping around to see her after work and having a cup of tea, she telling me how I always looked tired and me telling her that I was fine and that the grey hair was hereditary. John Salter Flt Lt D Chadwick Flt Lt J Brazier Beryl Friends To be Catalogued Flickr « less. Media in category "RAF Swinderby" The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. One twit has his rifle sticking out & the next one brings his hand down & Impales it on the bayonet. Only RAF officers of ranks below Air Commodore will be shown here in detail. RAF Strike Command commanded all operational Royal Air Force units in the United Kingdom.Its Commander-in-Chief was Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, who doubled as NATO, Commander-in-Chief United Kingdom Air Forces (CINCUKAIR), which was a major subordinate command under NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. I joined the RAF in February 1990 and after 6 marvellous weeks at RAF Swinderby we were to pass out, we were told originally that we were getting a 617Sqdn Tornado but on the morning of the parade we were told it was to be a Vulcan from the RAF VDS. Oh how we laughed. I left Stanstead Airport on the 11th April 1958 on a civilian charter flight run by Skyways of London, in an Argonaut aircraft, bound for Malta, Benina in Libya, Khartoum in the Sudan, then Eastleigh itself. What will the attention seeking **** do if he passes trade training? Year: 1982. 3 May 1989 at RAF Swinderby. Relatives will remember Adrian with his camera at all family gatherings snapping away! Incidently, my father was the CSFC Chaplain at Swinderby, 1976-1977, and retired from the RAF the same day as I passed out from recruit training at Swinderby (in April 1977). Royal Air Force Officers 1939-1945 -- M. For detailed biographies of key RAF personnel (Air Commodore and higher) there is already an excellent website: www.rafweb.org. #1. Polishing shoes and boots for inspection during basic training at RAF Swinderby . 608 likes. Passing out parade Air Ops Controller SNCO Training Breakdown RAF Halton Memories of Swinderby. The Rocking Motorbike he made and painted for his first grandson Mark was indeed a masterpiece. and the last pass-off parade at Dover was in October 1991. . At the request of his family please no flowers but have created a fundraising page with proceeds going to Cancer Research UK. Henry Moss's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. 10 Flight. Oh how we laughed. We had a WRAF who got a whiff of Avtur, fainted, and sank to the bottom. 1 Former RAF hangars, Swinderby 4 2 RAF Swinderby Passing Out 5 6 7 Parade 22.08.86 3 Presentation: Polish Standard at RAF Swinderby 16.7.41 4 Former station headquarters at RAF Swinderby 5 . Thats me in the middle rank, third from right. We had this little guy, (he wanted to be a FLMech. RAF Swinderby Arrival & Departure Dates Group will help others to find and re-connect with those who joined up together. In October 1953, the final passing out parade took place, and the School disbanded again on 26 January 1954. We had a Jet Provost for a fly past lol. Groups appears in: • 10 Million Photos • The Cold War RAF (1945 to 1991) more ». Film type: Colour / Mute Genre: Television News. Unluckily for me and a few others, I got food poisoning on the very first day and spent the first 3 nights in hospital. Date: 1979 Jul 1-1980 Dec 31. Several flights of successful young recruits in their passing out parade with VIP guests, family, friends and a fly past of mil. It was an incredible journey. I found my original putties a couple of months ago and sent them to the RAF museum for prosperity!! . 21years served and still work for the military but in a civi capacity-----Degsy Rowlands is my love, my life and a lunatic!!!!! Since its opening in 1937, it had varied roles as both a principal air defence fighter station and latterly a training station right through until its formal closure by the MoD in December 2013. Re: 2 Ship Vulcan Scramble! RAF Swinderby fly-past. The chap to the right of me is Peter Orme, from Sheffield, one of the great characters of our intake. Third Formation [] The RAF's Advanced Flying Schools operating in the early 1950s provided a step between elementary flying training and the operational conversion unit. Not sure but I think it was quite a unique . D. daymond Tour Rookie. The tidal surge barrier with tank barge Swinderby passing beneath, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK Calverton,Nottinghamshire,UK.10TH November 2013.Polish cross memorial ,On the 13th of October 1940 a Polish air crew (of number 300 mosovion squadron),who were fighting for the allies were returning to thier base,at RAF Swinderby.After . RAF Halton has lodger units across a range of specialities from air activity to defence media operations. Royal Air Force History and Memories . On the closure of the station it was purchased by NASAM member Ian Hancock and arrived at the museum in April 1993 completely dismantled to be re-assembled the following year. Posted by Sam R at 09:56 No comments: Labels: freedom of kings lynn, royal air force. was done on the aircraft by RAF Personnel. Passing out parade at RAF Swinderby, the recruit basic training school in Lincolnshire. RAF squadron leader John Peters, 54, was shot down during the first hours of the Gulf War on January 17, 1991, and was subjected to more than seven weeks brutal torture by then Iraqi leader Saddam . Mine was a Nimrod. Legal status: On the closure of the station it was purchased by NASAM member Ian Hancock and arrived at the museum in April 1993 completely dismantled to be re-assembled the following year. I had a copy of my video put onto dvd and I watched it with great pride. One twit has his rifle sticking out & the next one brings his hand down & Impales it on the bayonet. It was the world's first Air Academy and today, it continues to select and train the next generation of officers and aircrew. Joined Mar 3, 2009 . Members who served with RAF Swinderby. Sets appears in: • Royal Air Force. He was a teleprinter ops. 6 weeks of basic Training at RAF Swinderby 28th June 1988 with a pass out parade on the 10th August 1988 with . The extra training was to no avail and I failed yet again to pass out with number 23 entry! After my pass out parade at RAF Swinderby , my mother and father were chatting to my drill sgt, with the station commander and other parents present, (my dad was still in the army at this time). Oct 29, 2017 - Overhead St David.s Cathedral, Haverfordwest. Airmens' Command School moved to RAF Halton. Held by: The National Archives, Kew. Royal Air Force Swinderby or more simply RAF Swinderby was a Royal Air Force station airfield opened in 1940, one of the last of the stations completed under the RAF's expansion plans started in the 1930s. With photographs. A strange organisation the RAF, at times. That should have been a poll: 1. Female curves meant that pulling her out by her feet was out of the question, she was well and truly stuck. In 1964 RAF Swinderby changed its role to that of recruit training when No.7 School of Recruit Training, formerly at RAF Bridgnorth, opened at RAF Swinderby. (Advanced Flying School), RAF Swinderby, probably late 1947 (John Saunders at Flickr) Fragment of a map dated 1956. It had been scrapped by November 1991. Exactly two years since I started basic training, I'm now writing up my experience. Eric was my roomate in the notorious . Passing out (Graduating) as a Junior Technician - Electronic Technician Airfield (L-TECH-AF) in Feb 1993. February 1994 : Tornado GR Mk 1B entered service. Abbreviations and explanations can be found at the help page. A live LP recording of a passing out parade was made in 1973, featuring the Midland Band of the Royal Air Force. . AIR 29/4687. At Swinderby it was used as background for passing out parades, course photos, and the like before being moved to Swinderby's fire dump in August 1991. Going supersonic I t was a balmy autumnal morning at RAF Swinderby in Lincolnshire on 17 October 1984. B-TECH ONC in Electronic Engineering qualification obtained. A very creative man, he designed a record album cover for the Passing Out parade at RAF Swinderby and was a very keen photographer. Sections of this page. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from RAF Swinderby.. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! Taken on: November 1, 1969. British NCO served as rear gunner with 57 Sqdn RAF in GB, 1944; shot down over France, 7/1944 and returned to GB, 10/1944 Issue 5 - English Electric Lightning. Jun 4, 2007. Air gunner's log book for H Moss covering the period from 10 July 1944 to 20 March 1946. Very big and VERY loud but not as spectacular as the pass out parade the week before us. they did a low-level fly-past and tail-stand for our passing out parade at Swinderby. A46 Fosse Way - geograph.org.uk - 2248501.jpg 640 × 480; 88 KB. RAF Swinderby, March or April 1976. Swinderby Jul 1991, doing the Thor . ABOUT THE RECORD: All RAF recruits undertake a six week basic training course at the School of Recruit Training, RAF Swinderby, to qualify as airmen. Accessibility Help. Sad to report that our friend and member Paul Pickering passed away on Thursday 8/4/2021. The Cranwell Band provided a superb soundtrack for the parade - the same band who performed at my own Passing Out parade at RAF Swinderby on 23 July 1985! website maker It was a balmy autumnal morning at RAF Swinderby in Lincolnshire on 17 October 1984. Eastleigh, at that time, was also Nairobi International Airport. My introduction to this mighty beast, was my Passing Out Parade at the end of Technical Training at RAF Halton in December 1977. Description: RAF School of Recruit Training, RAF Swinderby. Dec 26, 2017 #7 . That was the date of my passing out parade from basic recruit training in the Royal Air Force, and while we were promised the customary flypast, you weren't told what aircraft it would be carried out by. Royal Air Force Swinderby ('Swinders') September 1978. RAF Swinderby aerial photograph April 1941 IWM HU 93063.jpg 800 × 603; 67 KB RAF College Cranwell is a thriving RAF Station in the heart of Lincolnshire with a long and distinguished history dating back to its foundations as a Royal Navy Training Establishment in 1916. After six weeks of slog and laughs, I finally passed out from completed training at Swinderby. RAF Halton is one of the largest RAF stations and home to approximately 2,100 personnel from all three armed services, foreign military, contractors, and civilians. May 25, 2007 #13 Dave-exfairy New member. In August 1964 intake 7/46 was the first pass out parade at RAF Swinderby. Pulls his hand free & finishes the parade with a now red glove & splattering blood all over several newly minted crabs. RAF Strike Command. It was airlifted in September 1986 by Chinook helicopter to RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire to provide a hanger backdrop for passing-out parades. Six or so weeks later give or take a few weeks off for Christmas, I proudly marched onto the airfield for my pass-out parade as a fulling trained Airman. Successful completion of the course is marked by a Passing Out Parade, the form of which has remained the same over many years. I believe this is crossing the main road the bisects the two parts of the camp. May 25, 2007 . Heading off to the passing out parade. In July 1993 No.1 Squadron 6 Flight was the final pass out parade before the RAF School of Recruit Training moved to RAF Halton. Click to support this campaign. Royal Air Force Swinderby or more simply RAF Swinderby was a Royal Air Force station airfield opened in 1940, one of the last of the stations completed under the RAF's expansion plans started in the 1930s. I was playing french horn with the RAF Central Band and the RPO . It was as a 16 year old I "joined up" in early February 1980 and set off for my basic training at RAF Swinderby, near Lincoln. RAF Masirah & RAF Salalah Association, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern & Republic of, Ireland. Veg Patch Update. I joined the RAF on the 17th November 1976, and was at Swinderby for six weeks square bashing before going to RAF Halton for trade training. This meant that I was at Swinderby over the Christmas period and as we had a week off it was sometime in January 1977 before we left, in fact we were at Swinderby for New Year's Eve 1976. . I remember having a look inside the Canberra, when it was opened up, not sure for what reason, in 1976. I just don't remember any of it. Duration: 0:00:27. Definetly authentic, as I have a copy of the photograph First passing out parade held at RAF Halton after Recruit Training School had moved from RAF Swinderby. Don't blag this day, do as you're told as the information your are told to find out will be needed for exams later in the course. Apr 22, 2013 #8. Loud, very loud. RAF Swinderby fly-past. He was stationed at RAF Pembrey (1 AGS), RAF Wing (26 OTU), RAF Langar (1669 HCU), RAF…. Front rank, far right, is Eric Mayne, from Biggin Hill. Cuckoo Walk - geograph.org.uk - 1863300.jpg 640 × 426; 114 KB. . He served at Masirah from July 1972 until April 1973. I was tasked with having him not look like a sack of sh1t. This post has been under construction for almost exactly one year. Military Aviation - Boss Sacked for low flying? I remember passing out parade at Swinditz. Swinderby Memories. Ex - RAF here - I had my pass out parade at RAF Swinderby in 1987. Swinderby was a flying training school operating Vampire Mk'5, 9 and T11 aircraft. Females were still trained at RAF Hereford in 1976 and in 1982 the very first integrated Flight (i.e. Description: RAF School of Recruit Training, RAF Swinderby. With photographs. April 1994 Starts an ARRSE blog (using his newly-gained skills) Regardless, all the best to. Delivers his first child on the parade square 5. It is probable that this Canberra may be in many photos of eager newly trained recruits which now reside in dusty photo albums throughout the land. G/V's airmen and airwomen marching in the parade. I've seen it all. Day 16, the Friday, is your trip to the RAF Museum at Hendon - a nice day out for you all to learn about the history of the RAF. As far as I'm aware, at the time, Quebec platoon was the largest single platoon (45) to have ever successfully passed through training at Bassingbourn. It was airlifted in September 1986 by Chinook helicopter to RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire to provide a hanger backdrop for passing-out parades. Basic Training - RAF Swinderby. The following 35 files are in this category, out of 35 total. I joined the RAF on the 17th November 1976, and was at Swinderby for six weeks square bashing before going to RAF Halton for trade training. Pulls his hand free & finishes the parade with a now red glove & splattering blood all over several newly minted crabs. Eric was transferred to No.42 Air School on the 14th March 1941 at Port Elizabeth and completed the No.1 Bombing and Gunnery Course using Fairey Battle aircraft on the 30th May 1941 passing out as . Final Phantom retired by A & AEE at Boscombe Down. Confesses that he's gay 4. Bigamy 2. The Association was formed by agreement of those who attended the Inaugural. The RAF pulled out a lot of the stops for this passing-out parade, didn't they? 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