All Material on this page is Copyright © Ralph Swift 2003 I disliked flying the Canberra, I had got bored and uncomfortable during the longer flights made possible by the…
Flying the Meteor . . . by Ralph Swift
All Material on this page is Copyright © Ralph Swift 2003 The job proved to be just as boring as I had suspected and the following weeks were spent learning…
A Typical Day in the Life of a “DEV B” SAC at Watton 1957 – 1959
5043999 SAC Cox – Geoff to his friends! Our barrack block was on the airfield side of the camp, very close to No.2 hangar and it meant you had to…
RAF Watton – Where’s that? Peter Clarke (SAC 4248168) Remembers his time in Air Trafic at Watton
That was the question asked by myself and 3 or 4 other ‘erks’ after passing our trade training at RAF Shawbury. We were all destined for Air Traffic Control at…
24 (Guided Missile) Wing R.A.F. Watton Jim Forbes remembers his time at Watton
Sometime in September or October 1960, this J/T Armourer was posted from 25 Sqn at Waterbeach, to Watton. Reporting to SHQ, I was informed that I was to be attached…
Dear Diary, November 1960 – Arrived! by Norm de Plume
Norm de Plume remembers his arrival at Watton I don’t suppose that my arrival in Watton, seated upon my old faithful BSA 350 B31 motorbike on that November day in…
Random Thoughts by Ralph Swift
It was Sgt Pilot Don Coleman and Navigator Sgt Mike Thomson who had the misfortune to land a Meteor in East Germany. Mike told me it was with great misgivings…