RAF Regiment

One of the female types that gate crashed catterick in the 90's worked in the med centre dishing out tubi grip and Brufen until they booted me back to halton hosp to terrorise patents more than u lot did us. All I can say is had a cracking laugh up there and wish I had stayed in touch with more people. Would love to hear from the likes of hamish munro and drew cuttler etc etc etc lists endless so if you remember me just fire off a email to the above address. I am a happily divorced civi currently working in Crawley as a manager of a residential care home so I am sort of working for a living as managers tend to do what they like these days

Joined in 1988 past out later that year posted to 15 sqn LA at hullavington untill shut down then posted to the big red one for six years variuos detachments, the back to blighty and sws for my sins i managed to escape after only 18 months, back to germany this time to the dark side of the regiment and became a cloud puncher on 37sqn . Promoted at last and sent back home to the depot and a return to 15 still rapier not as good as armour but it pays the bills and buys my beer, still married to tina after 12 years and have 2 boys alex and cameron, if any one out there knows me then drop me a line and we can pull up a sand bag and maybe meet up for an ale or 4 see ya soon

37, QCS, 26, 1, 33Wing, 1, 58, QCS, Digby, 1, Brampton, SCGDS St Athan, Neatishead, High Wycombe, Rudloe Manor, 34, Henlow.

51 sqn s/w flight 1973-76....16sqn "rockets" 1976-79....27sqn "rockets" 1979-82

51 Sqn. 1978-80.Soggy weapons

16 Sqn. 1980-83.A flt

15 Sqn. 1983-87.A flt

1992/94 GDT RUDLOE MANOR

1994/96 TAC STO HQ RAF LAARBRUCH

1996/97 RAFSUPWPNS RAF WITTERING

1997/20 RTS RAF HONINGTON

2000/ ------MCTC COLCHESTER

16 Sqn Wildenrath 75-79

CG's Driver (Reed-Purvis) 82-83

5 Wing Catterick 83-84

19 Sqn Brize Norton 85?- 88

2,15,16, 27,34(3 tours) 37, 63,194,3Wg HQ, 501SPG(Greenham) GDT, Leconfield, Catterick.Trg Wg HQ Catterick. 1951 - 1988

Medical discharge March 1999

66 sqn W Raynham 89/92

3 sqn aldergrove 92/95

Tac Sto laarbruch95/99

RAF Catterick 1985-1987 RTS/B Course commander basic gunners--Captain, USAF

RAF Greenham Common, 1987-1990, 501TMW, MDS commander--Major, USAF

63 SQN 1971 TO 1974 AT NORTH LUFFENHAM

UNIT POSTED TO RAF GUTERSLOH 1974 TO 1978

230 SQN (PUMAS) 1978 TO 1980 AT RAF ODIHAM

27SQN with a detachment to Belize (85 - 86)

501 (TMW / MDS)bastards kept on changing

2 months at St Athens GDT (89)

Medically discharged April 30th 1990

15 squd ,

THE BIG RED 1,

and not forgetting 58Squd. Time served 1981- 87

worst move I ever made miss all the good times with all the lads. Civi street not all its cracked to be .

58Sqn 84-87, II Sqn 87-90, RAF Swinderby 90-93, 19Sqn 93-94. Now "loafing" in Swindon

I started my service life as a bandsman drummer the station band at raf Kirkham lancashire afterfalling out with the band leader sac bibby I was posted to raf dumfries to join the raf regiment from there to weeton for the driving course the best 3 months in all my service life from there posted to the then premier squadron IAC/S then based at wunstorf germany 1952and1953 where exceptional years for the squadron 52 winning the Lloyds cup and 53chosen for most of the big parades and guard of honours and on reflection really enjoyed it all I have met up over the years with lads I served with on IAC/S but with the help of all the guest books and web sites like this I hope to meet more

QCS 82-83, 1 83-86, 15 86-89, PVR & boredom

JOINED 1982 SERVED WITH 15 SQDN UNTIL 1988.ENJOYING LIFE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE

Basic Gunner March 1974, 15 Sqn 1974-76, 27 Sqn(reformed to rapier)76-78, 26 Sqn 78-79, 27Sqn Leuchars 79-81 then last tour on 51Sqn (wittering then upto sunny catterick)81-83.

Married 1978, one teenager and a 20yr old at university.

72 - 73 63 Sqn Luffenham

73 - 76 1 Sqn Laarbruch

76 - 78 58 Sqn Depot (26 untill change at Guttersloh)

78 - 81 34 Sqn Akrotiri

81 - 82 SORT Swinderby

82 - 85 GDT Laarbruch

85 - 86 GDT Linton on Ouse

86 - 88 501 SPG Greenham Common

91 - 94 Signals School Depot

15 Squadron 1986 - 1987

34 Squadron 1987 - 1989

51 Squadron 1989 - 1992

814 RAF Marham 1992 - 1995

Civvy Street 1995 - Present

2 Sqn Catterick - 78

58 Sqn Catterick -78 / 79

63 Sqn Gutersloh 79 / 82

TSF Catterick - 82 / 84

CP APC Belize 6 months - 84

63 Sqn Gutersloh - 84 / 88

RTU West Raynham - 88 / 89

1973- 63Sqn North Luffenham, later joined 2 field Airborne.

1975 Medical discharge after parachute accident.

Became postman- a fate worse than death!

So buggered off to Rhodesia 1975 and joined their airborne, biggest f*** up ever!

Mugabe´s Bunch 1- Rhodesians 0

After that lived Thailand,then South America (Argentina,Brazil),last year Costa Rica, Armenia...

presently in eastern europe,corrupt buggers....but never a dull moment....

Catterick Basic Training 1967

15 Fld Sqn Raf Seletar Singapore - Raf Wittering 1967 - 1969

48 Tiger Cat Sqn 1975

27 Sqn Rapier 1975 - 1979 Luffenham / Leuchars

Now serving with 21 Sigs Regt 43 Sig Sqn (v) as SSM at Bath/Colerne as well as working at a Nuclear Power Station in Somerset.

1966 >>> RAF Swinderby for Squarebashin'

1966 >>> RAF Cosford for Teleprinter Operator Training, only male on intake so re-mustered, against the S.C.O'S advice.

1966 >>> RAF Catterick for Depot Training in the finer things in life.......

1967 >>> 37F Sqdn won the competition to have me as an elite member

1967 >>> Further field training ensued, with Orienteering exercises from the Twig, the Angel & the Bay Horse.

1967 >>> ADEN... Due to my elite training they deemed that I should go and fight the foreign foe.(F.L.O.S.Y) Front for the liberation of south yemen.loved the escort patrols down to Steamer Point, the endless perimeter Guards, the sweet early morning smell crossing the causeway. Our enemies taking a dislike to our C42 radio on one trip through a village on route from khormaksar, shot it to pieces.A shiny clearing his SMG into the ground via an inch off my left ear.

John(Jock) Sherry my mentor getting me over the fence to a MPBW Party in their quarters.......(My finest hour, was helping another Rock switch the knife rests round at Checkpoint Charlie, and omitting to tell the yemeny officer who sped through early mornin on his motorbike) definately another book here..

And contrary to popular belief it was ROCKAPES that were guarding the ITN film crew, who were filming the Suposidly last british soldier off Aden soil...."ROCKAPES FIRST IN LAST OUT" & never reported.

1968 >>> RAF Muharraq Bahrain,

1968 >>> Raf Changi Singapore on route to Jungle training up country at Kota Tinghi in Malaya,

1968 >>> RAF Leeming temporary Full Board, no room at the Depot

1969 >>> RAF St Athans south wales HGV training

1969 >>> RAF Catterick signals instructors course , see I did learn something.

1969 >>> Ulster kicks off, here we go again, FIRST IN......

everyone brought back souveniers from Ireland, I brought one back and married it.First Wife Maria.

1970 >>> Short stop at the Depot before Jetting out on my 3 year honeymoon

to RAF Akrotiri and 3 wing HQ.settled downtown in posh house in Ayia Kiriakides Street Limassol.Founder member of the Freewheelers Motorcycle Club Akrotiri.Often seen White lining at 60 through the traffic jams going into camp every morning LATE! (Maltese Cross on Sissy bar with the letters "J C") one shiny I sped past, turned to his rock passenger and said " he's going to meet him one day"

I had the best time touring the Island with the Club .. beach parties up the Panhandle.
Night clubs in Nicosia, to our favourite drinking hole in the wee fishing village of Paphos, Riding free up to Snake Island, Ski-ing on Troodos...Magik pure Magik and I managed to earn my pay as well..in between periods of rest in detention and Visiting the station duty officer at the Guard room from time to time.

1973 Politely shown the door.
....Terry Marsh, Scouse Brownlee, Dave "Chains" Roberts Darlington, Steve Chapman London, Ray went on to become a W.O. always was a swot!.Kruncher, Phil Edwards Sutton Colefield, John "Spanners" Spiers Darlington, Paddy Long, Taff "Piper" Sharp, Clive Cheetham London,Paddy Hyland, Jock Halbert Glasgow, Winston Alayne now a Retired W.O.

I believe,and any relatives of John "Jock" Sherry, Speedy Speakman, here I Am.
Has anyone got photographs from the 71 Cyprus International Rally...........
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Served with QCS from 1980-85 then went to 2 field AIRBORNE UNTIL 87