The Association mourns the recent loss of the following former colleagues:
MEng Pete Neilson Hercules/VC10 12 Sep 25MEng Rick Hardy Hercules/Nimrod/VC10 27 May 25Sgt “Bunny” Lees-Smith Hastings 21 May 25Sqn Ldr Mike ‘Lofty’ Taylor Hercules/VC10 10 Mar 25MEng Peter Fryer Hercules Feb 25Flt Lt Bryan Wardell Lancaster 31 Jan 25WO Ray Parke Lancasters 11 Jan 25Alex Fraser, Lancaster to VC10, Dec 24FS Eddy Fox Hercules Dec 24Michael ‘Mick’ Dry Shackletons/Nimrods 20 Nov 24
Roll of Honour
Listed in surname alphabetical order
Dick Angel Hercules 2019Sqn Ldr Fred Archbold HastingsMEng Mick Ashbolt HerculesMEng Chris Barnes Hercules/Tristar Oct 22 Sgt Ron Barnicoat Halifax MZ641 29 Jul 44MEng Roy Beavis
Shackleton/HerculesMEng Joe BelkAlan BonnickSgt Alfred Ivan Brandon MEng Bill Bridger Hastings/HerculesFlt Lt Nigel BrownSgt Richard Brown
Lancaster ED533/N
2 Mar 43John Burn HerculesMEng Derek Butcher QCVSA Lancaster/Sunderland/ Lincoln/Hastings 28 Oct 2000Ray Carey
Tenerife 25 Apr 1980
Dan Air 1008Sgt Peter Carrie Dunkirk Veteran + Lancaster FEFlt Lt Lofty CarterTerry Caster Hercules 6 Sep 24Sqn Ldr Mike Cawsey
Lincoln/Hastings/Comet /VC10/TristarSgt Peter Chadwick Nimrod
Sgt Peter Coate Hercules XV198 Colerne 10 Sep 73Roger Cole 15 Sep 24 HerculesMEng “Billy” Connolly
Hercules/Tristar
29 Jan 2021Sqn Ldr Simon Cox Hercules/Nimrod
26 Dec 2009FS Peter Cramp No 49 CseSqn Ldr Dennis CrowsonFS Ady Davies Nimrod XV230 Afghanistan 2 Sep 06 FS John Dent Lancasters 25 Jun 19Sgt David Jesse Dowe, 463 Sqn, Lancaster LM574 – 25 Jun 44 aged 19Dave Drinkwater 15 Dec 2018Michael ‘Mick’ Dry Shackletons/Nimrods 20 Nov 24Rick-Eades April 2005 Hercules-ConcordeDave Eaglestone HerculesFS Douglas Edgington LiberatorMEng Bob ElrickSqn Ldr Tom Fortune 15 Dec 20 Hercules/B707/TristarFS Eddy Fox Hercules Dec 24Alex Fraser, Lancaster to VC10, Dec 24F/O Arthur Frederick
Halifax
13th Sep 44MEng Peter Fryer Hercules Feb 25Graham Gibbs
Hercules
23 Dec 13MEng Terry Gilmore Hercules XV193 Glenn Loch 27 May 93FS Steve Goddard Nimrod/VC10Flt Lt Al Graham Hercules/B707/VC10Sqn Ldr Jimmy Green Washington/Beverley/HerculesSgt Ray Green Hercules/Nimrod/VC10Sqn Ldr Nick HamerMEng Bob HardwickeMEng Rick Hardy Hercules/Nimrod/VC10 27 May 25MEng Peter Harker Hercules/VC10WO Bill Harper
Halifax/StirlingSgt Sam ‘Scott’ Harris
HerculesMEng Bill HarrisFO William Ian HarveyFlt Lt Tom Hatton HerculesSqn Ldr Frank Heap Beverley/HerculesSgt Robert Jack Henderson “Dambuster” 18 Feb 1961
MEng Les HitchingsFS Jonny HoldsworthRoy HolmwoodSqn Ldr Fran Hopkins HerculesGeorge ‘Ginge’ Hosie ArgosySgt Andy House
9 Feb 2020
Hercules
Dick Hoyle HerculesWO James Hubbard
LiberatorFlt Lt Arthur Hutley DFM – Halifax PathfinderMEng Mike”Jacko” Jackson Shackleton/Nimrod 7 May 23WO Norman Jackson VCMEng Derek Jeans Dec 2020 HerculesMEng Jim Jobson Apr 2020MEng Dougie Johnson
HerculesSgt William “Bill” Jones Halifax 25 Mar 97Flt Lt Bill Kelly BeverleyFS Ian Kennedy Hercules Jan 22FS Brian KingMEng “Chuck” KnightSgt Roger Lamb 24 SqnDan Latham Sep 22
Argosy/Hercules/VC10Sqn Ldr Ted LeCount
Beverley/Hercules
Mar 22Flt Lt Ian Leddra HerculesSgt “Bunny” Lees-Smith Hastings 21 May 25MEng Ralph LinesMEng Dick Ludford HerculesSqn Ldr Ian McKay Hercules 15 Jun 21
Sqn Ldr Frank McKenna OBE
14 Feb 94MEng Kevin Mangnall
Shackleton/NimrodFS Syd Marshall Lancaster
Sqn Ldr MaultbyIain McMillan HerculesFg Off Peter Medhurst Hercules XV180 Fairford 24 Mar 1969 Sgt Graham Miller
Harris 30 Apr 1990
Shackleton WR965MEng Archie Moffat 14 Jan 21 Shackleton/Hercules/TristarSgt Geoffrey Monk 12 Sqn LancasterMEng Chris Morley HerculesSgt Gary Moxham Nimrod XV239 Toronto 02 Sep 1995
MEng John NewboldSgt Peter NichaminMEng Gary Nicholson Hercules XV179 30 Jan 05 MEng Pete Neilson Hercules/VC10 12 Sep 25Sgt Frederick North Stirling MZ261 24 May 43FLt Lt Colin Oliver (Tornado ZA593 9 Aug 88)MEng Pete Ogden Hercules F/O Chris Panton Halifax HX272 30 Mar 44WO Ray Parke Lancasters 11 Jan 25Sqn Ldr Trevor PeacockSqn Ldr Fred Pennycott HerculesMEng Chris Philpott HerculesSgt Valentine Picken Stirling N3725 15 Sep 42Sqn Ldr Stan PiperSgt Frederick Patrick Platt 1 Nov 44 Halifax MZ424MEng Steve Ponting Hercules/VC10 22 Jul 23FS Roger Price 20 Oct 21 Shackleton/HerculesSgt Bill Radcliffe DFC 617 Sqn DambusterMEng Cliff Regan VC10Ian Rhodes
Hercules/VC10
F-27 Guernsey 12 Jan 99MEng Dave Rimmer NimrodJim “Lurch” Rogers HerculesMEng John Salt
Nimrod 01 Oct 20Schofield??‘Uncle Len Schofield’
Lancaster/Lincoln/ /Neptune,
Shackleton/HerculesMEng Dave Simpson
Nimrod/VC10/TristarMEng Jim Skate
Hercules/TristarMEng Mo Smith Shackleton/Nimrod/HerculesSgt Andy Stuckey
Hercules 2013MEng Richie Spence Shackleton/Nimrod/
VC10/TristarFlt Lt Ted Stocker DSO
LancasterDick StrattonFlt Lt Derek Stringman HerculesSqn Ldr Ken Symonds AFM, Stirlings to Nimrod, 25 Aug 24Sqn Ldr Mike ‘Lofty’ Taylor Hercules/VC10 10 Mar 25Fg Off Thomas Thackary DFMFg Off John Thomas Halifax 1 Jan 1949 Dave Tracey HerculesJ TubbsGareth “Wally” WaltersMEng Chris Walsh HerculesFlt Lt Bryan Wardell Lancaster 31 Jan 25Sqn Ldr Roy WatersFS Horace (Jack) West Lancaster/Lincoln 1996Sqn Ldr Bill Wickson Hastings/HerculesBrian Wildman Hercules + B747 Kuwait 1990MEng Paul Winner Dec 22 Nimrod/VC10Willie Williams VC10Flt Lt Charlie WithersSqn Ldr Paul Woodman Hercules/VC10/Tristar 6 Feb 23Mike Wyton HerculesMEng Rick Yorston Hercules/Nimrod/Tristar Dec 21WO John Young, 518 Sqn, Halifax 5 Sep 93
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So many names and faces that I remember from the past.