The Association mourns the recent loss of the following former colleagues:

  • MEng Rick Yorston Hercules/Nimrod/Tristar Dec 21
  • FS Roger Price 20 Oct 21 Shackleton/Hercules
  • Sqn Ldr Ian McKay Hercules 15 Jun 21
  • MEng “Billy” Connolly Hercules/Tristar 29 Jan 2021
  • MEng Kevin Mangnall Shackleton/Nimrod
  • MEng Archie Moffat 14 Jan 21 Shackleton/Hercules/Tristar
  • Sqn Ldr Tom Fortune 15 Dec 20 Hercules/B707/Tristar
  • MEng Derek Jeans Dec 2020 Hercules

Roll of Honour

Listed in surname alphabetical order

  • Dick Angel Hercules 2019
  • Sqn Ldr Fred Archbold Hastings
  • MEng Mick Ashbolt Hercules
  • MEng George Barnes 70 Sqn
  • MEng Roy Beavis Shackleton/Hercules
  • MEng Joe Belk
  • Alan Bonnick
  • Sgt Alfred Ivan Brandon
  • MEng Bill Bridger Hastings/Hercules
  • Flt Lt Nigel Brown
  • Sgt Richard Brown Lancaster ED533/N 2 Mar 43
  • John Burn Hercules
  • Ray Carey Tenerife 25 Apr 1980 Dan Air 1008
  • Sgt Peter Carrie Dunkirk Veteran + Lancaster FE
  • Flt Lt Lofty Carter
  • Sqn Ldr Mike Cawsey Lincoln/Hastings/Comet /VC10/Tristar
  • Sgt Peter Chadwick Nimrod
  • Sgt Peter Coate Hercules XV198 Colerne 10 Sep 73
  • MEng “Billy” Connolly Hercules/Tristar 29 Jan 2021
  • Sqn Ldr Simon Cox Hercules/Nimrod 26 Dec 2009
  • FS Peter Cramp No 49 Cse
  • Sqn Ldr Dennis Crowson
  • FS Ady Davies
    Nimrod XV230 Afghanistan 2 Sep 06
  • FS John Dent Lancasters 25 Jun 19
  • Dave Drinkwater 15 Dec 2018
  • Rick-Eades April 2005 Hercules-Concorde
  • Dave Eaglestone Hercules
  • FS Douglas Edgington Liberator
  • MEng Bob Elrick
  • Sqn Ldr Tom Fortune 15 Dec 20 Hercules/B707/Tristar
  • F/O Arthur Frederick Halifax 13th Sep 44
  • Graham Gibbs Hercules 23 Dec 13
  • MEng Terry Gilmore Hercules XV193 Glenn Loch 27 May 93
  • FS Steve Goddard Nimrod/VC10
  • Flt Lt Al Graham Hercules/B707/VC10
  • Sqn Ldr Jimmy Green Washington/Beverley/Hercules
  • Sgt Ray Green Hercules/Nimrod/VC10
  • Sqn Ldr Nick Hamer
  • MEng Bob Hardwicke
  • WO Bill Harper Halifax/Stirling
  • Sgt Sam ‘Scott’ Harris Hercules
  • MEng Bill Harris
  • Flt Lt Tom Hatton Hercules
  • FO William Ian Harvey
  • Sqn Ldr Frank Heap Beverley/Hercules
  • MEng Les Hitchings
  • FS Jonny Holdsworth
  • Roy Holmwood
  • Sqn Ldr Fran Hopkins Hercules
  • George ‘Ginge’ Hosie Argosy
  • Sgt Andy House 9 Feb 2020 Hercules
  • Dick Hoyle Hercules
  • WO James Hubbard Liberator
  • Flt Lt Arthur Hutley DFM – Halifax Pathfinder
  • WO Norman Jackson VC
    106 Sqn Lancaster
  • MEng Derek Jeans Dec 2020 Hercules
  • MEng Jim Jobson Apr 2020
  • MEng Dougie Johnson Hercules
  • Flt Lt Bill Kelly Beverley
  • FS Brian King
  • MEng “Chuck” Knight
  • No 6 FTS RAF Finningley
  • Sgt Roger Lamb 24 Sqn
  • Flt Lt Ian Leddra Hercules
  • MEng Ralph Lines
  • MEng Dick Ludford Hercules
  • Sqn Ldr Ian McKay Hercules 15 Jun 21
  • Sqn Ldr Frank McKenna OBE 14 Feb 94
  • MEng Kevin Mangnall Shackleton/Nimrod
  • FS Syd Marshall Lancaster
  • Sqn Ldr Maultby
  • Iain McMillan Hercules
  • Fg Off Peter Medhurst
    Hercules XV180
    Fairford 24 Mar 1969
  • Sgt Graham Miller Harris 30 Apr 1990 Shackleton WR965
  • MEng Archie Moffat 14 Jan 21 Shackleton/Hercules/Tristar
  • Sgt Geoffrey Monk
    12 Sqn Lancaster
  • MEng Chris Morley Hercules
  • Sgt Gary Moxham Nimrod XV239 Toronto 02 Sep 1995
  • MEng John Newbold
  • Sgt Peter Nichamin
  • MEng Gary Nicholson
    Hercules XV179
    30 Jan 05
  • Sgt Frederick North Stirling MZ261 24 May 43
  • FLt Lt Colin Oliver (Tornado ZA593 9 Aug 88)
  • MEng Pete Ogden Hercules
  • F/O Chris Panton Halifax HX272 30 Mar 44
  • Sqn Ldr Trevor Peacock
  • Sqn Ldr Fred Pennycott Hercules
  • MEng Chris Philpott Hercules
  • Sqn Ldr Stan Piper
  • Sgt Frederick Patrick Platt 1 Nov 44 Halifax MZ424
  • FS Roger Price 20 Oct 21 Shackleton/Hercules
  • Sgt Bill Radcliffe DFC 617 Sqn Dambuster
  • MEng Cliff Regan VC10
  • FS Dave Rimmer Nimrod
  • Jim “Lurch” Rogers Hercules
  • Ian Rhodes Hercules/VC10 F-27 Guernsey 12 Jan 99
  • MEng John Salt Nimrod 01 Oct 20
  • Schofield??
  • ‘Uncle Len Schofield’ Lancaster/Lincoln/ /Neptune, Shackleton/Hercules
  • MEng Dave Simpson Nimrod/VC10/Tristar
  • MEng Jim Skate Hercules/Tristar
  • MEng Mo Smith Shackleton/Nimrod/Hercules
  • Sgt Andy Stuckey Hercules 2013
  • MEng Richie Spence Shackleton/Nimrod/ VC10/Tristar
  • Flt Lt Ted Stocker DSO Lancaster
  • Dick Stratton
  • Flt Lt Derek Stringman Hercules
  • Fg Off Thomas Thackary DFM
  • Fg Off John Thomas Halifax 1 Jan 1949
  • Dave Tracey Hercules
  • J Tubbs
  • Gareth “Wally” Walters
  • MEng Chris Walsh Hercules
  • Sqn Ldr Roy Waters
  • FS Horace (Jack) West Lancaster/Lincoln 1996
  • Sqn Ldr Bill Wickson Hastings/Hercules
  • Willie Williams VC10
  • Flt Lt Charlie Withers
  • Mike Wyton Hercules
  • Brian Wildman Hercules + B747 Kuwait 1990
  • MEng Rick Yorston Hercules/Nimrod/Tristar Dec 21

2 replies on “Remembering Former Colleagues”

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  2. Graham Gibbs, Hercules, 707, DC10,747 ex BCAL and BA passed away 27/12/2013 (see BCAL webb crew room) a great bloke

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