Royal Air Force Flight Engineer & Air Engineer Association

For all those awarded the RAF "E" flying badge.

Remembering Former Colleagues

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

FS Steve Arnott VC10/Tristar 23 Apr 26
MEng Paul Bergeman Hercules/Tristar 11 Apr 26
MEng Pete Neilson Hastings/Hercules/VC10
12 Sep 25
MEng Rick Hardy Hercules/Nimrod/VC10 27 May 25
Sgt “Bunny” Lees-Smith Hastings 21 May 25

Roll of Honour

Listed in surname alphabetical order

Dick Angel Hercules 2019
Sqn Ldr Fred Archbold Hastings
FS Steve Arnott VC10/Tristar 23 Apr 26
MEng Mick Ashbolt Hercules
MEng Chris Barnes Hercules/Tristar Oct 22
Sgt Ron Barnicoat Halifax MZ641 29 Jul 44
MEng Roy Beavis Shackleton/Hercules
MEng Paul Bergeman Hercules/Tristar 11 Apr 26
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
MEng Derek Butcher QCVSA Lancaster/Sunderland/ Lincoln/Hastings 28 Oct 2000
Ray Carey Tenerife 25 Apr 1980 Dan Air 1008
Sgt Peter Carrie Dunkirk Veteran + Lancaster FE
Flt Lt Lofty Carter
Terry Caster Hercules
6 Sep 24
Sqn Ldr Mike Cawsey Lincoln/Hastings/Comet /VC10/Tristar
Sgt Peter Chadwick Nimrod
Sgt Peter Coate Hercules XV198 Colerne 10 Sep 73
Roger Cole 15 Sep 24
Hercules
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
Sgt David Jesse Dowe, 463 Sqn, Lancaster LM574 – 25 Jun 44 aged 19
Dave Drinkwater 15 Dec 2018
Michael ‘Mick’ Dry
Shackletons/Nimrods 20 Nov 24
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
FS Eddy Fox Hercules Dec 24
Alex Fraser, Lancaster to VC10, Dec 24
F/O Arthur Frederick Halifax 13th Sep 44
MEng Peter Fryer Hercules Feb 25
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
MEng Rick Hardy Hercules/Nimrod/VC10 27 May 25
MEng Peter Harker Hercules/VC10
WO Bill Harper Halifax/Stirling
Sgt Sam ‘Scott’ Harris Hercules
MEng Bill Harris
FO William Ian Harvey
Flt Lt Tom Hatton Hercules
Sqn Ldr Frank Heap Beverley/Hercules
Sgt Robert Jack Henderson “Dambuster” 18 Feb 1961
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
MEng Mike”Jacko” Jackson Shackleton/Nimrod 7 May 23
WO Norman Jackson VC
MEng Derek Jeans Dec 2020 Hercules
MEng Jim Jobson Apr 2020
MEng Dougie Johnson Hercules
Sgt William “Bill” Jones Halifax 25 Mar 97
Flt Lt Bill Kelly Beverley
FS Ian Kennedy Hercules Jan 22
FS Brian King
MEng “Chuck” Knight
Sgt Roger Lamb 24 Sqn
Sgt Harold Lancaster Shorts Stirling 14 May 45
Dan Latham Sep 22 Argosy/Hercules/VC10
Sqn Ldr Ted LeCount Beverley/Hercules Mar 22
Flt Lt Ian Leddra Hercules
Sgt “Bunny” Lees-Smith Hastings 21 May 25
MEng Ralph Lines
MEng Dick Ludford Hercules
Sqn Ldr Ian McKay Hercules 15 Jun 21
Sqn Ldr Frank McKenna OBE 14 Feb 94
FS Bill McPhail Lancasters
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
MEng Pete Neilson Hastings/Hercules/VC10 12 Sep 25
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
WO Ray Parke Lancasters 11 Jan 25
Sqn Ldr Trevor Peacock
Sqn Ldr Fred Pennycott Hercules
MEng Chris Philpott Hercules
Sgt Valentine Picken Stirling N3725 15 Sep 42
Sqn Ldr Stan Piper
Sgt Frederick Patrick Platt 1 Nov 44 Halifax MZ424
MEng Steve Ponting Hercules/VC10 22 Jul 23
FS Roger Price 20 Oct 21 Shackleton/Hercules
Sgt Keith Parker Lancasters KIA 23 Feb 45
Sgt Keith Parker Lancasters KIA 23 Feb 45
Sgt Bill Radcliffe DFC 617 Sqn Dambuster
MEng Cliff Regan VC10
Ian Rhodes Hercules/VC10 F-27 Guernsey 12 Jan 99
MEng Dave Rimmer Nimrod
Jim “Lurch” Rogers Hercules
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
Sqn Ldr Ken Symonds AFM, Stirlings to Nimrod, 25 Aug 24
Sqn Ldr Mike ‘Lofty’ Taylor Hercules/VC10 10 Mar 25
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
Flt Lt Bryan Wardell Lancaster 31 Jan 25
Sqn Ldr Roy Waters
FS Horace (Jack) West Lancaster/Lincoln 1996
Sqn Ldr Bill Wickson Hastings/Hercules
Brian Wildman Hercules + B747 Kuwait 1990
MEng Paul Winner Dec 22 Nimrod/VC10
Willie Williams VC10
Flt Lt Charlie Withers
Sqn Ldr Paul Woodman Hercules/VC10/Tristar 6 Feb 23
Mike Wyton Hercules
MEng Rick Yorston Hercules/Nimrod/Tristar Dec 21
WO John Young, 518 Sqn, Halifax 5 Sep 93

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