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Summary of Events COMPILING OFFICER__Fg. Off. A. F. Brewer_________ |
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1.6.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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2.6.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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3.6.57 |
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A fairly good days flying, starting off with a couple of 'fours' , then splitting up to
do cine and individual sorties. Good serviceability enabled a total of 22 hours to be
flown. |
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4.6.57 |
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The squadron started on 'Battle Flight' this morning but relatively poor serviceability,
coupled with a requirement to keep one 'pair' on the ground at readiness all the time,
restricted flying to quite a large extent. Only 20 sorties were flown for a total of
16 hours. |
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5.6.57 |
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The normal Wednesday half day restricted flying to 5 hours today, all Battle Flight
'pairs'. |
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6.6.57 |
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Serviceability today was much better, enabling several 'fours' to be flown in addition
to keeping the pair at readiness on the ground. Some quite good practice interceptions
were carried out in a total of 20 hours flying. |
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7.6.57 |
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Six serviceable aircraft enabled the squadron to fly 'fours' again today and with
extremely good weather prevailing and the G.C.I. people on good form, some very
interesting and enjoyable flying took place. A total of 22 hours were flown. |
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8.6.57 |
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Whitson Grant Stand-down. |
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9.6.57 |
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10.6.57 |
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11.6.57 |
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12.6.57 |
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This morning was spent doing a rehearsal for the Queens Birthday parade tomorrow,
and the afternoon was a sports afternoon. Therefore no flying was done. |
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| JEVER |
13.6.57 |
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Stand-down after the Queens' Birthday Parade first thing. |
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14.6.57 |
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We started off with 6 aircraft but once again serviceability fell off after the first
detail and we were reduced to pairs and individual trips. A good mixture of these were
flown including cine, low flying, aerobatics etc. 19 hours were flown. |
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| JEVER |
15.6.57 |
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We flew the first rehearsal for the Flypast, to take place on Open Day (15th June),
today. It was not a very successful effort as serviceability in all 4 squadrons fell
down at the last minute and only 11 aircraft out of 16 actually got into the air.
However for the first try the timing worked out very well and the standard of formation
flying was quite reasonable. |
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16.6.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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17.6.57 |
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A reasonably successful day. Flying was restricted in the afternoon to enable another
flypast rehearsal to take place. In spite of this, good serviceability enabled the
Squadron to fly 22 hours which included several 'fours' on high level battle. |
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18.6.57 |
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We had two practice flypasts today and consequently, in order to keep the serviceability
up, very little other flying was done. The standard we have reached is quite
good now and all of the minor "niggles" as regards timing and spectacle have been ironed
out, and given good weather tomorrow 'Open Day' should be very successful. |
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19.6.57 |
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No flying in the morning in preparation for the afternoon's flying display. Some trouble
was experienced with low cloud towards the end of the display but it just held off long
enough and with a little luck the overall show went off very well indeed. Judging by
all accounts from both English and German spectators, it compared very well with many
shows on a much more lavish scale. The actual flying hours done by the Squadron was 6 aircraft
out of the 16 for the Wing Flypast and Flt. Lt. K.J. Goodwin with his well known solo
aerobatic display. |
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20.6.57 |
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An extremely good day's flying. The serviceability rate has 'leapt' up and the very
good total of 30 hours were flown today. A cioncentration was placed on cine and
individual sorties. The squadron also took part in a minor execise with 5th A.G.R.A.
which involved low flying and simulated low level strikes against selected ground
targets. |
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21.6.57 |
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Serviceabilty fell off again today and only 18 hours were flown mainly on cine and
individual sorties. |
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| JEVER |
22.6.57 |
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Seven hours were flown this morning before packing up for the week-end. |
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23.6.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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24.6.57 |
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Serviceability reached a new low today, only 3 aircraft being available at any one time.
The squadron is having a lot of trouble with hydro-boosters at the moment and there are
no less than 5 aircraft A.O.G. at the moment. |
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25.6.57 |
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A better day. 5 aircraft were available and good use was made of them to produce 23 hrs.
The main concentration today was placed on cine and low flying. |
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26.6.57 |
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We flew all day today to get ready for the visit of the A.O.C. in C. tomorrow. We
are putting on another flypast for him and we did two rehearsals today. They were both
successful as we are well in practice from the 'Open Day' flypats last week. |
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27.6.57 |
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There was a parade for the C. in C. this morning on which he said a few words on the
forthcoming disbandment of No's 98 and 118 squadrons. It seems pretty general that we no
one wants to see us go but for reasons of economy, it seems to be essential that we do.
The flypast, carried out in the afternoon, was very successful. |
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28.6.57 |
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A magnificent effort on the part of the groundcrew produced 10 serviceable aircraft today.
The pilots took full advantage of this to fly off the magnificent total of 44 hours,
just about the highest that the squadron has achievd since it converted to Hunters.
This brought the final total for the month to over 300 hours which, considering the
Whitsun Stand-down, restricted flying during the preparation for the flypasts, and the
unfortunat bad period of serviceability, is not a bad total. |
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29.6.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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30.6.57 |
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Stand-down. |
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27.6.57 |
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PERSONNEL
Flt.Sgt. A.J.F. Ward left the Squadron on repatriation to the U.K.
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Aircraft
Hunter
Vampire |
Day
Day |
FLYING HOURS
Hrs. Mins. Sorties
307 40 447
25 10 32
signedNCPBuddinSqnLdr
(N.C.P. Buddin)
Squadron Leader,
Officer Commanding,
No. 118 Squadron.
Royal Air Force.
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