315. After the briefings we were issued with plastic ear plugs and taken out to the taxiway half way down the runway. There was then a scramble of a series of Phantoms at 30 second intervals. The runway was too narrow to allow formation take-offs.
Left to right:
Pamela Lowe
;
John Cater
;
Bill Blake
;
Eileen Sambrooks
;
Gunter Kipp
;
Ken Sambrooks
;
Tom Megan; Karl-Heinz Krueger, Mayor of Wittmund;
Sir Patrick Hine
with camera; Dirk Wernick back to runway;
Mick Ryan
at rear;
Norman Giffin
looking down at camera;
Pete Jones
;
Eric McFee
behind;
Trish Pollock
;
Ernie Lack
;
Ann Roberts
;
Robbie Roberts
;
Ken Goodwin
;
Trevor Pailing
with stick;
Jeff Jeffrey
arms folded; Peter Hahn's colleague who also briefed us;
Mary Pearce
;
Pete Hunwick
;
Peter Hahn;
Pete Jennings
. (Thanks to
Eddie McCullagh
.)