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Date Posted: 8/08/04 20:35:42
Author: Brian Perrin
Subject: Does anyone remember..?

Does anyone re-call my brother F/O or Fl/Lt Stuart Perrin who flew Hastings with 511 Sqdn from Lyneham in the '50's with Ferry Wing ,I think it was. He also flew Dakotas on the Berlin Airlift. He subsequently became Captain on VC10s with B.A

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[> Does anyone remember Colerne 1965 -- Michael Akin, 3/02/05 18:59:10

Hi all

I have just stumbled on this wonderful site and its fascinating memories.
I would love to hear memories of the time at Colerne in 1965 around the time of the crash of TG577 especially as we are approaching the 40th anniversary. John Akin, my father, was the captain on that plane and my memories of him and the time are very sketchy, as I was just 4 years old at the time.
I have memories of the sky being full (probably and exaggerated memory!) of large white a red aircraft and the sound of their throbbing engines.
What was he like to serve with? What was the atmosphere like at the time? Etc.
Funny really, I have mixed feelings about the Hastings as you can Imagine but on balance I have a fondness for the old bird. I was lucky to fly in one - apart from when I was a baby on the way back from Cyprus in the early sixties - In 1976 at Scampton where I think the last two or three operational Hastings flew on reconnaissance trips until that sqaudron was disbanded in 1977.
Anyway I would love to hear from any of you.
Michael


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[> [> Re: Does anyone remember Colerne 1965 -- John Cooper, 3/02/05 19:09:09

Hi Michael

Thanks for your post, sorry to hear it was your Dad on board, sadly I have come across other relatives that lost loved ones that day too and in other such Hastings accidents.

I do have other details that I feel are too intimate to put on my web pages but if you want to get in touch by email with me please feel free to do so.

John


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