Karl Beale was born on 12 May 1929. Commissioned into the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 14 July 1949, he was awarded an MID in...

After a short illness, Les Phipps died peacefully on 3rd March. During a full RAF career, and with a background as a fighter pilot, he...

Sir Charles Huxtable died on Monday morning 26 November 2018 following a relatively short illness. His death is announced in the Times...

Sadly, one of 3 (Heli) Squadron’s founding pilots, Dave Duncan, died this morning - 9 November 2018. Dave had been ill for some time...

Nick Moulton-Thomas died on the morning of 29th October 2018 in al Nahdha Hospital, Oman. He was known to many in the Association and in...

Raaid Ted Carrington, who was OC HQ Sqn SOPR from 1983 to 1987 during David Baxter’s time in command, died on 23 September 2018 in...

Hugh was born in Beckenham, Kent on 18th February 1934. An only child, his parents had immigrated from Jamaica where the family business...

Hugh Allan Leitch Cameron, better known as Al, was born on the 20th August 1945 near Edinburgh. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1960 as...

Maj Gen Corran Purdon died peacefully during the early hours of Wednesday 27th June. Corran Purdon was Commander of the Sultan’s Armed...

Sean Creek died on Saturday 9 June 2018 from cancer. As most will know, Sean was an early Strikemaster pilot in 1 Sqn SOAF from 1970 and...

We have received the sad news that Hermione Ruddell died peacefully yesterday morning (20th May) from cancer at her home in Broadway,...

Vyvyan joined the British army in 1947 and served with distinction in the 2nd Battalion 6th Gurkha rifles where he was awarded the MC He...