Snapshot in time - a page from
Al Pollock's
Logbook when he first joined 4 Sqn in about Aug57. The contrast has been increased so that the faint pencil written Christian names can be read. The large numbers, 23 pilots, was because the Duncan Sandys Defence Review had just disbanded 98 and 118 Sqns and pilots were kept on until they had owned their car overseas for one year. Otherwise they would have had to pay a large tax on repatriation to UK with less than one year's ownership. Those mentioned are as follows:
Sqn Ldr R Chapman
OC
4 Sqn
;
Lt. Bob Parkinson
RN;
Flt. Lt. John Sutton
;
Fg. Offs. "Slash" Slaney
;
Ian Madelin
;
Bill Maish
;
Chris Cross
;
Bill Brewer
;
John Hawtin
;
Fred Dawson
;
Ian Carr
;
Don Riley
;
Jeff Jeffrey
;
Barry Dale
;
Bugs Bendell
;
Paddy Hipperson
;
Andy McNae
;
Pete Jones
;
Mitch Shearer
;
Dave Ferguson
;
Doug Bebington
;
Roy Cope-Lewis
and
Tony Boyle
.
Added later:
Sqn Ldr Tim McElhaw
;
Flt. Lts. Dickie Barraclough
;
Jerry Eades
;
Tinkle Bell
;
Bush Barrey
and
Pete Hunwick
. (Thanks to
Al Pollock
.)