Reminiscences of a
208 Squadron Electrician
Someone did a cartoon of Brimms wearing a chock on his head. The disbandment fly past at RAF Nicosia, Flt Lt King flew past inverted and put his wheels down or up, so to speak.
Below: The Instrument/Electrical Section at Nicosia, made from a packing case.
In Amman the CO give a party.
Some of the lads were detailed as car park attendants. But they had the last laugh; they parked the cars in such a way that it took hours to get them out after the party. I think Ray Herrington was involved. At Nicosia the Instrument/ Electrical section was made out of a helicopter packing case. A cut-price building. In Amman when they had a press day, a squadron scramble was ordered for the cameras. We stood to one side, the press got in close, and then the aircraft turned and we lost the press in a sandstorm. I was on the second flight from RAF Tangmere to Istris, then on through Malta to Nicosia. All the way in a Beverley, what luxury. I can't remember how many hours we were airborne. The guard duties with the sodium lights that shone onto the dispersal so that you couldn't see the other side of the barbed wire but EOKA could see us. The tea from the urns, the taste was unbelievable. The sandwiches and meals kept warm is something I will never forget. At Akrotiri, the day that F/O Brims leapt from his aircraft after a dogfight with the US Navy "I got one, I got one," he shouted. The instrument guy pointed to the G meter. “Oh my God” said Brims and quickly zeroed it.
Hope my memory is not too far gone.
Herby Larkman
208 Electrician
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