In this section, there are a number of short articles
and other links relating to the Meteor era.
The Undeclared War
Click on the 205 Group Crest on the left to read Desmond Penrose’s amusing article about what might have been 208 Squadron’s first engagement with a ‘No-Fly Zone’. This article first appeared in the 2012 Newsletter.
The Desmond Penrose Atrium
Desmond Penrose, our esteemed Meteor Chapter Representative, graduated from Loughborough College in 1951. Some six decades later, the now University of Loughborough honoured their erstwhile student by naming the atrium of the aeronautical and automotive engineering department after him. A plaque to record the occasion was unveiled on 2 October 2012 by Professor Bob Allison, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University. Before the unveiling ceremony, invited guests were greeted by Dr Martin Passmore, Head of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, who gave a short resume of Desmond’s long career, initially as an RAF Officer on 208 Sqn and subsequently as a Test Pilot with the Royal Aircraft Establishment and the de Havilland Aircraft Company, concluding with Desmond’s more recent activity as a display pilot, having over 350 types of aircraft in his logbook. Desmond was quoted as saying: “Loughborough made me.” This article first appeared in the 2013 Newsletter.
226 OCU
Click on the crest on the left to read a short article about John Pascoe-Watson’s time in command of F Flight of 226 OCU, where he continued his outstanding service to 208 Squadron (following his tour in the Spitfire era from 1948 to 1950) by training Fighter Reconnaissance (FR) pilots to feed the 3 FR squadrons of the RAF: 2 Sqn at Wahn, 79 Sqn at Gutersloh, and 208 Squadron in the Middle East.
