There was no aviation on Saturday morning and Dez Melaniphy, ground-
….. and the weekend proper started …..
….. featuring the 208th in song and more noise at every available opportunity….
Monday 21st April -
Summer started officially at the beginning of the week and with it came the excitement of donning KD and exposing naked knees to the world; fortunately with everyone clad alike the embarrassment of the Boy Scout type outfit was reduced. There were not many aircraft forthcoming from the depths of the Clarke-
An evening sortie on Monday to Episkopi, just up the road, was attended by quite a few prospective country dancers and it is worthy of note as the 208th recorded yet another place at which they will not be welcomed with open arms again.
A variation to the normal battle and bounce was afforded on Tuesday when several manual sorties and practice flame-
Wednesday followed the usual routine of battle in the morning and beach in the afternoon. There were rather more aircraft than of late at the start of the day but with gun tests necessitating an arming turn-
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