The Last Supper
For what would be the final formal Reunion of the Naval Eight / 208 Squadron Association, the format of the 2024 event reverted to its traditional roots with a Dinner at the RAF Club on Saturday 26 October 2024. Some 38 members and their guests assembled in the 601 Squadron Room for pre-
Grace was
read by Ben Laite, after which a starter of
Scottish lobster & Cornish crab cocktail with tarragon and cucumber was served. The guests then enjoyed a main course of roast cutlet of pork with mixed bean cassoulet, grain mustard mash, buttered greens and herb crumb, which was followed by Bailey's crème brulee with a coffee sable cookie, and coffee & petits fours. The meal was accompanied by the RAF Club Sauvignon Pays D'Oc and Rio Del Mar Merlot which, along with the after-
The Association's Belgian guest, Sebastien Colmant, undertook the duties of 'Mr Vice,' and proposed two Loyal Toasts: the first to His Majesty The King, and then a second to His Majesty King Philippe, The King of the Belgians.
The Chairman began the after-
RAF Club staff for the delicious meal and their outstandingly attentive service, before welcoming
everyone to what would be the last formal reunion, although he hoped that there would be informal reunions in the future in different places around the Country. He noted his extraordinary privilege to have seven ex-
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