Thirteen Hundred Pages Plus!
2026 Newsletter Published
It was with the greatest sadness that the Association announced that Desmond Penrose, one of its longest-serving and most stalwart members, passed away on Tuesday 13 May 2025 at the age of 95.
Click HERE to read an account of Desmond’s legendary career.
Desmond Penrose In Memoriam
The 2025 Association Newsletter is another 16-page, full-colour edition, which contains articles marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, the presentation of the Squadron’s first Standard in 1955, a Buccaneer deployment to Norway, photographs from the heyday of the Hawk, and an account of the Final Formal Reunion Dinner.
Click HERE to read a PDF copy of the Newsletter.
2025 Newsletter Published
Terrorists Attack 208 Squadron!
22 May 2026 marked the 10th Anniversary of the disbandment of 208 Sqn and the laying up of its Standard in St Clement Dane’s.
Click HERE to read an account of that poignant ceremony.
Click HERE to read about the Sqn’s Centenary Celebrations.
208 Disbanded - 10 Yrs Ago
The 2026 Association Newsletter is another 16-page, full-colour edition, which contains engaging articles about the formation of the Squadron in 1916; Exercise BOLD GAME in 1989; memories of the late Dennis Briggs of his time with the Squadron in the Meteor era; an account of the Squadron’s 85th Anniversary Celebrations at RAF Valley in 2001; and, in this World Cup year, an account from the late Richard ‘Dick’ Petchey of the RAF Fayid Soccer Cup Final on Friday 11 March 1949 (which 208 Squadron won!).
Click HERE to read a PDF copy of the Newsletter.
