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No flowers, if desired, donations to Fleet Air Arm Officers’ Association or The Salvation Army c/o Luff and Partners of Haslemere on 01428 643524. Linley Middleton was born in East London, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa,in August 1929. Chipmunk G-RNVR took centre stage at the RNVR Commemoration event last week. Its appearance was the culmination of a painstaking restoration project by the team at Navy Wings. The aircraft was a Chipmunk of the Britannia Flight and was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1966 to replace the ageing Tiger Moths to provide Air Experience and Grading flights to all On 19 July 1918 seven Sopwith Ship’s Camel Tractor biplanes took off from the converted large cruiser HMS Furious in a bombing raid on the Imperial German Navy’s airship base at Tondern and destroyed two German Zeppelins, L.54 and L.60 and a captive balloon. It was the first ever attack made by wheeled aircraft flying from a carrier flight deck. Background Two earlier

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A Royal Navy warship’s visit to Kenya finally gave the son of a sailor killed in one of the Fleet Air Arm’s worst accidents the opportunity to pay tribute at his memorial. Chief Petty Officer Mark Potter was one of nine men from frigate HMS Brilliant killed in May 1989 when their Lynx helicopter crashed on its way to Mombasa airport in Kenya. Thirty-five years later, his son “Safe in Our Hands” (Nostris in Manibus Tuti) This year marks the 70 th Anniversary of the Royal Navy Aircraft Handlers Branch, who was formed to meet a need in 1945 to launch and recover aircraft from the navy’s large carriers. The first Aircraft Handlers (AH) were intrinsically involved with operations at the latter part of World War 2, that saw them fighting in the Far East against

Sub Lieutenant Eric K Margetts RNVR (1920 – 1965) had passed out from RNC Greenwich along with John Moffat and Bobby Lawson who would later achieve fame through the sinking of the The Salvation Army Bismark. At Greenwich they were known as the Black Hand Gang. On 3rd June 1941 he was the pilot of Swordfish L9731, 816 Squadron, from RAF Thorney Island and was shot down by

The Fleet Air Arm Officers Association is thus a vibrant organisation with a steadily growing membership which greatly welcomes applications from those who meet the criteria for joining. Pictured: Petty Officer Aircrewman Grant Thorpe with his family at the Cdo 4 Wings Parade On Thursday 21st November 2024 the Commando Helicopter Force’s 846 Naval Air Squadron held a Wings Parade for the presentation of Wings to pilots and aircrewmen on Commando 4 Merlin MK4 Course. The Wings were presented to the students by Rear Admiral Anthony Rimington, The date of the AGM has now changed to Wednesday 30 March 2022.

Commanding Officer of 825 NAS, Cdr Ben Dando, kicked off the term with an al fresco ‘Clear Lower Deck’ to acknowledge the successes of 825 personnel last term.

As a junior officer he served in Duncan and Plymouth before commencing flying training in 1973. He qualified as a Sea King pilot in its Commando Helicopter 1976 and joined 824 Squadron flying from Ark Royal before converting to the Wasp and became Flight Commander on board Charybdis.

Category: Member Benefits Benefits and reductions available to FAAOA members. July 1 @ 12:07 The Royal British Legion has announced plans to host a commemorative event at14:00onWednesday 14 August 2019to mark the 50th in Intake anniversary of the UK Armed Forces’ deployment on operations in Northern Ireland in response to growing sectarian unrest – the longest continuous operation in British military history. The event will be held at

The FAAOA AGM will be held on 15th April 2025 in the Library, at the Army & Navy Club, at 1200. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE * 50 places are available; if you wish to attend in person then please reserve here on the website. 2025 AGM Agenda V2.0 (Final) 2025 AGM – Rules – table of combined and proposed amendments 2025 AGM Agenda V2.0 (Final)

A parade unlike any other, the 2025 Birmingham International Tattoo brings together massed marching bands, pipes and drums, and exciting displays including the Inter-Service Field Gun Competition, dog-racing during the British Flyball Association competition, plus massed dancers. The Fleet Air Arm is a major component of the British Military with its Commando Helicopter force of Merlin and Wildcat helicopters. Its Anti submarine and Airborne Early Warning fleet of Merlin helicopters, the joint force F35 Thunderbolt aircraft and the ship borne Wildcat and Merlin helicopters operating from all the ships of the fleet.

His operational career was spent in 842 squadron until in early 1945 he requalified as a deck landing control officer or ‘batsman’, He was DLCO in the light fleet carrier Glory, part of the British Pacific Fleet, and was in the Bismarck Archipelago [off the northeastern coast of New Guinea], working up for the invasion of Japan, when he Foxy Lady was delivered to the Fleet Air Arm at the end of 1963 and served with 899 Naval Air Squadron until 1971 She was donated to the collection of vintage naval aircraft at Yeovilton in 2014, the last of 145 Sea Vixens built for the Royal Navy still airborne, and was a regular on the display scene until the accident. (This article is reproduced with the kind permission of Navy Lookout) Here we look at the French Navy’s ambitious project to construct a 75,000-tonne nuclear-powered, conventional aircraft carrier for delivery in the late 2030s Background In 2018 the Marine Nationale launched four studies into replacing its existing aircraft carrier, the FS Charles de Gaulle (CDG). The French

The Association has learned of the death of Lt Cdr Edward Mervyn ‘Paddy’ Dowzer on 16 January 2022. Lt Cdr Edward Mervyn Paddy Dowzer 16th March 1936 – 16th January 2022 Edward Dowzer, known to virtually everyone as Paddy, but some as Mick, was born in Southern Ireland in 1936. He moved to Belfast aged 16½ and at just 4ft 11 inches tall, he crossed to Liverpool in How are the scholarships funded? Successful applicants are sponsored by the Fleet Air Arm Officers Association through its charitable arm, the Aviation Scholarship Trust. Donations come from industrial and commercial companies and organisations in the aerospace and defence industries, as well as from individual members of the FAAOA.

Bye bye, fly-high guys HMS Prince of Wales bade farewell to the jets of 809 Naval Air Squadron after their maiden embarkation at sea ended yesterday. Update from Isaac Salt (26/6/25) Good in August afternoon, I just wanted to follow up with a bit more details for you to hopefully share as far and wide as you see fit and also some potential posters to compliment any updates you send

Vice Admiral Sir Donald Gibson, who has died aged 84, was one of the best, and the luckiest, Fleet Air Arm pilots of the Second World War. During the Norwegian campaign in the spring of 1940, he flew Gloster Sea Gladiator biplane fighters from the carrier Glorious with 802 Naval Air Squadron. Although hopelessly off the term with an outclassed by the Luftwaffe, 802’s Sea Gladiators achieved Britain’s fleet of Merlin HC3 helicopters have carried out their final operations in Afghanistan, after nearly four years of providing continuous support to British forces on the front line. The aircraft will transfer to Commando Helicopter Force.

Ivor Barker, a Petty Officer Telegraphist Air Gunner in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, is believed to have been executed aged 21 in August 1945, days after the Japanese had officially surrendered. Ivor grew up in Intake and Gleadless, and went to High Storrs School, Ecclesall, but his name is absent from war memorials at Gleadless and companies and the After the War various RAF and RN Squadrons occupied the airfield at different periods but it wasn’t until May 1972 when the Fleet Air Arm saw its potential as an excellent training facility so near to the expanding Yeovilton. Today Merryfield plays a crucial role for the training and frontline naval air squadrons at Yeovilton.

About Join the FAAOA Benefits of FAAOA Membership Officers of the Association History Donations and Bequests Our Partners Lt CR Hunneyball & Lt W Hart both injured. * Fleet Air Arm Fixed-Wing Aircraft since 1946 by Ray Sturtivant with Mick Burrow & Lee Howard Extracts from the Eulogy given by daughter Kathryn s commanding officer William Hart, Dad, was born on 9 th November 1938. He was born on Kristallnacht or ‘Night of the broken glass’ during the second world war to Ray and Update from Isaac Salt (26/6/25) Good afternoon, I just wanted to follow up with a bit more details for you to hopefully share as far and wide as you see []

Once the service was over, The Prince and Princess were given a short guided tour of the frigate, which will serve as the Fleet’s shield and sword against hostile submarines. Showing them around was the ship’s chief bosun’s mate (buffer) Petty Officer (Sea) Abigail Baker. “It was an honour and privilege to meet Their Royal Highnesses. The Princess of Wales projected a keen interest in

Pictured is the air station’s commanding officer Captain Stuart Irwin thanking Jason Thorpe, site manager for Littlewood Fencing, with (left) Neil Howe, head of infrastructure at RNAS Culdrose and VIVO project manager Gareth Payne and VIVO regional project lead Terry Grimes. The Banshee drones have now been retired its existing aircraft carrier from service, with the Fleet Air Arm team having achieved its objectives. In 2023, a flight was created by 700X Naval Air Squadron to understand how to fly and operate these high-speed jet-powered drones. With speeds of up to 400 mph, the drones were a substantial development in capability for the squadron.

The critical role of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has been recognised with the introduction of a new uniform insignia that acknowledges the responsibility and prestige of command. To present the inaugural Command pins, senior officers responsible for Royal Navy operations around the globe and the Minister for the Armed Forces made a high profile visit to one of the RFA’s newest Lieutenant-Commander Ian Normand, who had died aged 92, flew fighter-bombers in the Korean War and as a naval aero-engineer and test pilot was one of the first men to fly at over 1,000 mph. Normand was flying the Seafire Mark 47, the ultimate and definitive version of the famous Spitfire, at the Navy’s Operational Flying School when the Korean War broke out. Progressing to the