(Memories written by members of Forces Reunited)
RAF White Waltham, in 1961
Written by Tony Whittle
I remember many incidents and people from my time as a snowdrop at W.W.My best mates were Reg Jackson (whome Im still in touch with to this day and Johnny Brand. Both were real characters and so funny with it.One night Johnny climbed on the Guardroom roof and pushed straw down the chimney..that forced the smoke from the coal burner into the Guardroom and everybody was seen running into the night ,tears streaming gasping for air.That was the kind of thing that only Johnny would think of how he survived his two years ill never know.I have tried to find him with no success as yet.RAF White Waltham, in 2010
Written by Tony Whittle
The saddest day of my service was when my good mate Terry Hook was killed in a motorcycle accident . Terry was doing a swap shift for me while I was playing rugby in Jersey in Dec 1961. That Saturday evening there was a bad storm and a tree fell across the road killing Terry.The first I knew of it was reading the front page of the Daily Express in the Jersey Airport,there was also a photo of him. Imagine how I felt seeing that. I have never really got over it and never will.Terry was only about 18 or so and loved the RAF POLICE.It must have felt like that in wartime when so many fine young men were just snubbed out in their prime of life.Why did that tree fall just at that second Terry was driving to the Station to do my shift? Sods Law. I cant explain how sick I feel to this day.