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Reply brian
12:41 PM on February 8, 2017 
Why,when signing in am I getting a message "Awaiting approval" and unable to sign in.
Reply Brian
11:15 AM on August 1, 2016 
My membership is pending:Brian Gough I served at RAF Coltishall from 1958 to 1964 and 1967 to 1970.I met my late wife Trixie who was working for the NAAFI at the time and we were married at Scottow church.We attended the closing down ceremony,a very sad day but we had some very special and happy memories of serving at the base with 23sqdn and 74sqdn Javelin and Hunter aircraft followed by the Lightnings.I now live opposite the Matlaske airfield used as a Coltishall satellite during WW2.Would be nice to hear from anyone who remembers me.
Reply NORMAN GRACE
7:54 AM on March 7, 2016 
I loved Coltishall and going to school at Buxton Primary. Miss Sally was our cub mistress at Scottow; what happened to her she was a lovely lady with her dog "Therefore" Bonfire night or the open day airshow kept us interested and catching newts in the nearby river/ stream and over the fields
to the haunted house. Great days
Reply NORMAN GRACE
7:45 AM on March 7, 2016 
We also lost a Pilot I think his name was Cull who lived next door to us and Dad was ordily seargent that night
Reply barry
8:03 AM on November 3, 2015 
hello i am hoping that someone on here could help me find a man called john perkin. i no he was base at coltishall because he had close connections with douglas bader .he must be in is 90 now. i want to find him before its to late. he live in the village down the road called buxton Lammas he lived in a manor, maybe its called buxton manor, thank you barry
Reply Bas Turvey
5:19 PM on April 27, 2015 
Under History there is no mention of B Flt 22 Sqn who flew SAR Whirlwinds before we swopped Flights with C Flt 202 Sqn prior to the arrival of the Sea King
Reply kelvin - aircrewremembered.com
5:42 PM on February 18, 2015 
The year threw me John. The Meteor T7 WG936 crashed on 22nd December 1952 not 53. The pilot 23 year old Sgt. John Stuart Dennison reported that the port engine had failed and the aircraft made a steep turn into the airfield with flaps down and undercarriage retracted. It flew slowly along the runway heading and then commenced a flat turn to starboard and dived into the ground. Also killed was the navigator, Fl/Sgt. Edward Shipman. (Information from Last Take-Off by Colin Cummings)
Reply Kelvin - aircrewremembered.com
5:36 PM on February 18, 2015 
John Shipman says...
Hello, can you tell me anymore about the loss of Flt Sgt Shipman of 141 Squadron in late 1953 in a Gloster Meteor, Nf11, WG936. Also lost was Sgt Jennison. Many thanks, John Shipman
Reply John Dury
11:50 AM on January 14, 2015 
Just found this excellent website, and would like to add that I served at Coltishall during 1947, working on Mosquito's. The highlight was being part of a Guard of Honour for the visit of Lord Tedder who was Air Chief Marshall of the RAF at the time. Also remember the C.O. Richard Stanford Tuck (Famous Fighter Pilot) driving around the airfield in his MG.
Reply John Shipman
3:17 PM on December 11, 2014 
Hello, can you tell me anymore about the loss of Flt Sgt Shipman of 141 Squadron in late 1953 in a Gloster Meteor, Nf11, WG936. Also lost was Sgt Jennison. Many thanks, John Shipman