McAfee, Terry
McAfee, Terry

McAfee, Terry

Posted to Church Fenton early April 1984 from Waddington, after the Vulcan was removed from active Service. I remember the shock seeing 24 plus aircraft sat on the line after being so used to working on maybe 5 aircraft a day on a Vulcan Squadron. The first person I met at Fenton was ‘Thudnut’ at the Guardroom, not a great start! I was on the Line as a FLM until July 84, then went off to Halton on my Fitters Course I returned as a JT in March 86 and was employed in Rects Flight, where I stayed until 1990 when Airworks took over and I was posted to RAF Leuchars. I enjoyed my time at Church Fenton where I met some great people, many of which I am still in touch with. When I see photos of the station in a poor state it makes me feel quite sad, not sure why, maybe its because of all the happy memories in those buildings. I don’t understand why they have to pull these places down. Surley a building like the Officers mess could have been turned into a hotel/restaurant, but probably cost way too much.

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