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Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:59 pm
by Magnum
Dad moved onto VC10's with 10 Squadron in August '68, then in May '73 he became a Navigator Instructor on 241 OCU at Brize.

I have found the following entries with your grandad listed as the the pilot:-

1969
XV103 Jan 6 Brize - Sharjah Flt No 2794
XV103 Jan 8 Sharjah - Akrotiri
XV105 Jan 11 Akrotiri - Brize Flt No 2334
XV109 Jan 17 ? (Dont understand my dad's shorthand)
XV102 May 12 Again I need to ask dad what the abbreviations mean in his entries

1971
XV104 May 17 Brize - Bahrain Flt No 2728
XV109 May 20 Bahrain - Gan Flt No 2224
XV109 May 21 Gan - Changi Flt No 2224
XV107 May 23 Changi - Gan Flt No 2227
XV102 May 25 Gan - Akrotiri Flt No 2450
XR808 May 28 Akrotiri - Brize Flt No 2731

Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:31 pm
by petet16
Magnum, your Dad is listed in my Dads logbook.

1972
XV103 Feb 11-12-13 Brize - Montreal Flt2153
Montreal - Washington
Washington - Montreal
Montreal - Brize

Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:09 am
by Magnum
petet16 wrote:Magnum, your Dad is listed in my Dads logbook.

1972
XV103 Feb 11-12-13 Brize - Montreal Flt2153
Montreal - Washington
Washington - Montreal
Montreal - Brize

Ah yes, i got it, flying with Sqn Ldr Yates, Flight no 2153

Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:20 pm
by AJW
Evening all,

I have uploaded my grandfathers logbooks to Dropbox now.

If you'd like a copy of them, feel free to drop me a PM or email to vc10jlw@gmail.com

Andy

Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 4:51 pm
by ICM
Andy: I hope you've ordered a copy of "From Brooklands to Brize" - it has a familiar face (twice, if I recall rightly)! Ian.

Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:52 pm
by AJW
Certainly have, thanks Ian. I'm looking forward to that dropping though the letterbox!!

Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:42 pm
by ICM
Andy: Good - and you shouldn't have long to wait now. They were delivered to Dick King late yesterday afternoon and I understand that about 50 have already been posted. Dick's delivering mine on Saturday and after over three years working on it, I fancy that'll be quite a relief. Ian.

Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:45 pm
by Jelle Hieminga
Do enjoy the end result of all your hard work Ian! And don't worry about the small things you'll find in there that you would've liked to have done differently :mrgreen: :wink: I like to bet my students that I can find a typo on the first page I open in their 'finished work'. :-)////)

Re: Jack 'Johnnie' Walker

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:56 pm
by Eric Hills
I remember your Grandfather a very professional pilot. I flew as part of his crew (ALM) on several occasions in the early 70's.