29 January -
16 February
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Air Mobility Training
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Gatwick to Germany and
return to Abingdon
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Plt Off Stevens. Training at Iserlohn with Coldstream Guards. BEA
Viscount Flight 507 and Beverley XB288
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19-25 February
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Exercise Winter Trail
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Benson to Vaernes, Andoya,
Bodo And Bardufos, Norway
and return to Lyneham
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. 1st Inniskillings and 43 Marine Commando
Group. Argosy XP441 and Britannia XM636. This was the first use of our
newly issued Arctic clothing, which I recall was most effective! (See
picture below)
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27 February
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Special
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Benson to Thorney Island
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Plt Off Stevens. Transporting 38 Group Signals. Argosy XP138
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2-7 March
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Exercise Wagon Train
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Benson to Keevil and
Odiham, return to
Abingdon
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. 5 Infantry Brigade. Argosy XP848 and Beverley
XB269
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17-20 March
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Exercise Cold Winter
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Benson to West Raynham,
then on to Bodo, Norway.
Return to Benson via
Lyneham
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Positioning of 1 Squadron (Hunters).
Btritannia XM658 and Argosy XP139
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26-28 March
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Exercise Cold Winter
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Benson to Vaernes, Bodo
and Gardemoen, Norway
and return to West
Raynham and Benson
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Recovery of 1 Squadron (Hunters). Argosy
XP141 and XP441
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31 March -
2 April
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Exercise Regal Stamp
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Abingdon to shuttle
between Leuchars and
Kinloss, Scotland and
Wittmundhaven, Germany.
Return to Abingdon
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Positioning of 74 Squadron (Lightnings).
Beverley XB290
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13-15 April
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Exercise Regal Stamp
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Abingdon to shuttle
between Wittmundhaven,
Germany and Leuchars,
Scotland. Return to
Abingdon
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Recovery of 74 Squadron (Lightnings). Beverley
XB150 and XB269
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20 April
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Exercise Travel Agent
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Lyneham to Gutersloh,
Germany and return
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Positioning advance party of The Black Watch.
Britannia XM638
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24 April
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Exercise Easter Lightning
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Abingdon to Aldergrove,
Northern Ireland
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Positioning 5 Brigade. Beverley XB287 (the
Beverley captain was Major Von Haven, USAF)
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1 May
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Exercise Easter Lightning
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Nutts Corner, Northern
Ireland to West Freugh,
Scotland, West Raynham
and Abingdon
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Hastings TG487 and Beverley XB150
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2-9 May
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Exercise Easter Lightning
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Abingdon to Aldergrove,
Northern Ireland and
return to Abingdon
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Beverley XB287. Exercise recovery phase
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1-3 June
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Exercise Pond Jump
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Lyneham to Namao, AB,
Canada and return to
Lyneham
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Positioning Forresters advance party. Britannia
XM659
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10-17 June
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Exercise Pond Jump
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Lyneham to Namao, AB,
Canada and return to
Lyneham
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Poisitioning main exercise body. Britannia
XM489 and Britannia XM657
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6-10 July
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Exercise Grand Cross
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Abingdon to Lyneham then
Wildenrath, Germany.
Return to Lyneham
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Recovery of 16 Para Brigade and 23 SAS (TA).
Beverley XB288 and Britannia XM640
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16-18 July
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Exercise Tiger Camp
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Benson to Wattisham and
return to Benson
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Deployment of Mobile ATC Unit. Argosy XP136
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8-9 September
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Special
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Lyneham to Ballykelly,
Northern Ireland, then to
Bodo Norway. Return to
Lyneham via Ballykelly
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Shackleton engine change. Britannia XM657
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10 September
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Exercise Unison
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Benson to Cranwell and
Tangmere, return to
Benson
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Plt Off Stevens. 38 Group Signals. Argosy XP821 and Argosy XP140
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20 September
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Exercise Dazzle
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Benson to Wattisham
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Plt Off Stevens. Argosy XP141
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7 October -
March 1966
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(FEAFMAMS)
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Penang, Malaya
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Bill Girdwood, Derek Hartland, Derek Smith, Bob Turner, Rab Devlin,
Flint McCullough and Bill Holder. Movement of construction materials
needed to build a radar station atop Penang Hill, which would become
RAF Western Hill
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16 October
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Exercise Pied Piper
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Odiham to Tangmere and
return to Odiham
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Plt Off Stevens. 38 Group Signals FSKs. Argosy XP134 and Argosy XP857
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18 October
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Special
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Odiham to Benson and
return to Odiham
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Plt Off Stevens. Circuit training, special demonstration loads. Beverley
XB283 and Argosy XP442
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20-21 October
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Special
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Odiham to Abingdon and
return to Odiham
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Plt Off Stevens. Circuit training, special demonstration loads. Beverley
XB290
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23 October
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Exercise Pied Piper
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Benson to shuttle between
Thorney Island, Tangmere,
West Raynham and
Odiham. Return to
Thorney Island
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Plt Off Stevens. 38 Group Signals. Argosy XP139
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24 October
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Exercise Pied Piper
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Thorney Island to Abingdon
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Plt Off Stevens. Recovery from 38 Group Signals exercise. Beverley
XB269
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8-10 November
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Special
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Lyneham to Luqa, Malta
and return
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Positioning of aero engine for onmove to Kano.
Britannia XM637
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17-27 November
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Exercise Sugar Cane
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Colerne to Belize and
return
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Plt Off Stevens plus team. Positioning of Royal Engineers to Belize.
Hastings TG487 and Hastings TG528. **See story below**
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29 November '65
- November '66
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Kenya, Tanzania and
Zambia
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Several teams were involved with the oil lift, including those led by David
Stevens, Ian Stacey and the dreaded Pilot Officer Wiblin (DPOW!).
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Our new Arctic clothing
