Detailed Index
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| Pre-history | author's early life |
| Called Up | events leading to entry into the RAF at Cardington |
| Somewhere in Cheshire | the location of RAF West Kirby |
| Basic Training | ten rather unpleasant weeks endured at RAF West Kirby. Part 1 |
| Basic Training | Part 2 : about drill, saluting and being paid. |
| Basic Training | Part 3 : FFI parade, injections and pre-emption of nasty diseases |
| Basic Training | Part 4 : more drill, the rifle, the Bren gun and the firing of both |
| Basic Training | Part 5 : life in our hut, our kit & its inspection. Unpleasant companions. |
| Basic Training | Part 6 : liberation & Liverpool. Fatigues and the coke heap |
| Basic Training | Part 7 : driving home on our '48'. The dreaded gas chamber ordeal |
| Basic Training | Part 8 : on guard, making a model, a long walk in Wales |
| Basic Training | Part 9 : postings, George Melly, passing out, avoidance of humiliation |
| Basic Training | Confirmations as a true record of life at West Kirby |
| Basic Training | John Buchanan's account of life at West Kirby |
| Basic Training | David Taylor's account of life at West Kirby |
| Basic Training | Other people's pictures from West Kirby |
| RAF Locking | ten rather pleasant months learning quite a lot about Radar. Part 1 : Arrival |
| RAF Locking | GRFR42 Class photo 1957 |
| RAF Locking | learning the basics, tests, colleagues, sports afternoon |
| RAF Locking | cider, hitching home, electronics, the monthly parade |
| RAF Locking | learning turning gear and an oral test |
| RAF Locking | learning the Type 7, being chuffed, getting practical in the workshop |
| RAF Locking | Illustrated details of the Type 7 |
| RAF Locking | learning the Types 13 & 14 |
| RAF Locking | the lorry mounted diesel-alternator set |
| RAF Locking | the final gear, the Type 80 |
| RAF Locking | An appreciation |
| RAF Locking | Group Captain Blair Oliphant's Obituary |
| RAF Leeming | Pat 1 of life at a Yorkshire Flying Station with a Type 7 |
| RAF Leeming | Part 2 of life at a Yorkshire Flying Station with a Type 7 |
| RAF Innsworth | a stepping stone on the route to distant Libya |
| El Adem | detached to El Adem : 425 Signal Unit |
| El Adem | The Type 15 and the VAST Convoy |
| El Adem | Sightseeing in Libya |
| Pictures | additional El Adem photographs |
| More Pictures | A few more photographs from from Tobruk |
| Even More Pictures | A contribution from Sean Pollock including the CO's Obituary |
| 425 SU's CO Sqdn Ldr Craig | A Brief History |
| Dick Holmes | Dick's memories of El Adem |
| Edward Hughes | Eddie's Photographs |
| Neville Price | Neville's abbreviated memories of National Service including El Adem |
| 425 SU Personnel | The very few names collected so far |
| Back to Leeming | my remaining service there, a countdown to demob |
| Colin Ensor's Page | An earlier GCI at Leeming |
| Ian Stewart's Page | Ian was also a GCI man at Leeming |
| Type 7 | a technical description |
| Aircraft | some aircraft encountered |
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