1948 - 49
1948 - 49
Sent by Trevor Oldroyd, via Terry Barry.
H Squadron, 4 Wing, April 1948.
Above sent in by Martin Penman,via Cliff East.
Martins Dad's name was,
Lawrence Sanford Joseph Penman,
he was at W/K 1948, he has no other details as yet.
He is contacting the RAF Records office.
Sent to Cliff from Peter Dudley, Taken 1948.
John 1948, from Cliff East.
Above sent in by Viv Lloyd, via Cliff East. May - June 1948 No. 2 Wing. Cpl. H.H.Lewis DI., is seated front row in beret, Viv is 2nd. from left 3rd row.
Above sent in by Elwyn White, via Cliff.
Above two sent in by Doug Kirk, via Cliff East.
Sent in by Ted Palmer, via Cliff East.
The one third from the right front row is Les Gooding, Dennis Fickling sent the above photo, via Cliff East, and said I had the wrong name, the name I had was Harold Horton but it should have been Les's.
Above sent to me via Cliff East, by Dennis Fickling, some time ago, but while I was rebuilding the site I did not inlude them, (sorry Dennis).
16 Flight, D Sqadron, 2 Wing, taken 24thSeptember,1948
Sent via Cliff East.
Above replacement sent in by Lawrence Swales, via Cliff east.
Above sent in by Harlan Senior, will check with him about the quality, and then write comments under them.
Sent in by Vic Knight, via Cliff East.
The Hut Nco. was Cpl Hepple, and Sgt. Ridley was I/C flight.
Sent in by John Piccolo, via Cliff East, October 1948.
In centre is W/O Rawlings, to his left is Cpl. Philpin,
on his right is Cpl. Fergerson, and John is next to him.
Above two, sent in by Jim Spashett, via Cliff East.
Above two, sent in by Derrick Thorn, Hut A31, 21st October 1948.
Derrick is 2nd from right back row.
Above four sent to me by Patrick Weldon,
via Cliff East.
Outside Hut A6, 24th Nov 1948 to Jan 1949.
His DI's were Sgt. Coates, Cpl's, Dixon & Pete.
Sent by Wilf Hunt, to me via Cliff East.
The above photo and the following 5, were sent to me by Will Hanna, he was a recruit in April 1949,'B' flight 'D' Squadron, he is seated 4th from right, his friend, Mike Godden is seated 4th from left. Next to him Cpl 'Johnnie' McLaughlin. Officer not known, not sure of the other Cpl.
Will's 1949 DI's, Seated, Flt Sgt Christie, Officer unknown, Cpl G. Higgins Standing on left Cpl.J McLaughlin and end right Cpl. Moorhouse. One of the middle 3 is a Cpl. Read.
Here's Will again now as a Cpl DI, as said he square bashed on 'B' flight 'D' Squadron and returned as an Instructor after 'trade training' at Uxbridge to return to 'B' Flt., 'D' Squadron.
Standing, on left Cpl. J. McLaughlin and Cpl. Timmins (later made up to Sgt.) seated, left Cpl. 'Paddy' Devlin and Cpl W. (Bill) Hanna.
Hut B 28 circa 1949/50.
The 'lads' were under Will's charge and he say's they all came from Wales and were wonderful singers.
NCO's seated Cpl Will Hanna and Cpl. J McLaughlin, (Senior Cpl)
Sent via Cliff East.
May 28th 1948, Vic & Alf (mic) on Black horse hill West Kirby.
Sent by John Phillips, taken in July 1949.
Looking at photo, from left is Cpl. Moorhouse, Cpl. Reed and Cpl. Lawson. F/Sgt. Moore, seated came from Scotland. Sent in by John Phillips
John Phillips is in the back row far right, was there from 14th July to September 1949
Sent in by Ron Clements, Sept. 1949, Ron is back row right,
with beret, and in front of him is David Blunt.
Above two photos, October 1949, sent in by Eddie Wybrow, via Cliff.
The following names were on the back of the photo.
I White, D Mayler, E Sanger, G Morgan, G Richardson,
M Wilding, A Smith, D Stimpson, D Tonks.
Eddie is front row right.
Above three sent in by Peter White, Via Cliff East.
Taken approx 14-9-1949 Hut C16, 5s Flight
From Bill Horncastle via Cliff East November 1949.
Above three items sent to me via Cliff East, from Peter Goddon.
Sent to me by Robin Godfrey.
Ken is in the rear row far left.
Above two photos sent in by Ken Hopson, 1949, no other names or date.
Anyone can help with the usual details please get in touch.
Does anyone recognizes this chap, Michael Shinkfield, or Michael Hollingshead ?
Was at West Kirby during 1949 - 1950 If someone knows him
and his whereabouts, please contact me, Les Haines.
WE NEED YOUR PHOTOS