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Hi Ray
All I remember was being told that he had serious eyesight problems soon after leaving AFS (Admiralty Forecast Section) (not ATS !). He married a Met Wren (I think) and it was a friend of hers that told me after I left PROTECTOR and joined Northwood circa mid 1968 - (all names forgotten i'm afraid).

Hi Spud - I know nothing about Tony Newrick's eyesight going awry in the mid 60;s Was he invalidrd out - and what is ATS?

Ray
Sorry to hear of your sight problems. Is this the same condition that Tony Newrick got in his 20s just after leaving AFS mid 60s ?
I will put a donation, on your behalf, to Guide Dogs at next opportunity
Best wishes for a continued fruitful future.
SPUD

The missing Singapore base is RAF TENGAH.

That was the one I thought nobody would get, but I forgot It was HMS Sembang. The choppers from the carriers used it a lot, whereas the fixed-wingers used RAF Changi, RAF Seletar or another one whose name escapes me.

Ray I think you may be referring to
HMS Sembang , RNAS Sembawang
in Singapore,

well done Charlie for wrecking what was a good conversation! Never mind, Y couldn't read yhem anyway. Was one listed in the Far East, because I kbow of one in the 60s.

Just remembered, there was one near Warrington in Lancashire, I think John Moran was there for a while called HMS Blackcap RNAS STRETTON

Ray, I must correct you, it was Culdrose, not Helston. Near Helston I grant you, but called Culdrose.
Sorry to hear about your eye trouble buddy,
I hope you get your guide dog sooner rather than later, and good to see you back on the Guestbook. We rattled a few cages back in the day, but we were rightly reprimanded by the moderator for our transgressions.

Sorry Arthur you seem to have spoilt Ray's bit of Fun, The RNAS Stations I have listed were the ones I have actually visited, and I think that was the gist of Rays entry, I have been to the place you mentioned of 100's of RNAS going way back.
Just one Question how many remember the reunion on board the Victory, the best I have been too.

If you go the the Fleet Air Arm page you will find a download of all Naval Airstations. Compiled by the Cloudobservers team it is now the standard reference document used by many others including the Museum.
Nice to see a conversation springing up here.
Regards to all from Charlie