40th Entry RAF Cosford

40th Entry Fulton Block

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Name
Contact details: Address, Tel No, E-Mail etc ..
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Eric Walker
MBE DL

2 Sqdn H1941805

Walker Then

2006

35, Tydeman Street,
Gorsehill
Swindon, Wiltshire
SN2 8AX

01793 694 988

e.walker791@live.co.uk - Was working for a computer repair company, also own a cafe and a burger van and a clothes shop. Married one daughter and one grandson. Still running cafe with my wife, although I am now retired. Get about a bit in caravan, weather permitting

Ian Walker
1 Sqdn 1941788

No Photo

40 Birdiehouse Drive,
EDINBURGH,
EH17 8BA
01592 755 924

Alan Wallis
1 Sqdn 1941804
*18 Nov 2011

92 Macoma St
Brisbane
4014
Australia
awallis15@gmail.com

Steve Wardrop
1 Sqdn 1941953

No Photo

21 Tom Stewart Lane
St Andrews
KY16 8YB

01334 474 916
flyboy44@talktalk.net

Darcy Waldron [Wally]
4 Sqdn 'A' Flt 1941809

Waldron Then

2001

43,Lane End Drive
Woking
Surrey
GU21 2QQ
01483 474 300

Ian Waterhouse
2 Sqd 1941789
*6 Jun 2017

Waterhouse Then

2005

15 St Johns Close
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL7 8XQ

01609 777 841
07901 994 147

ian559@talktalk.net- Completed 37 years in 1997, included last S.Eng.O. of No.8 (AEW) Shackleton Sdqn . 89-91. Service followed by six years with emergency services in UK and Isle of Man, retired in April 2003.

David Watkins
2 Sqd 1941936

Watkins

Yvonne
Bude
Cornwall
EX23 8RF

davidaw29@hotmail.com - Little Riss,Yatesbury (con to AWF225) Cottesmore, Binbrook, Muharraq, Benson, Gan, Cosford,out in Mar 74.Various detatchments, Libya, Malta, Cyprus Aden and US. After RAF Hawker-Siddely / BAC / British Aerospace / Matra/ Marconi. Redundant 1984 retrained as Chef Still going strong. Divorced '91, 3 kids all brilliant and expensive. And yes I do remember bonfire night very well! Who nicked the frying pan?

Adrian Wells
3 Sqd A Flt 1941814

No Photo

Perth
Western Australia

adrian@ccgaust.com.au

John (Toby) Westoby
4 Sqdn 'A' Flt 1941816
* 20 Dec 2016

Westoby


OBITUARIES

toby@tobysystemsltd.plus.com
Contracting as a VMS Systems Manager with IBM.

Ian Wheeler
3 Sqd 1941813

Wheeler

141 Trudeau Drive
Bowmanville
Ontario
Canada
L1C 4J5
001 905 623 0337

ianwheeler@sympatico.ca - Left in 1974 and moved to Canada. Worked for the telephone company and have just retired. Would be great to hear from anyone I knew from: Cosford, Leuchars, Colerne, Dannenrod, Topcliffe, Singapore, Butterworth, Prestwick, Locking and Henlow.

John Wiggins
2 Sqdn 1941939 40th/41st

No Photo

Stoke-on-Trent

Ken Wildsmith
3 Sqdn 1941942

No Photo

36 Byron Avenue
New Malden
Surrey
KR3 6EX
020 8492 3151

A. Peter Winfield
4 Sqdn 'B' Flt 1941704

Winfield

29 Wharfdale
Worksop
Notts
S81 0XX
01909 480 496

peterwinfield44@aol.com - Left RAF in 1999 and started as a civil servant for MOD (Army). Currently working as a civilian clerk for the Territorial Army in Mansfield. May finally retire in 2013.

David Whitcomb
Not in Postings List ?

No Photo

Shrewsbury Close
Surbiton
KT6 5BT Surrey

KT6 5BS

Dave Whitehall
2 Sqdn 1941807

Whitehall

Burniestrype Croft
Nr Garmouth Moray
IV32 7LG

davewhiteh@tinyworld.co.uk
Ex Air Radar after tour in Singapore left trade and went on simulators. Made redundant 1996. Retiring soon.

Frank Whitfield
4 Sqdn 'A' Flt 1941806


OBITUARIES

Working in Saudi. (Saudi Contact details 00 966 1 485 0288 Ext 160)

Tim Whittaker
2 Sqdn 1941937

Whittaker

50 Penn Way
Letchworth
Herts
SG6 2SJ
01462 37196

timah.whittaker@ntlworld.com
Proprietor of a microwave oven service company.

Brian Williams
2 Sqdn 1941815

Williams Then

2003

76 Lamorna Ave
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU8 8HT

01482 705 184
brian-ann2011@hotmail.co.uk

Robert (Taff) Williams
3 Sqdn 1941944

3 Wollemi Court.
Reedy Creek.
Qld. 4228
Australia
0061 07 5522 0209 .
dyffrynroad@gmail.com - Now in Australia and welcome all to get in contact as I am now retired, can provide accommodation if you will work on his wife's swing. She's too accurate !!!

Steve Willis
1 Sqdn 1942063
*5 Nov, 2013

16 Dunston Rd
Metheringham
Lincs
LN4 3ED

01526 320 035

sw.willis@btinternet.com -* Now semi retired now after 30 odd years as a sole practitioner accountant

Terry (Taff) Winnett
1 Sqdn E1941954
* 9th October 2019

Winnett Then

2006

14 Albermarle Road
Churchdown
Gloucester
GL3 2HJ

0044(0)1452 712 170
07683 735 685

ziggyhumbug@btinternet.com
Left the RAF in 77 - went to the North Sea, then to S.Arabia(Riyadh-Salbuk. Set up own Telex Bureau which dived. Fiddled about - unsettled. Joined W. Div GCHQ in 1984, left in 1995 (GC9) at the redundant age of 50. Set up own gardening business. Moved it all to Newent this year.

Tony Windridge
1 Sqdn 1941776

No Photo

Tydd Blenheim Drive
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 7QQ
01684-773 540

Paul Winnington
4 Sqdn 'A' Flt 1941938

Winnington

17,Earles Cresent
Deeside
Clwyd
CH5 2EQ
01244 534 388

Employed at 30 MUSealand,

Michael Winslow
2 Sqdn 1941811

Wibslow

Keith Woodward
2 Sqdn 40/41st 1941940

No Photo

Malta

 

woodward@vol.net.mt - Malta for the past 20 years

Esmond (Izzy) Wort (Esmond Mark Webster)
2 Sqdn 1941810

Wort (Webster)

54, Normanton Road
Basingstoke
RG1 5QP Hampshire

01256 411 586

esmond.webster@ntlworld.com - I left the RAF on medical grounds in 1964. I changed my surname to Webster ( for family reasons) and am now Esmond Mark Webster. I retired after a career in engineering and avionics on June 30th 2008. I worked several years as a volunteer on the collection of Charles Church vintage aircraft.I wonder if 933 Ron Urch is out there somewhere?
Ken Wright
now Ken Oliver

1 Sqdn

1941780
3 November 2012
  42 Minster Drive
Cherry Willingham
LINCOLN
LN3 4NA
07804 597 712
ken.oliver@me.com - I was in Hut F11. My name then was Ken Wright, so nice to see a few old faces again

40th ENTRY MEMORABILIA

Memorabilia pages - If you have any odds & sods of a similar nature, that will scan, I would be grateful for them to add to the page. Steve

Photographs- If any ex 40th Boy Entrants have any photos that they would like to share with others to revive a few old memories they would be greatly appreciated.