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XH 558 AS delivered to 230 OCU 01/07/1960 |
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Click here to go to XH558 Web Site (Vulcan to the Sky)
XH558 Back at RAF Waddington 6th July 2008
High speed run down runway following
electrical problems that stopped her flying. XH558 had completed her first
public show at the RAF Waddington Air Show on the previous day - 5th July 2008
RAF Waddington 'At Home' 19th September 1964
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AT HOME Saturday 19th September 1964 |
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How many of us are left who were serving on 230 OCU when XH558 was delivered?
I was a 19 year old LAC (Arrowsmith) Radar Mechanic. I can remember clearly
XH558 landing for the first time and strolling out to the Pan to have a look to
see what was different from the MK 1.
Of course the first thing that we could see was the wing change.
It's almost 49 year's on and I have few other memories about that time other
than Roller Skating in Lincoln (Thursday evenings I think), the lack of local
talent around Waddington, the floodlit Thor rockets down the road and the
security when the warheads were delivered, and of course the fly over of the the
black monster B52 aircraft to show us what the Yanks had!
The only other persons name who was on 230 OCU I can remember is a mainframe
Mechanic, Pete Baxter.
Most weekends I used to go home to Pinner, Middx. In the early days by Train
catching the midnight flyer from Euston to Lincoln, trying to sleep on the way,
and getting back into camp about 3:30am Monday morning. For the last few months
at Waddington I rode my scooter home and back each weekend - trying not to
fall asleep on the way back.
I was on 230 OCU from 21/08/1959 until the 05/07/1960 when I flew off to
Singapore to work on Canberra PR3 and Meteor PR10 - a little bit of a let down!
