The History of Easingwold Air Cadets - Central & East Yorkshire ...

Chapter 5 – The eighties
Well established and still going strong
Well established and still going strong
1980 brought about another change
of command when Flight Lieutenant
Palmer was promoted Squadron
Leader and appointed Regional
Public Relations Officer and Mark
Boyle was promoted to Flight
Lieutenant and became the
Squadron Commander.
The squadron attended annual camp
at RAF Brize Norton with those
attending shown above.
Camp in 1981 was at RAF
Coningsby where the group of
cadets and staff attending gathered
around the famous Lancaster
bomber for the camp photograph,
shown at bottom of page. Flying
Officer Ray Preston the Squadron
Adjutant is shown standing second in
from the left. Two excellent camps
enjoyed by all who attended.
The highlight of 1981, was a formal
visit to the squadron by the
Commandant of the Air Training
Corps, Air Commodore P. V. Mayall.
He had requested a visit to a local
squadron whilst he was in the North
East Region and Group Captain
Smith, the Regional Commandant
had chosen Easingwold. This was
the only time that the Air Officer
Commanding the Air Cadets had
visited Easingwold Squadron until it’s
40th anniversary in 2009.
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