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2024

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Thursday 19th December 2024

at 7.30pm SHARP

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"Annual General Meeting"

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Followed by

"Behind the Wire"

The second part of the story by Nigel Denchfield

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PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

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Thursday 21st November 2024

RAF Mildenhall

352nd Special Operations Wing USAF

100th Air Refueling Wing USAF

 

Thursday 17th October 2024

Orford Ness, Military History

Barry Searle

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Thursday 19th September 2024

Eric "Winkle" Brown

Paul Beaver

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Thursday 20th June 2024

Digging Up Dad's Spitfire

Nigel Denchfield

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Thursday 16th May 2024

Night Intruder & Facing the Music

Anthony Inglis

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Thursday 18th April 2024

The Goldfish Club

Art Stacy

 

Thursday 21st March 2024

Airshows, Rock v Roll & a castle

Alan Goldsmith

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Thursday 15th February 2024

381st BG USAAF

Mike Peters

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Thursday 16th November 2023

Tiger Tales

Clive Denny

 

Thursday 19th October 2023

Flying Helicopters

Ian Evans

 

Thursday 21st September 2023

Building Concorde

Tony Butler

 

Thursday 15th June 2023

A-10 Warthog Crew Chief

Andy Locke USAF Rtd

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Thursday 18th May 2023

North America F86 Sabre

Rod Dean

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Thursday 20th April 2023

The Shingle Street Mystery

Ron Clayton

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Thursday 16th March 2023

Gliding Over the Andes

Terry Holloway

 

Thursday 17th February 2023

The Air France DC-4 Disasters 1950

Kevin Patience

 

Thursday 17th November

The Battle of Barking Creek

Nick Black

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Thursday 20th October

The Stirling Project Update

Kevin Betts

 

Thursday 15th September

X-15 Rocket Plane

Nigel Macknight

 

Thursday 16th June 2022

The Polish Airforce & Airmen

Artur Bildziuk

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Thursday 19th May 2022

Confessions of an Airshow Commentator

Ken Ellis

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Thursday 21st April 2022

"Escape from Behind Enemy Lines" Graham Pitchfork

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Thursday 17th March 2022

"100th Bomb Group USAAC" 

(The Bloody Hundreth)

Richard Gibson, Thorpe Abbotts Museum

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Thursday 17th February 2022

"RAF Chedburgh" The Village Then & Now

A fully illustrated history presented by Jock Whitehouse

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Thursday 16th September 2021

"SPITFIRE to SEAFIRE" (all 47 versions)

Rod Dean, Display Pilot

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Thursday 21st October 2021

"Silver City Airways"

An illustrated talk by Paul Ross, Silver City Association

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Thursday 18th November 2021

"AGM" followed by members evening and "Quiz Night"

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Thursday 16th January 2020

"The Real RFC in the Great War"

An illustrated talk by well known historian, Andy Robershaw

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Thursday 20th February 2020

"RAF Weathersfield" WW2, Cold War & Present Day

A history by Ross Stewart, Weathersfield Museum

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Thursday 19th September 2019

"Development of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird"

A talk by Col. Rich Graham, USAF Rtd.

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Thursday 17th October 2019     

"The Glostor Metetor & early jet engine development"

A talk by Rod Dean

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Thursday 21st November 2019

"50 Years of Flying"

We welcome back Terry Holloway of Marshall's Aerospace

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Thursday 17th January 2019

"Wings for Sale"

A talk by Barry Lloyd, former British Aerospace regional sales manager

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Thursday 21st February 2019

 "Contact Patrol" RFC/RAF support for Infantry, Cavalry & Tanks on the Western Front

A talk by historian Mike Meech

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Thursday 21st March 2019

"Aircraft - v- U-Boat"

A fully illustrated talk by Mike Pugh-Davis

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Thursday 18th April 2019

"Demonstrating the Boeing 747 and other heavy aircraft"

A talk by Stephen Bohill-Smith, BA Captain

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Thursday 16th May 2019

AGM at 19.00 prompt followed 19.30 by:

"Introducing the Tornado F2 & F3 into RAF service"

A fully illustrated talk by Rick Peacock-Edwards CBE, AFC, FRAeS

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Thursday 20th September 2018

"The History of Boxted Airfield & the USAAF"

An illustrated talk by Richard Turner

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Thursday 18th October

"Commonwealth War Graves Commission" Its history and work today

A talk by Anna Photi,  CWGC eastern region

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Saturday 10th November

Act of Remembrance at the Stradishall Memorial

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Thursday 15th November

"The Hawker Typhoon Restoration Project"

Sam Worthington-Leese

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Thursday 20th December

"Members Evening" Will include an exclusive screening of the film "Secret Spitfires"

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Thursday  15th February 2018

"45 years in Aviation from Shop Floor to the Cockpit"

A talk by Derek Wickes

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Thursday 15th March

"How Bill Tutte Won the War"

An illustrated talk by Richard Fletcher

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Thursday 19th April

"The International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln"

 Paul Robinson OBE FRAeS,  will explain the impact of WW2 Bomber Command on its environment and the RAF’s ethos, and by highlighting the skill and heroism of its air and ground crews, show how important it is to have a fitting international memorial to commemorate their sacrifice.

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Thursday 17th May

"Flying and Displaying Vintage Piston Aircraft"

A fully illustrated talk exploring 30 years of flying by pilot Rod Dean

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2017

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Thursday  21st September  

“Flying the F-4 Phantom on 210 combat missions in the Vietnam War”

A talk by Col. Rich Graham, USAF, Rtd.

 

 Thursday  19th October  

"Stag Lane Aerodrome 1917 - 1934" Home of the Moth

An illustrated talk by Stuart McKay of the DH Moth Club

 

Thursday  16th November 

"Flying the Harrier Jump Jet with the RAF"

A talk by pilot Les Evans

 

Thursday  14th December   

"Churchill's Secret Airfield"   RAF Tempsford

An illustrated talk by author Bernard O'Connor

 

​​​​2016

 

Thursday 15th September    “HeavyLift  Reprised”

An informal evening with the aircrews that flew the Short Belfast, CL-44 Guppy & Boeing 707 on worldwide cargo operations from Stansted Airport

 

Thursday 20th October   “Battle of Britain Anniversary Spitfires”

An illustrated talk by Clive Denny, Director of Vintage Fabrics

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Thursday 17th November  “Flying the Hawker Hunter & other fast jets”

An illustrated talk by Rod Dean, display pilot

 

Thursday 8th December   “Concorde”  A Magnificent Aircraft

An illustrated talk by Les Evans, BA.Concorde first officer

 

2017

Thursday 19th January  “My time with 74 Squadron”

Our own Mike Read’s personal experiences of serving with the RAF

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Thursday 16th February  "Oversexed, Over Paid & Over Here"

A talk by Ian McLachlan, Historian of the 385 BG

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Thursday 16th March  “The Air War over Korea”

An illustrated talk by Mike Pugh-Davis

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Thursday 20th April  "RFC Elmswell" Forgotten Sentinel of the Great War 

A talk by Graham Mack and Peter Magee

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Thursday 18th May        

"Martin Baker" The ejector seat company

A talk by Mike Cameron

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2015

Thursday 17th  September.   Cliff Hall “94th BG  USAAF”

Local historian Cliff Hall will give an illustrated talk about the 94th BG based at Rougham near Bury St Edmunds

 

Thursday 15th October. Terry Holloway “Unusual Aircraft”

Terry from Marshall Aviation will tell us about some very unusual aeroplanes!

 

Thursday 19th November.  Bob Hale, Bentwaters Cold War Museum

Logistics for "Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm"

 

Thursday 10th December.  Dr Barbara Walsh “Hubert Latham, Forgotten Aviation Pioneer”

A true story of the Edwardian era, high society, exploration, daring, politics, sabotage and possibly murder

 

2016

Thursday 21st  January 2016.

Jock Whitehouse “The History of 214 squadron (part 2)”

Our very own Jock will continue his history of 214 squadron

 

Thursday 18th February..

Chris French  “Guild of Aviation Artists”

Chris will talk about and show a display of aviation art

 

Thursday 17th March.

 (USAF Flight crews) “The F15 and the 48th Fighter Wing USAF, RAF Lakenheath”

 

Thursday 21st April.   RH Lord Tebbit “Flying with the RAF and BOAC”

A local resident who needs no introduction, Norman will recount his flying career experiences.

 

Thursday 19th May.             

Ken Ellis, “British Test Pilots”

The former editor of Flypast Magazine will give a talk about the background to his latest book.