Late afternoon, leaving Athens...
It was late '54 when my Grandad went out to what was then RAF Ismailia, and things were really hotting up in the Suez region so he must have been feeling pretty nervous, more than he had since his time in N. Africa during WW2....
He describes how he was out with an Army Co-operation as the only Senior RAF guy, showed them what to do with Auster aircraft, ran the open air Station Cinema
He remembers 'Seven Brides For Seven Brothers' as being particularly popular...maybe Fozzer has fond memories of that one too?
Crossing the Med was uneventful, and after a while the coastline of Egypt hove into sight....
He remembers when they had to say goodbye and get all their aircraft out, including Electras, Ansons and Prentices...
Two of the Prentices (whatever they were) were not airworthy so he was told to tow them over to the edge of the airfield and put a match to them.....
Thus ended his stint at RAF Ismailia, now Al'Isma'iliya...with a bonfire....
He left on a Valetta (maybe) for Aden.
And thus also ends this flight, over Suez....in FS9 it is 1954 and my young Grandad is fastening his seatbelt for landing, and wondering what will awaits him as he takes up his latest overseas post.....
Thanks for having a look, I hope you liked them!
Regards
Krigl
