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This blog entry has been made possible by Mike Bradbury. Over the last few months in and around Shrewsbury there have been two functions with Eric as a big part in his memory. The first one held on March the 3rd at Bayston Hill, the village of his birth, when a stained glass window was unveiled in his memory by Flight Lieutenant Laura Frowen 41 Squadron, Wing Commander Steve Chaskin OC 611 Squadron and Rosemarie Jones, Eric's niece.  The Villager Magazine (April 2017) On the 24th of June Shrewsbury held it's Armed Forces Day, at 23 30 on the 23rd running up to this a light show was put on, this covered pictures starting back as far as the Boer War up to present day of people from Shropshire who served in the armed forces. These images were projected onto St Chads Church and a large part of this show was devoted to Eric, and for just this part I did the voice over telling just a short part of his service with 41 and 611 Squadron's and his life story.  On Tuesday 23 May 2017, former members of No 41(F) Squadron Phantom era and their ladies and guests held a re-union lunch in the RAF Club. Present included Peter Gover (former CO) and Pam Lemon (widow of Brian Lemon (former CO)), Peter Riley and John Collier (former Flight Commanders) and 9 other former aircrew. There were toasts to the squadron and a good time was had by all. The event was organised by Ben Laite.
Images and text from Paul Briggs, 41 Retro. Well organised by the Spirit of Coltishal Association, a service to remember the victims of a bus crash, which happened during a squadron exchange with 421 Sqn, RCAF. A big thank you to 41(R) Sqn for the support they gave to the event, with a Typhoon flypast, presentation of a new plaque for the memorial and the laying of a wreath presented by 41 Squadron personnel. The USSR's Military Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez  Gideon Remez writes: Reading about 41 Squadron's operation of F-4 Phantoms, I thought Association members might be interested in this new book that I co-authored with my "better half," Isabella Ginor. One of the book's main themes is the head-on clash between Israel's newly acquired F-4s and Soviet-manned SAMs -- see the attached painting from the museum of Russia's Air Defense Corps. This duel largely determined the outcome of the Egyptian-Israeli War of Attrition (1969-70) and Yom Kippur War (1973). The book also quotes several dispatches that my father, former 41 Sqn pilot Aharon Remez, sent from his post as Israel's ambassador the the UK, 1965-1970. Isabella and I will be presenting the book at Oxford University's Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies on 18 May and at the South Hampstead Synagogue, London, on 22 May -- see the hyperlinks for details. We'd be delighted to welcome 41 Sqn veterans!  Aharon Remez, ambassador in London with a newspaper reporting the outbreak of the Six-Day War, 5 June 1967.  WW2 Royal Air Force Ace Fighter Pilot To Appear at South Dakota Film Premiere |
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