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Shawbury 2009 RAF Shawbury has asked us to put up a stand for their Veteran's Weekend
in July and we shall need some volunteers to help there all members interested are welcome together with their families
to visit this open day. Shawbury is an active RAF base for training and operations. Battle of Britain Parade It is hoped that we will attend this years Battle of Britain Parade as RAF Cosford as we did
last year this will be in September further deatils will be given nearer to the time of this meeting. Pat Honey has received this letter from the retiring CO Wing Commander Neil Gammon. Jim Paterson
thought you would like to see the text of the letter. Here it is: It was lovely to see yourself, Percy, Jim and John across at the RAF Museum on this cold February
morning, so please thank everyone for making the effort to get out relatively early. May I thank you most sincerely
for the kindness that you have shown in presenting me with the original, framed graphic. It is such a personal memento of my time at Cosford and I
will take great care of it I can assure you. I have thoroughly enjoyed my relationship with the National Service (Royal Air
Force) Association over the past couple of years and been pleased to see it go from strength to strength. Long may that continue5! You have certainly achieved a coup in securing the services of Air Chief Marshal Sir Chris Moran,
as he will then be, to be your Reviewing Officer in June at the annual parade. I am certain that it will be an outstanding event, assuming the weather
behaves itself and you can be
assured of Cosford's support and cooperation in the build up to it. In that vein, I shall make certain that my successor Air
Commodore Chris Green, is briefed fully about the Association and in turn you will be provided with his biographical details
in due course. As I said, I shall be back here from time to time and will maintain my Royal Air Forces Association
links when I move permanently to Lincolnshire so I am sure that our paths will cross from time to time. Meanwhile, please accept my best wishes for you
personally and for the Association.
I shall watch your progress from afar over the coming years. signed: Neil Gammon Pictures of our visit to RAF Cosford Cold War Museum 2008
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