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Rhoda Woodward
I was not in the airforce but I served a great many airmen at Hinton in the Hedges Barford and Croughton when I was a N.A.A.F.I. girl.

Julia Denzil-Simpson
My father joined the RAF during WWII, and later rejoined, working in air movements. He also served for 28 years, and consequently I attended schools in such exotic places as Malaya, Kinloss, on the Moray Firth, and Aden in South Yemen. One of his last postings was to Abingdon, when Dalton Barracks was occupied by the RAF. When he retired from the RAF in 1968, our family settled in Oxford, where he worked for Robert Maxwell's Pergamon Press. He died in 1997.

Squadron Leader Brian Sowerby, LVO. RAF (Ret'd)
Served 4 tours at RAF Benson between January 1962 and November 1985. 1962 No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit,for Argosy aircraft. Formation of No. 105 Squadron before flying with the Squadron to Aden.1964, Argosy Navigator Examiner with Transport Command Examining Unit.1970 Hercules Navigator Examiner with Air Support Command Examining Unit.Jan 1972 - Nov 1985 Navigator with The Queen's Flight.Only Founder Member of the RAF Benson Golf Club built in November 1985 still a member. Elected Captain of the Club for 2008/09. golfing year.

Robert WEBSTER
I served in the RAF from 1961 to 1983, a period which encompassed the first Kuwait crisis to the Falklands War. I was stationed in the UK, Near and Middle East theatres and latterly in Germany. Initially, I worked as an electronic engineer, then flew as a aircrew in Shackletons and Nimrods and then finally served as a long-suffering air traffic controller. Happy memories with few regrets!

Howard Williams
My late father served 28 yrs in the RAF most of those based at brize with 10 sqn and 101 sqn as well as time served at lyneham with 30 sqn saw active service in cyprus and the falklands and the first gulf war, raf is a way of life u get used to the fact he would be away for weeks and months at a time, I was and am immesely proud of our RAF no doubt about it the best in the world by a country mile.