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Onetoone ISSUE 4 2020 Properties Available 2, 3 & 4 Bungalows Bedroom Available Properties Available THE RAF CONINGSBY JOURNAL onetoone ISSUE 4 2020 properties available 2, 3 & 4 Bungalows bedroom available Properties available Prices start from £154,995 at £314,995 Help to Buy is changing... reserve now and complete before 31st March 2021* Helping you work, rest and Helping you play from your dream home work, rest and play from your dream home A1 7 BOOK NOW BUILDER Stamp Sales Centre Covid All Duty Cut open for viewings policies properties £ A range of until by appointments followed built to A1 7 BOOK BUILDER April 2021 on Weekdays throughout the NHBC 2, NOW3 & 4 bedroom 10pm till 5pm and properties sales process standards Stamp Sales Centre Covid All Weekends 9am till 4pm available. Duty Cut open for viewings £ policies properties until by appointments followed built to April 2021 on Weekdays Prices from throughout the NHBC 10pm till 5pm and £154,995 sales process standards Weekends 9am till 4pm Help to Buy is changing... reserve now and complete before 31st March 2021* Witham Road, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6RB www.broadgate-homes.com The Circus, Spalding, PE11 1WG www.stjohnscircus.co.uk Book your viewing: Book your viewing: 01406 380532 - weekdays 01526 341244 - weekends 01406 380532 - weekdays 01775 711637 - weekends [email protected] [email protected] *Terms & Conditions apply. Help to Buy is subject to terms & conditions. Pictures used for illustration purposes only. Prices correct at time of going to press. *Terms & Conditions apply. Help to Buy is subject to terms & conditions. Pictures used for illustration purposes only. Prices correct at time of going to press. 4 CONTENTS ISSUE 4 2020 onetoone 5 FEATURES YOUTH Stn Cdr’s Foreword Trick or Treat! (Catering Flight Airplay Youth Club – Airplay Group Captain Matt Peterson Halloween Cookies) 18 Interview Themselves! 23 Turning and Burning! Spinning 19 RAFBF - Station Youth Worker of RAF Coningsby Coding Club 17 the Year 25 Celebrating Freedom 20 RAF Coningsby Apiary and OTHER Conservation Garden 27 SSAFA Contact Poster 25 SQUADRON NEWS STEM Team – A New Direction for Station STEM 26 12 Sqn – Top Brass and Top Training! 13 3 (F)Sqn 09 RAF RESERVES 29 Sqn – We’ve got ‘pumpkin’ to talk about 08 611 Squadron – A Blast From The Past 07 BBMF 17 BASE SUPPORT WING Ali Cell Update 14 7 FP Wing 15 AS WE MOVE INTO THE WINTER PERIOD, I WISH TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THE ESSENTIAL OUTPUTS OF THE STATION. his year’s challenges to deliver a degree of this have been throughout; it has undoubtedly unprecedented, helped keep us slightly closer complex and not together in difficult times, Twithout personal as well as but I entirely recognise that professional impacts. Your sadly we will not be able to herculean dedication in go back to our previous level spite of these challenges has of activity for some time. been recognised at the very highest levels of Defence and Finally, in this her last edition is testament to the selfless before a posting to OACTU character of our unique station. at RAF Cranwell, I want to publicly thank our OnetoOne Editorial & Distribution Team Editor’s Foreword • Flt Lt Laura Smith ISSUE 4 2020 Much of these superb feats and Editor Flt Lt Laura Smith for her endeavours are reflected in the exceptional efforts - not least inspiring stories contained in in continuing to produce this the pages of this edition. From magazine throughout COVID! the continued graduations of WELL, WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE YEAR OpCon students on 29 Sqn; to It also allows me to welcome onetoone the exceptionally successful Flt Lt James Hodgon, from 29 THIS HAS BEEN. visit by both our Secretary Sqn, to the role. In response Editor Publishers of State and His Excellency to your comments, I have Flt Lt Laura Smith Lance Print Ltd, Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al challenged James to continue 1st Floor, Tailby House, Bath Road, Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister Laura’s great work to date Deputy Editor Kettering NN16 8NL. ack in February, when I took all been getting up to, even if most of of the State of Qatar and and seek to take this product Fg Off Claire Kelly Tel: 01536 334222 over the role of One to One your articles drop into my inbox the Minister of Defence, to formally online; therefore, I very much Email: [email protected] Editor, I had no idea that day before the deadline! I hand the open 12 Sqn; as well as a whole look forward to seeing the www.lanceprint.co.uk the theme of each of this magazine over into the capable hands Distribution year’sB magazines would be largely of Flt Lt James Hodgon who will take host of fantastic initiatives that results of this transition next Lead: SAC Calum Taylor contribute to the rich fabric of year, hopefully along with an View onetoone online at taken over by a global pandemic; I’m it forward into 2021, where we hope www.onetooneonline.co.uk our community. The importance ever increasing readership. pretty sure that wasn’t in the small to start producing an online version of of these latter elements have Printed By print when I signed up for the job! I the One to One, hopefully giving more Design been brought into sharp I sign off this last edition of Lance Print Ltd must say though, the RAF Coningsby people the opportunity to enjoy it. Amanda Robinson focus during COVID where the year by wishing you and 29/30 Stapledon Road, Orton community has pulled out the stops Good luck James! Hopefully normality Southgate, Peterborough, PE2 6TD our opportunities to socialise your families all the very best and delivered some excellent articles, will resume in due course and Tel: 01733 390564 internally and externally, and for a restful and festive holiday Advertising showcasing what we can actually people can get back to writing about develop those essential links period, and although it will not Emma achieve in the face of adversity. This Adventurous Training expeditions with our neighbours, have been be the same as previous years, Lance Print Ltd, will be my last magazine as One to One and overseas visits! I hope you all stay severely limited. I am therefore I hope Santa is still kind and 1st Floor, Tailby House, Bath Road, Editor, as I move on to pastures new safe over this festive period – Merry extremely grateful to you all you have the opportunity to Kettering NN16 8NL in January. Although I won’t miss the Christmas and a Happy New Year! for those innovative ways in celebrate your achievements Tel: (01536) 334221 situation the global pandemic has put which you have continued from a challenging year. Email: [email protected] us in, I will miss reading what you’ve Flt Lt Laura Smith 6 ISSUE 4 2020 611 SQN onetoone 7 SUPPORTING SERVING AND A BLAST FORMER MEMBERS OF THE RAF AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE PAST 611 SQN ROYAL AUXILIARY AIR FORCE HAVE WELCOMED THEIR WARTIME TALLY BOARD BACK TO RAF WOODVALE. ver 80 years ago, on the On 19th September 1940, a 21 September 1940, Plt 611 Sqn detachment flew up O Off Adams of 611 Sqn to Ringway (now Manchester shot down a German Dornier Airport) for patrols over 215 over North Wales, having Liverpool and the Wirral. It was chased it from the skies of from Ringway on 21 September Liverpool. This was one of only that Plt Off Adams took off to three Dornier 215s shot down investigate the enemy aircraft during the war. Members of sighting over Liverpool. 611 Sqn groundcrew rescued the wing panel from the crash 611 Sqn would like to thank site and created the Tally Board The Royal Air Force Museum now proudly adorning the Sqn who have loaned this important HQ. The Tally Board records the piece of 611 Squadron names, dates and aircraft type history and RAF Heritage for each pilot’s victory, as well who negotiated it’s loan. Sqn as a Squadron Commanding Ldr Andrea Watts from RAF Officers during WW2. It also Heritage and Mr Guy Revell, Aim - Aspire - Achieve states that between 1939 and RAF Museum Curator, carefully 1945, 611 Sqn accounted for wrapped the Tally Board prior 122.5 aircraft destroyed, 56 to handing it over to OC 611 probable and 64 damaged. Sqn, Wg Cdr Steve Chaskin and XO Sqn Ldr Lee Rimmer. 611 Sqn played a full part in the Battle of Britain campaign, based at RAF Digby but forward operating from RAF Duxford. On the 15th September 1940, Battle of Britain Day itself, 611 Sqn was in action over London as part of Douglas WE CAN HELP WITH Bader’s Duxford Wing (12 Group’s ‘Big Wing’ formation). SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES & RELATIONSHIPS Hardware DIY – Cookshop FREE CALL SCAN ME WITH 1 High Street, 0300 102 1919 YOUR rafbf.org/relationships CAMERA FOR ADVERTISING Spilsby, Lincs PE23 5JL The RAF Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales (1081009) and Scotland (SC038109) 01790 752548 XXXXX FamRel XXX x XXX.indd 4 24/02/2020 14:11 8 29 SQN ISSUE 4 2020 3(F) SQN onetoone 9 SUMMER FOR 3(F), AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE, AS THE TEMPERATURES DROP AND THE EVENINGS START HAS BROUGHT WITH IT A LOT OF CHANGE. TO DRAW IN, WE REFLECT ON AN EVENTFUL FEW MONTHS ENGINEERS AND AIRCREW HAVE HAD TO FOR THE OPERATIONAL CONVERSION UNIT (OCU) WHICH WORK HARDER AND OFTEN TO A HIGHER CONTINUES TO PRODUCE QUALIFIED PILOTS AND LEVEL TO COVER FOR THE REDUCTION IN ENGINEERS FOR THE FRONT-LINE SQUADRONS, AS WELL 29 SQN 3 (F)SQN MANPOWER CAUSED BY TAKING NECESSARY AS FULFILLING QUICK REACTION ALERT (QRA) DUTIES.
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