ORCE & F D IR E A F L E A N Y C O E R • • F I N R O E I S T E IA R C VI O E FL CES ASS LUS AM SA MI NIS ROYAL AIR FORCE & DEFENCE FIRE SERVICES ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE S ATQUE RUI Inside This Issue Sir John Sutton - Obituary • A temporary spell in the Fleet Air Arm What makes an RAF Firefighter • Strange but True • A dream come true www.rafanddfsa.co.uk Autumn 2014 www.rafanddfsa.co.uk1 Flashpoint Magazine - Autumn 2014 Who To Contact - Officers and Committee Honorary President Air Marshall AREA CO-ORDINATORS Sir John Sutton KCB The Co-Ordinators Co-ordinator Honorary Life President Howard Harper Keith Penfold Member 9 Lincolnshire 80 Pitts Field, Cricklade, Wiltshire SN6 6AW Steve Harrison Tel: 01793 751 536 58 Gospel Gate, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9JZ President Tel:01507 355740 Dennis McCann BEM Member 7 Email: silverfoxy2k@hotmail .com Wood View, St Andrews Close, Alresford, Colchester, Essex CO7 8BL Cornwall, Devon & Somerset Tel: 01206 820 715 Terry Mortimore Member Vice-President 32 Newbridge, Truro, Cornwall, TR1-3LX, Ron Brown Member 294 Tel: 38 Sedgebrook, Liden, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6EY Email:
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