Then and Now - A Flight

© 96th Entry






John (Paddy) Watson


Left RAF in 1985 after tours as a J/T Nav Inst at St Athan and Sealand. Went aircrew in 1966 on Britannias (99 Sqdn), Whirlwinds (103 Sqdn), Wessex (72 Sqdn, SOAF, 18 Sqdn & 240 OCU), Chinook (240 OCU & 7 Sqdn).


John has a NPPL and can be found flying PA38 Tomahawk, PA28 Warrior, Archer, Cadet and/or Slingsby Firefly T67M out of Thruxton.


Previously worked for Dowty Informational Systems, Racal Datacom and Ericsson. Now lives in Newbury and was working for Vodafone engineer developing 3G systems.

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