MEMORIES: Station Commander Group Captain David Bradshaw accepts the log book for RAF Leeming's new "gate guardian", the F3
LOOKING at the picture of the Tornado F3 jet fighter which has been returned to its former base at RAF Leeming (D&S Times, June 26) brought back memories of when I was a 17-year-old driving a small cattle truck during the war.
One farm I used to visit was right in the middle of the aerodrome and it meant having to cross the main runway which could be quite a problem in the evening when the Halifaxs were taking off on their missions.
I always feared stalling – but never did.
One often wonders today how one would have coped!
Douglas Punchard, Helmsley.
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