Aden in 1965...

[petermcleland]

...with Hunters and various types...Barry Gillingwater sent me this from NZ:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-ymRuo_Z8

I spent a lot of time there and that brings it all back...And I don't miss it at all

[DaveB]

Looks like you had a great time out there Peter


ATB
DaveB

[Vancouver]

I remember, as a child, paying scant attention to the news bulletins on Aden. Today I could not tell you what it was all about, haven't a clue. Seems to have all been a giant waste of time, effort and lives. I do recall much amusement about one particular senior officer "Mad Mitch" Somethingorother. Again why .... I have no idea.

[Buggyman]

Thanks Peter, it brought back memories of my tour in 66/67.

Could almost smell the dust and sh1t in the air up country at Habilayn. Remember my first landing in a Beverly and wondering if it would stop before the runway ended in the mountain rocks - a serious buttock clencher.............

Also sad memories of the friends I left there in the sands of Little Aden cemetery.


Allan

[dodger]

Hi Alex

I can not put in a link but if you go to Aden Emergency Wikipedia you will find the answer if you are interested.

Roger.

[Vancouver]

Thanks Roger I will check it out, it has my curiosity up. I hate not knowing stuff.

[petermcleland]

I was hoping to catch a sighting of XE609 "Echo", which was my Hunter FGA9 on 208 Squadron...When I went home in 1961 (4 years before that video) "Echo" was eventually transferred to 8 Squadron...By this time 8 Squadron AND 208 Squadron were in Aden. Sadly in about 1966 "Echo" caught fire on the ground at Khormaksar and was written off