Events list updated!
18 Association members are preparing for Grand Tour VI, A battlefield tour of WW1 and Napoleonic battlefields and the mini-tour to Iceland from 3-8 December, both now fully-booked!
There are spaces for the visit to Beamish Living Museum of the North in August, so get in the door early to secure your place.
And don’t forget to register your interest for this years christmas party!
2624 Squadron Association Website now live!
The Association website is now live and will be added to as time goes on.
Melvin Baskerville
The Association were sad to be informed of the passing of former OIC C Flt, FS Melvin ‘Baz’ Baskerville. Details of his funeral will be released as they become available.
2024 Remembrance
Six members of the Association were the guests of the British Ambassador in Bucharest, Romania at the Remembrance ceremony. Organised by Jez Allen, he was joined by Joff Bagnall, Polly Chandler, Ron Godwin, Steve Crossman and Ian Hussey.
Mark Hacker, Dave and Carol Peachey, Eddie Sundarajoo and Phil Kimber joined with the RAF Regiment Association contingent at the Cenotaph in London.
2624 Association has a new President!
Wg Cdr Rob Williams has accepted the appointment of President – the first ever since the Association was formed!
2024-2025 Committee Elected
The 2024 Association Annual General Meeting took place in Brize Norton Village on 28 September. The following personnel were elected to serve on the Association Committee for the coming 12 months:
Chair – Ray Doran
Vice-Chair – Steve Pearson
Secretary – Tony Hearn
Treasurer – Mandy Hewlett
Entertainments: – Mrs Carol Peachey
Flt Lt Josh Catherall was appointed as an ex-officio member of the committee in the role of 2624 Sqn Liaison Officer.
The planning for the 2025 Battlefield Tour is now underway!
After 18 Association members (and attachments!) returned from the 2024 tour of Italy, planning has commenced for the 2025 tour. This will cover the WW1 battlefields of the Somme, Arras and Flanders with separate days being spent on the field of Waterloo and the beaches of Dunkirk.
