Recollections

TA Unit Training

RAF Turnhouse

1949

Training at RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh -  1949

The 519 LAA/SL Regt R.A. TA unit prepares for its annual camp in Stiffkey, Norfolk

The 519 LAA/SL Regt R.A. TA unit prepares for its annual camp in Norfolk  -  RAF Turnhouse, 1949

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Edward Thomson, Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland

TA Unit Training

RAF Turnhouse

Thank you to Edward Thomson for providing the appealing hand-coloured photograph above of the '519'TA Unit training at Turnhouse in 1949.

Ed wrote

"The Photograph of the two Wireless Operators was taken at RAF Turnhouse when we had just been trained on the  WWII 19 Set!

It shows G Mckenzie and myself using the radio to listen in to the Target Aircraft signals."

Edward Thomson, Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland:  May 2006

 

 

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   West Pilton Camp  -  The 519 LAA/SL Regt R.A. TA unit prepares for its annual camp in Norfolk ©

West Pilton Camp  -  1949

   The 519 LAA/SL Regt R.A. TA unit prepares for its annual camp in Norfolk  -  RAF Turnhouse, 1949 ©

RAF Turnhouse  -  1949

  West Pilton TA Unit  -  at Newquay ©

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Pilton and Granton REME boys at Newquay TA Camp July 1951 ©

Pilton + Granton REME boys
Newquay Camp  -  1951

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