My much-loved late uncle, Nigel, had this treasured but rather battered photograph that he was rightly proud of and which we were pleased to be able to digitally restore for him some years ago.

It shows him at RAF Digby, in Lincolnshire, one of our oldest RAF stations, in October 1952. Flying was stopped there in January 1953, so he must have been in one of the last trainee contingents through there.

I should have dug out more information at the time but Wikipedia added to my very limited knowledge of the base:- “Following the end of World War II Digby increasingly took on a non-flying role for RAF Technical Training Command. … Between 1948 and 1950 Digby also became home to the No.1 Initial Officer Training unit, the Aircrew Education Unit, the Aircrew Transit Unit and the Instructional Leadership Course. In 1951 No. 2 Aircrew Grading School for both potential pilots and ancillary aircrew was established at Digby using a wide range of elderly aircraft.” I think the Tiger Moth certainly qualified for the ‘elderly’ category!

I just thought I’d take the opportunity to share what was clearly a happy moment for him on this, his birthday.