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Auf weidersehen Bruggen - 16 June 2001

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Auf weidersehen Bruggen - 16 June 2001

Post by F3 » Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:14 am

17 yrs. ago this w/end since the RAF quit Germany after more than half a century keeping the peace. I felt privileged to attend the ceremonial closure ceremony held @ Bruggen where the reviewing officer was ACM Sir Peter Squire who passed away recently. With the retirement of Tornado next year the last link with Germany will be severed.

ImageBruggen - Closure Programme cover by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Station Badge by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Gate guard by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Gateguard Jaguar XX822 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Tornado GR4 AA IX Sqn. by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Tornado take-off by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Tailpiece 1 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Flypast 4 - ship by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Flypast 4 - ship 1 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Flypast 4 - ship 2 by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBriggen - Flypast missing man by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - ACM Sir Peter Squire by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Reviewing the Parade by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - ZA410 DX 31 Sqn. by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - ZA371 C II Sqn. by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - GR4 close - up 31 Sqn. by Michael Britton, on Flickr

ImageBruggen - Closure programme back cover by Michael Britton, on Flickr

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Re: Auf weidersehen Bruggen - 16 June 2001

Post by steved » Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:22 pm

Great post. Enjoyed many visits, working and photo opportunities, at RAF Bruggen from JHQ just down the road.

Times change. Thanks for posting.

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Re: Auf weidersehen Bruggen - 16 June 2001

Post by Yammer » Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:47 pm

Possible tenuous link - Chipmunk - RAF Gatow had one for sniffing around Berlin - Chipmunk continues with BBMF at Coningsby today.
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Re: Auf weidersehen Bruggen - 16 June 2001

Post by reheat module » Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:13 pm

Oh boy (wiping the tears away)...
5+yrs on 17(F) and 3yrs in CSF at Bruggen before handing over to our 'Green' colleagues.
This, alongside nearly 6yrs at Laarbruch earlier, were certainly some career highlights!
Great collection - marked as one of my thread favs.
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Re: Auf weidersehen Bruggen - 16 June 2001

Post by F3 » Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:13 pm

Yammer wrote:
Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:47 pm
Possible tenuous link - Chipmunk - RAF Gatow had one for sniffing around Berlin - Chipmunk continues with BBMF at Coningsby today.
Not all that tenuous as they were used for exercising the right to fly the air corridor often with camera toting passenger to do a bit of spying and of course there's still the support helis which are likely to be around for the foreseeable future but Tornado
is the last combat aircraft which served in Germany.

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Re: Auf weidersehen Bruggen - 16 June 2001

Post by paddyboy » Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:10 am

Hi Michael :P

Great record there :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: Auf weidersehen Bruggen - 16 June 2001

Post by jaybee » Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:53 am

Sometimes seeing aircraft come and go in our lives, like the Tornado GR4 and the others that served over in Germany, really brings it home in the changes we are undergoing.
I hope it will all be for the best, but well done for catching the closing days there Mick... :thumb:
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