- Contributed by
- Peoples War Team in the East Midlands
- People in story:
- Frank Herrick
- Location of story:
- Blackpool
- Background to story:
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:
- A4001815
- Contributed on:
- 04 May 2005
"This story was submitted to the site by the BBC's Peoples War Team in the East Midlands with Frank Herricks permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions"
As a member of the RAF I was stationed at Blackpool for a while. Unlike the Army, in the RAF you didn’t move around very much you where posted. A posting came in one day for Wick in Scotland. Myself and another officer both put in for it and eventually we tossed a coin for it. I went to Wick where they were forming a new squadron that later went onto the aircraft carrier. Whilst on the aircraft carrier we went to the Far East finishing up in Australia. On that flip of a coin I ended up at the other side of the world. If the other guy had lost I’d have stayed at Blackpool — which may have been far better.
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