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This list of Air Force personalities has been compiled from available photographs. If your name does not appear and you would like to have it added, please send a suitable photograph and a 10 word (max) list of your Air Force postings to the Webmaster. It is hoped that with your co-operation a comprehensive list for the period prior to 1980 will eventually be produced.
Ed 4212 Paintin, Edward H, "Ed", Pilot, 4Sqn 3Sqn
Buzz 6074 Palmer, Richard "Buzz", Engines
Roy 5041 Pardoe, Roy, Airframes
Pat Parmenter, Pat, Engines
Ozzie Penton Penton, Ozzie, OC 7 Sqn, OC New Sarum 1974-75
Terry Pepper, Terry, Engines
PB
P J H Petter-Bowyer, OC 4 Sqn, Staff Office Projects
Famous for his development of air to ground weaponry
Father of Rhodesian Air Recce
Mike Pingo Pingo, Mike. 7 Sqn Pilot
Jock 1385, Pirie, Jock, Medical
John Potts 5861, Potts, John, Engineer
Ed Potterton

4213, Potterton, Ed
2 Sqn, 1 Sqn, Op Sand, 4 Sqn, 7 Sqn
Works 1, OC 7 Sqn

Owen Potterton Potterton, Owen, Photo Section

Pringle, John

5400, Pringle, John, 11 LAR, Instruments
Thornhill Inst Sect 2 Sqn 1 Sqn 4 Sqn, Op Sand, Sarum Inst Sect, 1GTS, WO i/c GTS

Reid-Rowland

4535 Reid-Rowland, John
Pilot on 3 Sqn
Direct Entry Short Service (1979-1981)

Guy Rickert 5976, Rickert, Guy, Armourer

Rix 5725, Rix, Rob
Clive Roberts 5995 Roberts, , Clive
Sketch Roberts 6132, Roberts, Anthony, "Sketch", Stores
Barrel Roberts Roberts, Barry "Barrel", 7 Sqn pilot
Dave Roberts 6341, Roberts, Dave
Dave Rowe 4240, Rowe, Dave, 4 Sqn, 7 Sqn
5816 Sattethwaite, Pete, Motor Transport
5106 Sayers, Ron
Ian Sheffield

Sheffield, Ian, 4 Sqn Pilot, Direct Entry Short Service.
NEVER awarded any gallantry decoration.
Now known as Christina Sheffield, or Livingstone

Simpson Geoff, Instruments
4266 Simmonds, Pete("Simmo"), OC 4 Sqn, OC 7 Sqn
5872 Sinclair, Doug or "Moose", Airframes
Hugh Slatter

4115 Slatter, Hugh
Commander Air Force of Zimbabwe at the time of the Thornhill Aircraft Sabotage July 1982

6197 Speight, Ron
5541 Spoor, Ken, Airframes, 7 Sqn
Starkie Starkie, Ken, Engines
5300 Stone, David or "Unk"
2121 Strauss, Mike, Medic
5350 Straw, Peter, "Pete", Safety Equipment
Swart, Boet
Bill Sykes 4216 Sykes, William, "Bill", Pilot 2Sqn 1Sqn
Rob Tasker 4019 Tasker, Robert, "Rob", Pilot, 2Sqn 6Sqn
Dave 5568 Templeton, Dave, Accounts Officer
Termof 6018 Teromf, Alan
Greg 4262 Todd, Greg, Pilot, 4 Sqn, 7 Sqn
Mike 5248 Toms, Mike, Ground Equipment
Nick Tselentis 6377 Tselentis, Nick, 29LAR, 1 GTS, ASF, 5 Sqn, 7 Sqn
Charlie Tubbs 4113 Tubbs, Charlie, SATCO, Thornhill
Chris Tucker Tucker, Chris, 4 Sqn Pilot
Boet 5935 Van Schalkwyk, Boet
Varkevisser Varkevisser, J "Varkie", Pilot, 4 Sqn, 2 Sqn
4073 Vass, Ron, Pilot, 3 Sqn
Ted Walters 5712 Walters, Edward "Ted", Stores
Jim Waterman Waterman, James or Jim, Engines
4234 Watt, Roger, 4 Sqn, 7 Sqn
Fred Way 5430 Way, Fredrick "Fred or Freddie", Machine Shop
Vic Wightman Wightman, Vic, 11 SSU, OC 1 Sqn
Cyril White White, Cyril, OC 4 Sqn
Alf Wild 4524 Wild, Alf, 4 Sqn, 1 Sqn
Wiles 6757 Wiles, W.N.P., Radio Section
Eddy Wilkinson Sqn Ldr E.R. Wilkinson, 18 PTC, OC 6 Sqn
Colin Whiting 5465 Whiting, Colin
John Wilson Wilson, John, Security Section, Direct Entry from BSAP
Gordon Wright 4015 Wright, Gordon, 1 Sqn, 4 Sqn, Air HQ

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