II(AC) Squadron Association News

The Association will endeavour to keep members up-to-date with the latest news about the squadron; planned events; "Classified Ads" and everything else one would expect from a quality newspaper.

From time-to-time the Association is informed of the passing of some of our number.  In recognition of these remarkable people and with the permission of their families obituaries are occasionally published to recognise and honour their memory.

Articles will be posted in chronological order of receipt and will remain until their "Sell-by-Date" has passed.

As part of the events being organised to celebrate the Squadron's 100th Anniversary in 2012 arrangements have been put in place to have a memorial built at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire.

A group comprising of members from the Association Committee have already visited the site and a Stonemason has been commissioned to carved the tribute in Granite.  The design has yet to be finalised but the requirement is to have a stone which will take the form of a "Roman Two" and have names inscribed of those who have perished in the service of the squadron since its formation.

Such an undertaking is clearly going to require considerable finance and already appeals have been made through the newsletter to members and also for Lottery funding in order to lessen the demand on existing Association funds.

To those of you who have responded to the appeal, the Association is very grateful for your donation.  For those of you - Association Members or not - who may not have heard of this endeavour, then this is an unashamed attempt to get your attention and, hopefully, a contribution to assist in the funding of what will be a fitting tribute to our own.

There is an account set up to receive your generous donation so before the new Government devises further measures to relieve you of your assets please make any cheques payable to:

II (AC) Squadron Association Memorial Fund

In anticipation, Thank You.

Some folks have complained they have not been receiving Newsletters or other notifications.  Investigation into the reasons why invariably reveal that we are holding incorrect e-Mail addresses due, mainly, to folks having changed their providers and have not advised us of the event.

If you believe you may fall into the category of "The Unknown" can you kindly drop a line to the Membership Secretary to confirm you are still with us.  To make things easy for you just click on the envelope.  

After a long and frustrating negotiation we have, at last, found a supplier to produce II(AC) Sqn ties at a reasonable cost.  There are two versions, one to enable us to identify Aircrew, is a fetching Maroon and the other, for the rest of us, is an attractive Dark Blue.  Both carry the Hereward knot as a repetitive theme.