Pen Portraits: what happened next

Pen portraits of post-graduation life, as submitted to the 69th Association newsletter over the period 1994 - 2011

John Stroud

Passed out as a J/T Inst/Fitt/Gen with the 69th, then back to Halton in 1959 as an instructor. Commissioned in 1967 final job in the RAF, OC Training Control at Halton. Eleven years at Halton and a local boy! Left the RAF in 1975 and went to the Engineering Industry Training Board. Retired and became editor of the Aeromodeller magazine in 1991.

• RAF Halton and the Brats
• The Aircraft Apprentices Scheme
• Clubs, Societies and Sports at Halton
• RAF Halton's goats
• Tributes to Halton and the Brats
• The 69th and the Apprentices Network, 1951
• The Presentation of the Queen's Colour, 1952
• Summer Camp, RAF Formby, 1953
• The 69th and the Queen's Coronation, 1953
• The 69th's Graduation Review, 1954
• The Senior Entry - a graduate's letter, 1954
• A full list of 69th Graduates
• Halton days: stories from the 69th
• The 69th's Burmese Brats
• A 69th Pen Portrait
• The 69th's commemorative window
• 69th Entry Reunions