Royal Air Force
Administrative Apprentices Association

Multum A Parvo

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16th February, 2025

Death of a Non Member

  My grateful thanks to Garry Hoyland (Treasurer) for passing on the Obituary for Stanley Booker - 591702 - 55th (Ruislip), who was not a member of ...

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12th February, 2025

A New Article

My thanks (again) to Grahame May (25th) for yet another Article - Growing Wings. To read it please click below:   https://rafadappassn.org/article...

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3rd February, 2025

A New Article

My thanks to Grahame May (25th) for another Article - The School Cross Country Race 1953.  To view it please click on the link below: https://rafadappassn.org...

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29th January, 2025

Death of an Association Member

  Sadly we have been advised of the death of Association Member, John Fraser (12th). He passed away on 19 December 2024 and his Funeral has already taken ...

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28th January, 2025

A New Article

  My thanks to Bob Danes (33rd) , for providing his article "My Early Days as an Air Quartermaster (AQM)".   To read it please click on the link below...

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25th January, 2025

Urgent Appeal For Committee Members

  In the last few Newsletters we have put out an appeal to Members to join our Committee to fill the current vacances.  Due to recent unforeseen circum...

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23rd January, 2025

A New Article

  Grahame May (25th) has been busy again.  To read his latest submission - (Another Lousy Christmas), please click on the link below: https://rafada...

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23rd January, 2025

New Article

  An amusing article by Barrie Loftus (41st).  To read "Docking Lil", please follow the link below: https://rafadappassn.org/articles/docking-lil-ba...

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21st January, 2025

A New Article

  Grahame May (25th) has submitted another Article, titled "Never Go Back." Please click on the link below to view his Article: https://rafadappas...

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20th January, 2025

A New Article

Another fine article by Peter Culley (29th).  It was written in 1972 and Titled "Tale from a Village Graveyard." To read the article follow this link: ht...

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15th December, 2024

Death Of A Non Member

Sadly we have been advised of the recent death of John Pappin ex-308th. John was not a member of the Association....

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15th December, 2024

Death Of An Association Member

Sadly we have been advised of the death of Association Member Derek Payton (24/25th), who died on 30th November. The association offers its most sincere sympath...

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4th December, 2024

The December 2024 Newsletter No 141

    The December 2024 edition of the quarterly Newsletter (Edition 141) has been published today. The Newsletter Editor will inform members ...

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23rd November, 2024

Two More Articles

My thanks to Grahame May (25th) and our resident auther Peter Culley  (29th) for sending in very good articles. Both will appear in the December edition of...

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21st November, 2024

A New Article

Something of interest to the big band fans. This article will also be published in the forthcoming December Newsletter. https://rafadappassn.org/articles/jet...

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9th November, 2024

Website Updating - Alan Bell (29th) - Website Manager

Yesterday I returned home from Bordeaux Eye Hospital following a corneal graft. My vision is improving but still blurred. I expect the blurring will continue f...

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9th November, 2024

A New Article

Thanks to Barrie Loftus who has sent in an informative article about The role of the Heritage Centre at Bircham Newton. To read, follow the link below: https...

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1st November, 2024

A New Article

Another fine article by Peter Culley (29th). This one with a bit of a twist in the tail! I doubt you will disagree with the sentiment expressed! To read the ...

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23rd October, 2024

Find A Friend Requests

I have today published 3 new Find A Friend requests and have removed a number of requests that I consider now to be out of date. To read the requests currently ...

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11th August, 2024

Annual Reunion 2025 - Booking Form

Please note that uour interactive Booking Form to attend the Annual General Meeting and Reunion 2025 is now available on the website. The reunion will be held ...

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9th August, 2024

An Interesting Find!

We have been approached by a gentleman who, while clearing our old house in Portsmouth,  came accross what appears to be the lid of an old deep sea box. Af...

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30th July, 2024

Annual General Meeting 2024 - Minutes

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting held in June 2024 have now been published on the website. This page is password protected and the Newsletter Editor ha...

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2nd May, 2024

Final Postings

When I am notified of the death of Association members and non member ex-Admin Apprentices, the names are recorded on our website Final Postings page: https:...

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3rd January, 2024

Comments On Member Articles

Please note that I have introduced a facility that will allow members to submit comments on published articles submitted to the website. A comments area will ap...

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19th October, 2023

Want To Find A Friend?

I have just received a Find A Friend request from Alan Smith (5th Entry Accounts), which you can access by following the link below. It has been a while since I...

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1st December, 2022

Association Items For Sale

  For your information, our Treasurer Garry Hoyland has notified the latest stock list: Apprentice Wheels £3.00 (108 left) Lapel Badges £3.00 (2...

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23rd November, 2022

A Proposed Visit To Northolt

The following is published on behalf of Phil Gough (31st). Would those interested please contact Phil direct at his email address shown below. 'I had the ide...

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12th October, 2022

Find A Friend Listing

I have today removed all Find A Friend requests that were over a year old. The current list can be found here: https://rafadappassn.org/find-my-friend-list/ ...

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4th October, 2022

Archive Items For Disposal

Our Membership Secretary has a number of archived items that are surplus to requirements. These are offered for just the cost of package and posting. To view...

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30th April, 2022

Asssociation Editorial Policy - An Update

        Most of you will be aware that the majority of websites now publish guidelines offering advice about their expected ...

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31st October, 2021

Payment Of Membership Subscriptions

A majority of our Association members will be aware that the Association currently bank with HSBC (Witney branch).  You may also know that as part of their rat...

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16th March, 2021

Contacting The Association

I thought it might be useful to repost this notice for the benefit of new members Would members please note that if you wish to contact the Association, your...

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15th September, 2020

Final Postings

We have introduced a new page within in the Home Page Scrapbooks menu which lists those ex-RAF Ruislip Apprentice Clerks, ex-RAF Administrative Apprentices and ...

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6th September, 2020

Commenting On Notices

It is worth reminding you that you can send comments in the Leave A Reply box situated at the end of each published Notice.  it is quicker to comment this ...

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Relevant Notices Are Now Archived

30th November, 2018

Relevant Notices Are Now Archived

When I publish a notice, it remains 'live' on the board until I feel it has been there long enough to have served its initial purpose. Rather than just delete a...

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19th May, 2018

Beware The Scammers!

I have today posted a new topic in our Forum page on the subject of fraud prevention. The post is not intended to teach anyone to 'suck eggs' but a timely remin...

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Alan Bell, is unable to carry out his role as Website Manager, until further notice.

All website enquiries should be addressed to Steve Day, Newsletter Editor and Vice-Chairman; e-mail: newslettereditor@rafadappassn.org
Tel: 01427 787582
Mobile: 07855 193471

A further update will be issued in due course. Thankyou.