We’re scanning in a large archive of photographs of RAF Sopley that belonged to the late Squadron Leader Brian (BC) Jones that were bought on e-Bay. Some are from the pre ATC days and may be passed on to the RAF Sopley website. Others are of the unit generally or of the activities of the Air Traffic Control Squadron and will feature on an updated RAF Sopley/JATCRU Southern posting on this site. There was also an area radar training school at RAF Sopley used initially by military controllers but also later by civil controllers too including some cadet courses whose area course radar component were split, half at CATC at Hurn and half at Sopley.
Flt Lt Al Barnet
Flt Lt Bill Baggaley. (The equipment lower left is we understand a SSR/IFF training aid. The models of a Gloster Javelin and de Havilland Comet help date it).
Flt Lt Brian Jones
Brian Jones again with (possibly) Flt Lt R C Ives
Flt Lt Colin Rutter
Flt Lt George Rollings
Flt Lt John Broadbent
Flt Lt Mac McDonald
Flt Lt Phil Phillips
John Dougan, Chief Instructor dated 4th October 1965
two more pictures of John. On the left John in July 1970 to mark his new appointment as Chief Instructor Area at the College of ATC at Hurn. On the right John in September 1969.
Lou Parton, Civil Liaison Officer
Sqdn Ldr Dave Emery, Commanding Officer
Phil Phillips has confirmed that this is the OC RAF Sopley and that it is Wing Commander Peter Wood. The photo is dated 7th December 1973.
Group photo below of No 16 JATCAR course from 1962, photo from John Douglas
Course photo No 50 Joint Air Traffic Control Area Radar Course, 7th August – 16th September 1967
Con Lee lecturing
Flt Lt Max Pemberton demonstrating the SSR teaching aid
Simulator pseudo pilot operators
these are believed to be of the school and are scanned from small contact prints., It so looks like the former Fighter Control plotting room (marked 5) was in use as a classroom or exam room.
a civil student undergoing live training in Cabin 1, airways.
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Some of you may remember a strike by controllers at West Drayton in 1977. I remember the CO of RAF West Drayton being asked on the BBC news why the RAF couldnt provide an ATC service. IIRC he gave a very non comittal reply.
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I noticed a photo of a Flt Lt Barnett. I think he became Station Commander West Drayton and eventually an Air Commodore and AOC MATO.
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Good to see Don Surtees in the photos
Four years later I was working with him at Ulster Radar
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