Our Talks for 2021
All meetings start at 7:30pm on the 3rd Wednesday of month at the Sprowston Sports and Social Club, Blue Boar Lane,
Norwich NR7 8RY
They will also be available virtually via Zoom.
Members will be emailed joining instructions and those not able to use Zoom will receive a DVD recording of the meeting.
£5 for non-members.
15th September 2021
Where are we?
Quiz
Presented by
John Blakeley
Retired RAF Senior Engineering Officer
and group Vice President
20th October 2021
The Air France Disasters of 1950
Presented by
Kevin Patience
Writer and Public Speaker
Served in the RAF
18th November 2021
The Arctic Air Bases
Presented by
John Blakeley
Retired RAF Senior Engineering Officer
and group Vice President
Talks Earlier this Year
19th August 2021
Norfolk VCs in Aviation
Presented by
Steve Snelling
Local writer, freelance journalist and historian.
15th July 2021
Javelins in the Far East
Presented by
Ian Moir
17th June 2021
Military Quiz
Presented by
John Blakeley
Retired RAF Senior Engineering Officer
20th May 2021
Developments at East Anglian Air Ambulance
Presented by
Patrick Peal, EAAA CEO
15th April 2021
The Air War over Vietnam
Presented by
Mike Pugh-Davies
A popular speaker at our meetings
18th March 2021
Griffons, Merlins and Spitfires
Presented by
Kevin Patience
Followed by a brief AGM
18th February 2021
82nd Squadron Blenheim raid on Aalberg May 1940
from RAF Watton
Presented by
John ‘Smudge’ Smith
Aircraft Restoration Company, Duxford
21st January 2021
From Kitty Hawk to Cape Canaveral
– the Miracle of Powered Flight
Presented by
Tony Davies
Wing Commander (Retd)
Talks from last year
17th September
The Air War over Korea
An illustrated presentation by Mike Pugh-Davis,
a well known speaker at our meetings.
15th October
The History of RAE Bedford
Presented by Barry Tomlinson
19th November
RAF Marham Today
Presented by Mo Howard
Station Engagement Officer
17th December
The Mull of Kintyre Chinook Tragedy
Presented by John Blakeley
Retired RAF Senior Engineering Officer
