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MINORDS
David MINORDS
1. Name
2. Date Enlisted / Commissioned
3. Date Retired
4. Rank
5. Awarded Wings
6. Flying Schools
7. Aircraft Types Flown
8. Squadrons
9. Aircraft / Commando Carriers
10. Decorations
11. General
David MINORDS
September 1961
1 February 1991
Lieutenant Colonel RM
Oct 1968
RAF Linton on Ouse
RNAS Culdrose
Whirlwind Mk 7
Wessex V
CH 46
AH 1J
OV 10
Scout
Sioux
Gazelle
Lynx
845 NAS
846 NAS
HMM 261
HMA 264
VMO 1
3 BAS
HMS Albion
HMS Bulwark
USS Guadacannal
OBE
After Naval Flying training David joined 845 operating off Bulwark and Albion plus first deployment of Wessex V to North Norway.He then completed an exchange with the USMC operating CH 46 out of New River in North Carolina and Camp Pendleton California.
He returned to 846 briefly before becoming G3 Air in Cdo Forces before changing from FAA to Army avaition and being appointed to Montfortabeek Flt based in Arbroath.
David then became Senior Pilot of 3 BAS. He left the Squadron to attend Staff College. After the Falklands War he attended the first RM Lynx course and rejoined 3 Bas on the day it moved from Coypool to RNAS Yeovilton and took delivery of 6 Lynx. He ceased active flying after command of 3BAS.
Flying Marines
A History of Royal Marines Aviation
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