On Sunday 27 th September Air Cadets from 121 ( Nuneaton ) Squadron of the Air Training Corps joined members of the Aircrew Association for their 32 nd Annual Reunion Service and Parade at the Hilton Hotel in Warwick.

The Service and Parade were the culmination of the Aircrew Association's three-day AGM and Reunion weekend, which was attended by members from 30 of the association's 94 word wide branches.

The Reunion Service, with music provided by the Air Cadet Band of 121 (Nuneaton) Squadron, began as the Aircrew Association Standards and the Cadet Standards of the Warwickshire & Birmingham Wing together with those from 84 (Coventry Airport), 121 (Nuneaton), 198 (Hinckley) and 1368 (Warwick and Royal Leamington Spa) Squadrons were received by the Aircrew Associations Chaplain Reverend Bill Pegg.

Reverend Pegg thanked the cadets for supporting the Aircrew Association Reunion Service and expressed the importance of maintaining the strong links that exist between the assembled generations both former Aircrew and the next generation on young men and women to wear the RAF blue uniform.

Following the service the Cadet Band of 121 (Nuneaton) Squadron led the march past of both Aircrew veterans and cadets, with the salute being taken by the Aircrew Association President, Air Marshal Peter Walker and Chaplain, Reverend Bill Pegg.

Aircrew Association President, Air Marshal Peter Walker CB, CBE, BA and Chairman Air Commodore Des Richard CBE, MRAeS expressed their thanks to the Air Cadets for providing the music and Cadet Standards which helped to make the Aircrew Association 32 nd Annual Reunion Service and Parade such a spectacle of colour and sound.

The Aircrew Association is an Organisation whose membership is composed of aircrew and ex-aircrew of all three armed services and all Allied nations. Not all are of Word War II vintage but the great majority are now over seventy years old and, in some cases, very much older. All of these people have led extremely interesting lives and very many of them have had wartime experiences and military careers that, had they happened today, could well have been the stuff of films or television documentaries. The thing that virtually all of them have in common is comradeship and when it comes to their individual achievements, modesty. The only outward sign of their individual actions being the medals, that they wear with pride when on parade.

Flight Lieutenant Ian Crewe Officer Commanding
121 ( Nuneaton ) Squadron said, “It was an absolute pleasure and an honour to be able to support the Aircrew Association today and I was delighted with the way that the cadets conducted themselves. I was particularly pleased with the way the band played the Hymns. They don't normally play that type of music, as they are more accustomed to playing marches and leading parades. They've worked extremely hard over the last two weeks to prepare for this event and they did a really excellent job and they should be justly proud of themselves.”

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