I
have been informed of the following sad information.
H0684067 Roger Pilon (Engines) died peacefully after a short illness on the 22
May 2011 age 70.
This information came to me via Roger's son Ian, who also included a short
obituary
Funeral is on Fri 3 June, Rose Hill Crematorium, Cantley, Doncaster at 1440.
"At
the Going down of the Sun and in the Morning
We
will remember him"
PILON Roger RVM, BEM, MSM. H0684067 WO Roger Pilon died peacefully after a
short illness on the 22 May 2011 age 70. He joined the RAF in Jan 1958 and
trained as an apprentice 88th Entry No 1 wing RAF Halton until 1961.
Then posted to Honnington on Victors 1B. He then went on operations to Aden
Khormaksar during the Radfan. He was then stationed at Valley and on promotion
to Sgt to Benson as Crew Chief on the Wessex with the Queens Flt. After Benson
he was posted to Cyprus 72 -75. Then to Lyneham, Gutersloh, Finningley HQ SAR
202/22 Sqn, Aldergrove 230 Sqn and finishing his career as WO Eng 100 Sqn at
RAF Finningley. He then became Chief engineer for 100 Sqn during its time at
Finningley and then on to Leeming. He served in the RAF as a serviceman and
civilian for 48 years was a widely respected engineer and Warrant officer and
will be sadly missed by his family, friends and former colleagues.
Anybody with any Idea's for the
next get together contact Nick.
Nick Nicolle
33
Linchfield rd
Deeping St james
Peterborough
Cambridge
PE6
8EP
Telephone 01778345175
Electronic mail mjenick@aol.com
