OBJ Morris - 2012 Scrapbook
Handover collection to Air Ambulance
14th August 2012
This year we've been collecting from audiences to donate to the Thames
Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance.
Marian has been busy with the collecting "tins" and when they got too
full to carry we arranged to go along to RAF Benson (the home of the Air
Ambulance) and hand them over.
The crew (pilot and 2 paramedics) were very welcoming, but just as we
were taking pictures, their phone rang and they were scrambled into
service. So amidst the noisy military training that goes on at this site,
the crew and air ambulance departed to who-knows-where.
Present were: Colin, Chris, Chris D, Marian, Lynda and Vera
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Us with the pilot and one of the paramedics
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I'm not sure that the hat really fits!
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Then the phone rang and the crew scrambled to the helicopter,
leaving us to take pictures of their departure
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Setting off at a brisk pace
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Scrambling in
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And off it went
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To destination unknown
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Here's the picture taken by Katie (The Air Ambulance's
fundraiser)
Postscript: I was on duty on the Watercress Line a couple of
days later, and the guard on my train had been RAF Bensons
commanding officer about 15 years ago and had invited the Air
Ambulance to use the base!
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