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15 August 2011 - Source: Hartlepool Mail AN octogenarian who kept the accounts of an air cadet group in check for six decades has been honoured for his long service. Dennis Snowball was just 24 and working for West Hartlepool County Borough Council’s income and revenue department, then based in Avenue Road, when he was asked to be treasurer [...]

11 August 2011 - On the 23rd of July 2011 four cadets from 473 (Hartlepool) Squadron ATC  (Flt. Sgt. Bethany Calvert, Sgt. Mitchell Jenkins, Cpl. Alex May, and Cdt. Shannon Moore) embarked on a journey down to RAF Wittering in Lincolnshire for one week, on the wing’s annual summer camp. The cadets departed early Saturday 23rd July morning and [...]

9 August 2011 - As part of the ongoing link the squadron has with the local Royal Air Force Association (RAFA), the squadron leader at RAF Leeming was invited to 473 to present a trophy, quite a prestigious award. The trophy was awarded to the squadron for being the Squadron to have collected the second highest sum of money [...]

20 July 2011 - We have a number of cadets at WarCop camp with the Blackwatch Army Cadet Force (BACF). We shall endeavour to upload some photographs of this occasion when we can get hold of some and also to get an account of what happened over the week. The cadets return on the 23rd July.

18 July 2011 -   R.I.P. AWO Ray Smith. It is with great regret and sadness that I must inform you of the loss of our long serving adult warrant officer (AWO), Raymond Smith. Sadly AWO Smith passed away on Friday 15th July 2011. AWO Smith has recently been on secondment to 36 (Hetton-Le-Hole) Squadron ATC, but has served [...]

25 May 2011 - Slowly but surely, the website is taking shape. We are in the process of designing a calender that will show upcoming events and where they are taking place. This will be uploaded and updated as soon as possible. We are aiming to keep this website maintained and online for as long as possible. We feel [...]