[BITList] Bonfire Night RAF Seletar - Singapore.

[Michael Feltham]

John,

What culinary delicacy is a Toast Tomato Banjo ?

Mike
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On 6 Nov 2009, at 10:01, John Feltham wrote:


Bonfire Night RAF Seletar.

Here is a memory which might amuse entitled "Guy Fawkes Night at RAF  
Seletar" (1960)

After a hard days work on the squadron, a meal, a shower and a pint  
(or three) of duty free it seemed quite sensible for us "hard working  
single airmen" to repair to the "Bonfire" which was situated on some  
waste ground at the far end of RAF Seletar.

This we duly did and stared incredulously at a mighty mound of typical  
RAF junk piled high into the balmy Singaporean sky, it consisted of  
the normal broken packing cases, furniture etc., But what caught our  
eyes was the sheer quantity of large (very large) thick cardboard  
tubes, these had previously been used to transport aircraft safety  
equipment, and were so vast in number that the bonfire resembled an  
enormous Egyptian Pyramid. After a few "fireworks" (well they weren't  
proper fireworks, just aircraft distress flares and rockets,), the O.I/ 
C announced on a loudspeaker "And now Ladies & Gentlemen, boys and  
girls, Flight Sergeant ******* from the fire section will LIGHT THE  
BONFIRE!!

An expectant hush fell over the crowd as gallons and gallons of  
"Scrap" aviation fuel, thinners and Lord knows what in the way of  
inflammable liquid was poured onto this mighty pyre...Then.... into  
view marched THE FLIGHT SERGEANT, a short corpulent figure of a man,  
clad in natty blue dungarees, a world war two white painted tin hat  
with a flap of material on the back "a la Beu Geste", swinging his  
arms shoulder high, proud as punch his gum booted feet tripping  
slightly on the tufted grass, he came to a crashing halt about twenty  
yards from the bonfire.

Then withdrawing a Very Pistol from his belt, he elegantly broke it  
and popped in a cartridge.

We waited..........he fired...........the flare described an arc and  
hit the bonfire dead centre.

Well remember those cardboard tubes ???????? Some one had forgotten to  
knock out the ends; soaked in fuel they had become bombs !!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOM !!!!!

The bonfire lifted twenty feet off the ground and deposited itself in  
about eight different positions, all still burning like a good  
un...That was it, everybody left leaving the Flight Sergeant standing  
there with his mouth open.....

Well nobody was hurt thank Heavens but the scaleys brats (married  
personnel’s children) didn’t half howl !!!! We (the single blokes)  
couldn't help chuckling as we left to get to the Malcolm Club for  
another pint or two and a toast tomato banjo.

I wonder what the Officer i/c RAF Seletar fire section said to his  
blokes? Come to that, what did the Camp Commandant say to the Officer  
i/c? ,,,,,,,who cares ! Happy Days !!



http://www.seletar.net/History.htm




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