RIP - Alan Ashdown (Splash)

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Great tribute, Daz.
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I received FB post from Scotty, his son, and they had a send-off today, to include a fly-over by a Sea King. All sounds quite fitting and quite well done.
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jRatz wrote: ↑May 5th, 2022, 7:28 pm I received FB post from Scotty, his son, and they had a send-off today, to include a fly-over by a Sea King. All sounds quite fitting and quite well done.
Wonderful, a very fitting tribute indeed.
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To be ensure widest dissemination, thank you David ...
DavidWomby wrote: ↑May 6th, 2022, 12:53 am Splash's son in law has posted video of the flyby. It's on Facebook here if you scroll down through the comments.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... oser=false

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Very sad news. R.I.P.
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I've only just seen this. Top geezer. Always helpful, went out of his way when I did my Sea Vixen back in the day. Very sad news.
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On our SIG display at Modelkraft yesterday.


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Nicely done, Daz.

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Yes, nicely done.
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He'd have been impressed with that. Just the right level of rememberance.
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A fitting tribute 👍
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Love it, Daz - top work.
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Nice tribute.

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Nice one, Daz, that was very well done.
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