2025

10th September 2025 Duxford

Our Reunion was held again on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, at the Imperial War Museum  Duxford,

We lost our dear friend Clive Kerr in June of this year, so our reunion was especially meaningful as it honoured the man who had kept us all meeting at Duxford for over 20 years. It was made even more special as Clive’s son Alex and granddaughter Katie also attended, and many people were eager to meet them and share their own personal stories of flying with Clive.

We had a good attendance of 45 people, and, to my knowledge, we only had one aviator this year, Noel Evans, who flew in from the Harrogate area.

This year, we all went straight to the cafe, instead of assembling in the reception area (which didn’t go down too well last year as we caused a bit of a blockage!). This definitely worked better. After a lot of taking the register, chatting, drinking tea and coffee, and taking photographs, Trudi Innes made a small speech as a tribute to Clive, after which we all joined in with three cheers for the wonderful man that he was!

Afterwards, Bill Darroch (a Duxford volunteer) did an absolutely sterling job of looking after Alex and Katie, showing them around the museum, including behind-the-scenes visits to the flight decks of the Concorde and the RAF 146. Very special thanks to Bill for making their visit so interesting and special for them.

As it was a blustery day, with the threat of rain ever present, we decided to stay inside and have our group photo taken beside Concorde, instead of the usual 146 backdrop.

Stephanie Burlison, Trudi Innes, and I intend to keep the yearly Duxford reunion going in Clive’s memory, and look forward to seeing more of you next year!

Best Wishes

Maria