RAF Shinfield Park

Headquarters Flying Training Command 

(27th May 1940 - 1st June 1968)

Ken Griffin

Ken has sent photographs of the camp and of his posting to Aden, see below, but no memories of Shinfield.

Personnel

Shinfield Park

Aden

8th March 2026. Greg North sent a message from Jan Dallard who had received this note from Ken’s daughter.

Hi Jan, I thought I’d wait to reply after I'd seen Dad today. I see him a couple of times a week and he still remembers us, so that’s great. He very much lives in the moment, so when I mentioned you, he smiled and said “hello”. He’s well looked after and is doing well though his dementia is hard. His care home has become a recognised ‘veteran-friendly’ home recently. They’ve had a couple of celebration events to thank all the veteran residents. I’ll send the most recent photo (see below) which I took a few weeks ago. I bought Dad a new blue shirt and he wore his suit!