THE RED DEVILS FREE FALL TEAM 1965 top row, left to right:Fetes, Jones, McNaughton, Rowberry, Parker, Walmsley, Starkie, Jones, Gowens, David. front row, left to right: Reddick, Scarratt, Brinton, Major Heesey, Rabet, Vatnsdol, Martin:
Note the new modern barracks in the background. Each set of barracks in Montgomery lines was named after one of the regiments campaigns. (The building behind was the Naffi shop and the Toms bar when I was serving on the Team 1992)
The Red Devils receive their new Bedford vans.
1965 Army championships this was the first time all three Rapides were together. G-ASRJ RAPA, G-AJHO 1st Army, G-AGTM 1st Red Devils Free Fall Team aircraft.
1965 The Red Devils with The Golden Knights at Fort Bragg
The Red Devils and The Golden Knights meet HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at Smiths Lawn Windsor UK, April 1965. Inset - left Major Mike Heerey; right Major Jim Anderson.
Princess Anne meets The Red Devils, you can see the Team members proudly displaying Golden Knight patches on their jumpsuits. Even to this very day The Red Devils and The Golden Knights have a close relationship. The Red Devils have had a permenant affiliation with The Golden Knights since 1965, The Red Devils wore Golden Knight patches on their jumpsuits and The Golden Knights wore Red Devil patches on their jumpsuits as a symbol of co-operation and respect.
1965, 13th April, RNAS Culdrose. One of the first camera/cine jumps The Red Devils was to make. Sgt Scarratt, having just brought the kit back from the USA, Pte McNaughton, LCpl David and Sgt Scarratt.
1965. The Para commander was brought back from The Golden Knights
1966, May. Demo into Fulwood barracks, Pte Kieth Jones and Cpl Jim Walmsley. Note the A41 radio which sometimes had to be jumped because of hire aircraft.
The Red Devils Free Fall Team
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