I was selected to fly the single seat ground attack aircraft that was the Jaguar GR1. “In November of 1985 my squadron deployed to Sardinia to undertake intensive air combat training.

“I flew the [Jaguar GR1 XZ383] in 1984 and 1985 and flew it six times in 1986, in fact I flew it in the last month before the aircraft was retired. The RAF retired a number of Jaguars in 1986.