Air cadets flying high with project
A documentary charting 75 years of a Wearside youth organisation is set to be screened for the first time.
Lonely Tower Film & Media has created the film on 2214 Usworth Squadron Air Traing Corps.
The project was commissioned by Flight Lieutenant Dave Walmsley, of the squadron, and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to celebrate 75 years of not only Usworth squadron, but of the formation of the Air Training Corps.
The film will be used to educate cadets and inform the public about the squadron’s rich history and will see its premiere today at the squadron headquarters in Usworth, Washington.
For 75 years cadets have passed through the doors of the squadron to learn the role of its Royal Airforce parent, citizenship skills, take part in varied and exciting activities and most excitMarie ing of all, go flying. The film features the history of the squadron and the history of RAF Usworth.
Having had an active airfield on their doorstep, now replaced by the Nissan car plant, former cadets share their experiences of flying with the pilots on their doorstep and of eagerly-anticipatedannualcampstoRAFbases.
Cadets share their thoughts on what it means to be in the Air Training Corps and what it has done for them, building confidence and teaching essential life skills.
Gardiner, from Lonely Tower Film and Media, said: “Working on this film has been such an exciting experience, the cadets are a real credit to the squadron.”
Mark Thorburn, from Lonely Tower, said: “We want to thank everyone involved in the project for their support, especially the cadets both past and present, and the Heritage Lottery Fund for helping to make it happen.”
For more information ,contact@lonelytower. co.uk.