Another farewell ceremony this morning when Capt."Buck" Sheedy our hardworking Engineer Officer said goodbye to the troops before leaving for CAIRO on the first stage of his journey back to the Union. Memories come crowding back when-ever we think of you "Buck". We recall those early morning raids when you could be seen dashing about at the crack of dawn in your little"buggy" from ‘plane to ‘plane giving a last minute check-over that “all was set for the show”, how anxiously you used to count your "chickens" when they returned from a raid, and how, by your personal attention to detail, you achieved such outstanding co-operation and good workmanship from the willing workers you controlled. We laugh when we think of the funny incidents that marked your career with this squadron the night, with the shrapnel falling about us at Bu Amud you pulled an empty box over your head as protection when you couldn’t "make" the shelter in time!
But we recall more readily, and with the greatest admiration, your drive and genuine ability in keeping so many aircraft available for operations – stout work, "Buck"! And so we take leave, one by one, of the “foundation" members of the squadron.
Maj. "Chick” Thackwray – boy in years, man in outlook and ability - too has gone South and a subtle change comes upon the squadron. The same familiar faces are growing less and less as time progresses and all the hardy warriors go back for their hard-earned and well-won rest.