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Previous Re-unions

The last reunion for ex-EAA staff was held in London on August 2nd 2024. Pictures from this and previous reunions can be found in the Reunion page (password required) Anyone who was involved with EAA are invited to contact reunion@eastafricanairways.com for details of future events.

Rest in Peace

Pat Connington – ?/09/2024, Perth Australia

Leigh Allison – 01/08/2024, Kenya

Amritlal T Parmar – 16/10/2005, Head Purser 

Alastair MacNab – 25/05/2024, Melksham

Michael Brand – 01/03/2024, South Africa

Terry Hill – 27/04/2024

Keith Jones – ?/11/2023 – Ground Engineer

Paul Coleman – ?/07/2023 Purser then Cabin Services

Jean Ratcliffe – 04/08/2023 Wife of Capt. Alan Ratcliffe

Thomas W. D. Quené – ??/04/2023 Pilot

Derek Brown – 17/03/2023

Peter J. Davis – 04/02/2023 Ground and Passenger Handling

Sarjit Singh – 12/12/2022

Werner Werdenberg – 08/08/2022

Erik Molberg – 08/07/2022

Dave Forsyth – 09/07/2022

Ferrie Kuteesa – 27/01/2022, Heathrow EAA Receptionist

Nick Methley – 27/01/2022

Andy Tamplin – 28/12/2021, Bangkok, Thailand

Eric Edmund Morris – 01/04/2002, former chief pilot, Margate, South Africa

Ray McKenzie – 02/04/2021, co-pilot with EAA, USA

Brian Jeffries – 06/02/2021 formerly of Commercial Dept, Norfolk UK

Vijay Dev Gandhi – 16/01/2021 Interline Officer

Nick Nicholson – 23/12/2020 Engineering Dept, Southampton UK

Mike White – 13/11/2020 Flight Engineer, Isle of Man

Jonathan Rabala Osano – ??/??/1985 Communications Superintendant, Kenya

Sonia “Sonny” MacNabb (widow of Frank) – 10/10/2020 ,Basingstoke UK

Mick Palmer – 27/08/2020

Kathy Baguley – 04/07/2020 Stewardess, Scarborough UK

Mary Wairimu Nganga – 13/04/2020 in New Jersey USA

Vic House – 5/03/2020 in Christchurch NZ

Graham Tudor – 27/02/2020

Ian Cook – 27/01/2020

Helen Alison – ?/01/2020 Stewardess, in Nairobi

Jack Simonian – 22/12/2019 in Sydney, Australia

Hugo Fjasted – ?/12/2019 in Sweden

Arthur Ricketts – 5/12/2019 in Rutland UK age 81

Hilary Drummond – 9/10/2019 in Scotland

Antoinette de Souza – 29/08/2019  Kenya

Kurt Paulsen – 20/08/2019

Roy Davis – 17/08/2019

Larry Allen – 21/05/2019 in Camberley, UK

Dick Hewett – 17/05/2019 in Kenya

David Cartwright – 06/05/2019

Peter Marzetti – 16/04/2019

Nick Von Berg – ?/04/2019

Iris Breidenbend – 27/12/2015 in Kenya 

Rusty Bowker-Douglass – ?/11/2018 in Queensland, Australia

David Power – 23/07/2018 in Queensland, Australia

Dave Allen – 12/10/2017 in Canada

Ross McClachlan – 15/10/2017 in Sydney, Australia

Michael J Furniss – 07/07/2017 in New Zealand

Una Buchanan – 10/04/2017

Naomi Williamson – 25/03/2017

Sylvia Meadley – 25/01/2017

Eric Cook – 12/01/2017

Chris Coldrey – 13/11/2016

Tony Crosse – 04/09/2016

Eddie Jordaan – 04/08/2016 – in South Africa

Tony Howe – ??/04/2016

Tony Burleton – 23/03/2016 – aged 90

Eric Garland – 17/01/2016 – aged 95

Colin Skillett – 11/12/2015

Tug Wilson – 19/10/2015 – aged 94

Mike ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins – 28/09/2015

Mike Sawbridge – 27/09/2015

Peter Young – 6/07/2015 – in Ireland

Frank Orpin – 06/07/2015

Helge Berthelsen – 16/05/2015

Henry Everitt (Chief Steward) – 14/04/2015

Pete Smith 12/04/2015

Gordon Evans (Snr Steward) – 09/04/2015 – aged 90

Mike Harley – 16/03/2015

Pete Lucas – ??/01/2015

Jackie Freeman – 14/12/2014

Gordon Mitchell – 13/12/2014

Sheila Cartwright – 12/12/2014 in South Africa

Dick McNair – 03/11/2014

Mike Piddlesden – (Flight Engineer) – 21/08/2014

Ken Fuller – 31/05/2014

Phil Shaw – 12/04/2014

Tony Haigh – ??/11/2013

Reg Cartwright – 23/02/2010 in South Africa

Ruthven “Pommy” Pomfret – ?/?/2006 in Albany WA

Alan Sheppard – 16/03/1992 – Flight Engineer (1966-74)