Rear-Admiral Colin Cooke-Priest
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:06 pm
Rear-Admiral Colin Cooke-Priest, who has died aged 81, overcame sea- and airsickness, qualified twice over for the Goldfish Club, and rose to be Flag Officer Naval Aviation.
Cooke-Priest was one of six Old Marlburians to enter Dartmouth in September 1957. His first ship was a small minesweeper in the unquiet waters off Scotland, where he was “as sick as a dog”, and a sympathetic senior officer had him moved to a larger ship.
All Cooke-Priest wanted to do was drive ships, and for two years he served worldwide at sea, but when the Admiralty decided that more long-career officers were needed in the Fleet Air Arm, he was press-ganged into flying training as an observer, as the Navy calls its air navigators....
Daily Telegraph
RIP Sir
Cooke-Priest was one of six Old Marlburians to enter Dartmouth in September 1957. His first ship was a small minesweeper in the unquiet waters off Scotland, where he was “as sick as a dog”, and a sympathetic senior officer had him moved to a larger ship.
All Cooke-Priest wanted to do was drive ships, and for two years he served worldwide at sea, but when the Admiralty decided that more long-career officers were needed in the Fleet Air Arm, he was press-ganged into flying training as an observer, as the Navy calls its air navigators....
Daily Telegraph
RIP Sir