Obituaries Neil Marshall, a long-serving member of the original Log Board, died in March after a long and debilitating illness. Neils childhood and schooling were in South London, and he obtained his degree at the University of Westminster before changing tack and learning to fly at Elstree Aerodrome. His first flying job was with Channel Airways, flying Herons and Viscounts, before joining BOAC in 1971. With them, he flew Boeing 707s and trained as a navigator on VC10s. His career was blighted by the pilot surpluses of the late 70s and early 80s. He was seconded, initially, to Singapore Airways, flying the 707. After a year, he returned to BOAC for two years, before another secondment to Air Mauritius for three years. Both secondments were much enjoyed by his family and, in Mauritius, Neil took part in the underwater recovery of a cannon from an 1810 shipwreck. Back in the UK, he converted to the Boeing 747, which he flew for five years, moving to the Boeing 737 before his retirement in 1998. In retirement, Neil continued to fly a part-owned Cessna 151, and took an aerobatics course on a Pitts Special. He and his wife, Rosanna, bought a French holiday home, which gave him an opportunity to indulge his enthusiasm for house renovation. He was also a keen skier, sailor and pianist, as well as playing tennis and serving as chairman of the local tennis club. Neil was a quietly humorous, self-effacing and long-serving member of the Log Board from its early years. He contributed much to the routine production of the magazine when it was a time-consuming cut and paste exercise. He also contributed some excellent articles. He was very much a family man, and the Log Board offers its condolences to Rosanna, his sons, Ian and Guy, and the rest of his family and friends. By Ian Frow, Log Board member Frederick (Fred) George Casey 1931-2021 Fred died on Saturday 27th March 2021, aged 89 years, reunited with his loving wife, Dorothy, and dearly missed by his daughters Julie, Fiona and Angela, son Andrew, and family and friends. Fred trained as an electrical engineer, funding his glider training and dreaming of becoming a pilot. That became a reality when he signed up for National Service and the RAF took him on for aircrew training. Soon after his National Service, he was accepted by BOAC to fly Comets, VC10s and the Jumbo 747 with British Airways (becoming a route-check captain in his final years with BA), and then Singapore Airlines. The family recently found this poem written by co-pilot Pat in 1963 if anyone knows the story of this poem, the family would love to hear it. Theyve opened a new box of captains And sending them off down the route That means a new batch of co-pilots With four rings on their shoulder tboot So off goes our Mike with your Freddie And lands at Blantyre with a bump Surrounded by irate contractors Give us our tar back you chump But take little heed of the moaning Us blokes by your side judge the crime And in flying this four-engined monster Well crew for you Fred, any time. By Fiona Ives and family, with thanks to Pat O B ITUAR I E S Neil Marshall 1943-2021