Air Marshal Sir Roderick Goodall, known throughout his RAF career as “Rocky”, was 74 years old when he died in June. He had a distinguished career as a fighter pilot flying Hunters in Bahrain before converting to the Harrier, serving two tours in Germany. He was twice awarded the AFC. He returned to Germany in command of 16 Squadron flying Tornados from Laarbruch before being appointed the station commander at Bruggen where he had four Tornado squadrons under command. After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990 he was tasked to establish a base for Tornados and Jaguars on the old RAF airfield at Muharraq in Bahrein. He held senior appointments in MoD, at the Principle Joint Force HQ at Northwood and finally a NATO appointment as Chief of Staff of Component Command Air North at Ramstein in Germany.

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