sentences:  After being invalided home with amoebic dysentery, Burchmore retrained as an electrical engineer and served in various postings at home and overseas.In 1952 he was posted to the Far East as an engineer responsible for a squadron of flying boats, this was followed by various other postings including Cyprus in 1960–62.In 1968, Burchmore was appointed head of the RAF project to introduce the Hawker Siddeley Harrier jump jet into RAF service.