Originally Posted by
roving
... When you were training at Shawbury in the mid 1960's on one of the courses run at that time by George Elliot DFC, a WWII Canadian bomber navigator, and Tim Derrick, my step mother was a Flight Officer stationed there. ...
One of her important roles was giving George Elliot all the details on young officers on the courses showing too close an interest in his daughter Rosie -- with whom I spoke most recently by telephone earlier this year).
George Elliot was a gentleman. Tim Derrick could be brusque.
1. Lt Cdr Tim Derrick was my Course Commander when I went through. Seemed OK from what I recall - at least, I didn't get into trouble with him!
2. There was another Instructor at the time who had 2 daughters. I dated one of them a few times, and the other ended up married to a contributor here*
* Unless my memory is playing tricks, but I'm quietly confident!