Originally Posted by
ian16th
This sort of thing was common in the days of National Service.
In 1955-6, on my Air Radar Fitters course, half the class were national servicemen, all of them had degree's.
The theory of the time was that they had shown an aptitude for learning, so the RAF could teach them what ever the RAF needed.
One of the NS guys had a PhD, in Zoology!
1961 and my first posting to RAF Driffield. One of the National Servicemen was a JnrTech Ground Wireless Fitter; his civilian job had been with Rolls Royce in Derby - designing military aircraft engines