Originally Posted by
BEagle
Do look after the late 'Puddy' Catt's favourite aeroplane carefully! After dropping the flag at RAF Brawdy, Pud would fly off to Initials and subsequently reappear in a cloud of condensation, howling across the aerodrome accompanied by a splendid 'blue note'.
I remember a day, whilst the earth was still cooling, that I bounced a completely unaware Puddy to the east of Brawdy, he in Winston and me in a Hunter FGA9. As I closed for guns, I suddenly realised that my overtake was horrendous and I overshot badly. As I screeched past his port wingtip, I saw that he had the canopy partially open and his elbow hanging out of the cockpit! One of England's true eccentrics!
Swing the lamp!
mog