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Old 20th Aug 2020, 09:28
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Cornish Jack
 
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huge72 - Your mention of Arthur Hyland stirred up a host of memories! I flew with Arthur on 'Pigs', when he was a Flt Sgt pilot and, then later, on Bevs when he was commissioned. We were involved in unusual incidents in both aircraft and, in one case, he was responsible for my/our 'survival'; in the other, we agreed an unorthodox, but commonsense plan, which nearly 'turned to worms', but Lady Luck intervened!! The flight was post-route Customs check at Abingdon back to Dishforth, and he may well not have included it in the night-time "Bev tales he regaled you with"!!. Like so many ex-nco pilots, he was a superb 'stick and rudder' man and an all-round 'good bloke'.
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