I spoke to Tony Cunnane on the phone while researching my first book about 21 years ago. He provided an interesting insight into the cold war and its positive affect on military air shows, or was it the other way round?! But on his website I read a funny story about his posting to Finningley circa 1960. If I recall correctly, he was working for OC Ops at the time. The OC was an inflexible ultra-correct type, he wanted to take some annual leave and asked Tony to fetch him a leave application, Tony told him he didn't need to fill in an application form (something I thought he would need to get signed by the Station Commander but evidently not). The OC insisted in filling in his own leave application and that Tony then place it in his in tray. When OC got round to reviewing and signing his own leave app he declined it! They don't make 'em like that anymore.
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