He was the Stn Cdr at Laarbruch when I was stationed there, an exceptional and highly charismatic leader who had an amazing memory for names. At that stage Laarbruch was re-equipping with Phantoms and Buccaneers and the Canberra force had been extended to cover QRA during the transition. This meant the station was huge with more than 70 jets and I, as a pilot officer, was without doubt the most junior officer around who probably barely registed on the Stn Cdr's radar. Nonetheless 5 years later he addressed me by my first name as he passed going into the officers' mess at RAF High Wycombe, quite a remarkable man