Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator
Now there is a blast from the past:
<<But his outburst drew a furious riposte from Air Commodore Eric Wright CBE DFC DFM, who flew Hurricanes with 605 Squadron in the Battle of Britain. "If we didn't have the RAF in the 1940s we would all be saying 'Heil Hitler' now," he said.>>
Only 86, amazing. He was Mr Pastry, OC Coningsby Wing and later moved the entire wing to Cottesmore. Now that was like an expeditionary air wing. The whole wing was even slatted to deploy to the Far East in one exercise.
I don't see any mention of an Air Commodore Eric Wright anywhere in the Telegraph article.
