Well he didn't take a pound off me Treadders! But I knew DA pretty well and got on with him so I was welcome in the office and the hangar.
You are right though, he did have a Seafire in there in a good state of completeness. As well as 12 crates of brand spanking new Merlin's ex India I seem to recall! He had a Catalina, a Lancaster which was coming along nicely, a newly painted Wildcat and God know's what else.
It was a great pity that his son's did not have the stomach for advancing the collection - which also included a couple of Conquerer tanks!
What a man.