Just to go back to the Auster shoot down for a mo...the pilot of the Meteor, Sqd Leader Max Holdsworth (at the time of the shootdown, retired Wingco) was an Examiner of Airmen in DCA Sydney office until he finally retired...he gave me my Instructors rating. We used to rag him occassionally..."Hey Max...heard you weapon jammed?" He was a grumpy old cuss but you'd get a smile and a gruff response.
A family friend was a squadron mate of Max's on 75 Squadron at Milne Bay flying P40s in 1942/3...he reckons Max was a grumpy old coot even when he was 22
