did you go in there as complete aviation enthusiasts who had wanted to be a pilot since you were born,
Some would say yes to this.
or did any of you go in like me - 20 years old and thinking, "you know what, I've not considered it before but I really would like to be a pilot with the RAF,"???
And many will fall into this bracket.
Wanting to fly is probably, well in my case, more a dawning of awareness with some doors opening and some doors closing. Two of my uncles were in the RAF. One died the year I was born the other joined before the waar ended and eventually retired in the 70s. The only gee whiz factor was when I visited his marrier quarter at Wittering in the 50s.
I was in the RAF cadets but the RAF was never in the front of my mind until I was 17. Two months later I applied and I was in just before I was 17 1/2.