The story of LW dragging himself across was true - I was there. What a team LW and his deputy, "the Colonel". Most of his Watch had nicknames, The Captain, Animal, Groper were just some.
LW said one day he was on a diet - "hows it going" he was asked. "Well you can only eat specific foods on specific days" he said followed by "this is my dinner in 3 weeks time" as he scoffed some more!
There was a time when there was a load of DC3's in loose formation transiting from Europe to Fairford (I think) and they were persuaded to fly by fairly close by Special Woofer (SVFR Director). Great sight, but resulted in a complaint - they were sponsored by Shell, who got all their
PR people and photographers on Harrow on the hill and saw
their planes in the far distance instead of over them!
Only half the stories are in the Hetahrow book - I don't think the rest would get past lawyers!