Reply To Kookabat
KOOKABAT. The 'midupper' was still in the aircraft, on the rest bed I think. He did not attend the celebrations that evening at a pub at Caenby Corner on the A15, unfortunately.
By 2000 HRS we were all fully recuperated, and I would imagine singing away around the piano as usual. We're leaving Khartoum by the light of the moon./When this blinking war is over/Bless em all. Silly men.
I think Gearless Gerty would possibly be a Lanchester, which had a fluid flywheel instead of a clutch . Although it may have been that it was stuck in one gear. This sort of thing was the norm during the war as spares were almost impossible to obtain for civilian vehicles.For instance tyres were run untill the the tread disappeared and the tubes popped out. Oh happy days