Hello all,
It's taken me a while, I'm sorry for that, but I have posted on the Aviation History forum the start of an account by Captain Val St Leon on his experiences converting to the B707 in 1959. Val was not wartime aircrew (though he was a fitter with No 3 Sqn RAAF) so I took Icare9's advice to put it on the other forum.
For those interested, link is here:
Endorsement on the 707 in 1959 - PPRuNe Forums
Will be updated every couple of days until I run out of the words that Val gave me!
Adam