Have just read post #1863. Andyl999, could you please pass on to Regle, "Bloody hell, what a type hog!! I deeply envy the different types you have flown but not what you had to go through to do it. I am afraid I would lack the testicular fortitude of the men and women of your generation."
Tow1709, as everyone has said or thought, your memories posted here are just fantastic. They broke the mould when they made you guys.
Cliffnemo, the devil who started this magnificent thread an extra big
THANK YOU as Tow and Reg may not have added their important pieces of history to this thread.
Thank you to all who have added to this thread and added to my education of such an important era for us. Bob Doe said, in the BBC (?) TV program about learning to fly a Spitfire, that they just wanted to be remembered. With threads like this, you shall all be remembered and never forgotten.