Time for one on Wurzel, also a legend, he would be, I taught him all I know.
Wurzel - RAF Lyneham - early 80's
Charged on a Charge
This tale goes back to the early 80’s when Wurz worked in C2 hangar and was an escort on a charge for someone who had failed a weekly room inspection. Them were the days. The Flt Sgt stopped him on the way to the T-Bar and told him he was on escort duties. So he marched in to the Flt Cdr’s office with this giant bloke. The kangaroo court went on and on with pointless discussion as tea-break leaked away. The accused had left his room with a spiders’ web in the corner so they got stuck on a point: The Flt Cdr wanted to know if the spider could make the web between the time the accused left the room and the Flt Sgt inspected it.
Now Wurzel was missing out on a game of bridge, and he thought to himself “This is a load of bollocks”.
Then, Wurz noticed that it had all gone quiet and everyone was staring at him. Yes, that’s right, you’ve guessed it, he said it out loud. So out they marched and the Flt Sgt charged Wurzel for insubordination.
The original defendant got admonished and Wurz got 7 days jankers and a £20 fine. Justice was surely done that day.
country calls - you feature in two of these anecdotes, coming soon...
Top Bunk Tester - you as well!