Did that charming man speak with a slight lilt in his voice? If so, beware, because when fuelled with a few beers, he was prone to smack one over the head. Charmingly. Lovely man PL!
He had a clipped, middle class voice and was quietly spoken. He didn't seem like a head-banger to me but who knows?
The reason I mentioned Don Kingaby was that he was the W/C Flying at RAF Celle in the late 1950s and his next posting was to be a desk job. The story related many years later was that he was thinking of resigning his commission when a pal from Fontainebleau tipped him off that the GAF were seeking current PAIs. This led to training in the USA and his job at Oldenburg.
What interested me particularly was the initial flying training of the nascent GAF and the involvement of RAF aircrew. Were many involved and where did they do their training?
This was a short time after WW11 and there must have been many interesting meetings with recent foes.