Fg Off Alan Hubert Jones 21
Not sure if I mentioned this before but it has just occured to me
there but for the grace of God
We were both on 41 Nav Course at 2ANS. The success of the instructors at 2ANS meant that rather more students were being passed on to 1ANS than they were established to cope with. They also had to accept basic navs from Cranwell as well.
A drastic measure was taken to address the issue and the whole of 41 course was recoursed to 42 course with the exception of about two navs of whom Jones was one. Navs from earlier courses were also recoursed to slim the system and back fill 41 course.
I passed out on 42 course and followed Jones to the V-force just one month behind him and thence to Coningsby which was still building up its sqns.