The Mosquito .. arrived with a fully qualified veterinary surgeon .. at the helm. How on earth he managed to get into the RAF from one of the most Reserved of Reserved Occupations, I do not know ..
In one of the James Herriot books (Vets Might Fly perhaps?) he says that as a veterinary surgeon the ONLY role he could have was actually flying. When he was grounded due to illness he was discharged and went back to being a vet in Yorkshire, where he spent the rest of the war (and the rest of his life). He said he joined up in 1940 as he was very keen to help protect Britain from invasion.
The younger vet, 'Tristram', joined the army later on in the War as an officer to be veterinary surgeon to camels in the desert.
Your posts are
so interesting Danny!