'Dad' Owen ... He was Flt Cdr on 30 at Dishforth when I started on Bevs.I believe he was the instigator of the Sqdn " Location Board" which contained all the crew names and a space for location, of which there were weekday headings each of which indicated a local town whose Market Day it was!! (For the juveniles who know not of old style licencing laws, special dispensation was given for extended opening hours on Market Days. Excellent system but I fear that it would generate attacks of the vapours in today's organisations.
He also had some 'sage advice' for the new spouse of one of our number who came to complain of her husband's absence - said husband was noted as being an overly zealous bed-partner!! The advice will have to wait until after the watershed
