Sort of rhetorical questions. How many men were like these?
Sorry
Danny 42C, slightly off thread again.
I was in the ATC living in Blackpool as a kid, I went to school with a lot of first generation Polish kids. The band Sqn 2354 based at Layton was run by a guy Wing Commander "Bob" Turaek (sp?), he was an ex WW2 Spitfire pilot who stayed on at the end of the war. From memory he said he had flown post war, Meteors, Vampires, Venoms and Javelins. Some of you here might recognise his name. One of his sons who was in the ATC with me wanted to be a fighter pilot like "his Dad", unfortunately he was about 6ft 6in, so apparently with bone dome wouldn't fit in to a modern day fighter (early '70's presume). He ended up in Transport Command I think flying Hercs.
Apologies again back to you
Danny 42C.
