Smudge:-
reminds me of my sending a signal to OC Eng at Lyneham asking if he was comfortable in our flying loads of leaking bags of rock salt, to de ice the roads in Sarajevo... The Canadians, US and Norwegians had all refused to carry it. I never received a reply, but I did receive a "one way discussion" with the man himself on return from the det ( along the lines of "just do as you are told Chief, thinking is for real people").
Unbelievable! I see what you mean when you mentioned, on the WWII Pilot Brevet thread:
us old SNCOs love to read about our leaders and betters
Given stories like that, I can't say I do much.