I quite enjoyed that, my parents live just a few minutes from Cranwell in Ruskington.
When the young lad goes solo, he's above the clouds on his first trip. Surely not? Also seemed like he got to his first squadron, strapped in a jet and off he went. A bit of artistic license?
The narrator says it took nine men on the ground to support one pilot. What's the ratio these days?
On the uniforms, they had officer cap badges in their twa* hats on top of their bed blocks, but ORs' eagles on their shoulders. What's that all about?
As for cabbage kit, the Army didn't get camouflage until 1968, so it's not surprising they were in blue battledress in 1955. Still, I suppose they stuck out a bit in blue kit when they were digging trenches and all that fun stuff in the first few weeks.
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