Chugalug, Danny and smujsmith,
Re my #5279, thank you for your valued comments. I have been searching my memory (I'm surprised I remembered that much!) to check where 'my' aircraft flew from. The Dakota was fitted out for the para role (seats down the side) and parked on the field were a number of wartime gliders - Horsa, IIRC. I have a photo of me proudly standing in front of one Dak. But where was it? Lost in the mists of time. The Lincoln, airfield unknown, but a clue may be that one of them had the code LS-D and a photo of this one should be among my possessions, as is a picture of the assembled 304 Squadron cadets in front of one. The Dominie - first RAF aircraft I flew in - and Washington trips have self-erased from my data bank, although I remember going down the tubular tunnel into the B29 rear gunner's position.
Sat at the WOP's position in a Wellington but unfortunately it was stationary on the ground. RAF Swinderby.
Soon, first instalment of my RAF career.
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HM ('More to follow', IIRC. Ignore if incorrect as it'll make no sense)