Tale about the one and only Bert . Towards the end of his service he started doing a few resettlement courses before his terminal leave etc. One day when he was at home I rang him and said I was going to Cx one of his courses as we were short handed and needed him to do a trip and he was the only one who could do it etc. I did lay it on thick. Needless to say he was not overjoyed so I told him to come in to the squadron and we would discuss it.
So in he comes and looks at the board. It is the three week Red Arrows support trip to the USA which I have put him on. He turns round and looks at me with a huge grin and says 'You bastard-SIR !
He had a great time including I think a trip in the back of one of the Hawks.
I thought after all his service he deserved a 'lollipop' as his last trip.