My Dad, now 95, ex-Lanc pilot, class 42A of Arnold Scheme along with Reg Levy, and full tour of ops from Woodhall Spa with 619 Squadron... would also agree that he is 'nothing special'. When I first learned, as a youngster, that he had the DFC I asked him what he had done to get it. His answer was 'I don't really know'! His entire crew was decorated which was apparently fairly unusual. He is the only surviving member now. He spent a year at University before joining up but one of the things he always says about his time in Bomber Command is that there was a complete mixture of people and everyone got along so well even though backgrounds were so diverse. He shared his first room with the Headboy of Eton and the Headboy of Harrow, but he himself was the son of a postmaster from the Shetland Isles and his operational crew consisted of Australians and a Canadian. I guess the culture was that there was nothing special about anyone!