Danny42C
"Sparsely furnished" is certainly correct to describe a RAF iron-framed bed with springs, the standard timber locker and a small rug. You reminded me of the 4 Yorkshiremen story that was popular many years ago. "Floorboards in the annex? Aaaaah! i'd 'ave given me soul for them. An 'ole in the ground was what I 'ad for a bed" etc. etc. Next Yorkie, "Wot...'ole in the ground? I 'ad to sleep in a pond!" and so on.
As for the German refugee bloke Hasenfus who Ross and I shared for an excruciating couple of weeks before we dislodged him, well he was unbelievable. I still marvel at the memory of his boastful tales of how good things were in Berlin. He was also around at our SFTS on Oxfords, and to see him passing out on Wings Day 23 December 1941 as a Pilot Officer horrified me.