Danny,
Perceptive as always, I think you have solved a long-standing mystery for me. My generation is fortunate we have not had to go to war (at least, those of us not in the Services) and I have wondered sometimes why some veterans should talk (and write) about their experiences while others stay silent. Maybe some becomes institutionalised, so to speak, and can shrug off the experience like a bad dream; others find it much more difficult. I'm so grateful that I never had to find the answers for myself.
Chugalug,
I thought you would recognise that noble nose! The picture was taken at the Staverton air museum in 1971, but you can still see Oxford V3388 suspended from the roof of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford
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