As a 16 year old air cadet I did a gliding course at Spitalgate in summer 1971 and Peter Bullivant was my instructor. The weather was awful so none of us went solo although I did get a few launches in the T31. The T53 was there at the time and I managed to get one launch in that also, possibly with Peter - I must try to find my old 'Record of Service' books!
I have a memory that one of the instructors at Spitalgate had flown on the Amiens prison raid in WWII. Can anyone confirm this or am I mixing this up with somewhere else?