Originally Posted by
Brian 48nav
" Let's march down, ( to the squadron/line/shq or wherever ), save walking"
'I'm off for a spot of Egyptian PT ( i.e. for a kip )"
"We had lots of continental Irishmen on the squadron ( i.e Poles/Czechs )"
Thanks to Ted Gibson ex-WW2 bomber nav on 48 Sqn
Wow, I worked with a Flt Lt Ted Gibson in Air Support Command Ops RAF Upavon 1971/72.
He was a supreme dispatcher of the frothy stuff and a serial cigarette poacher. He could be a bit prickly until he got to know you.
GGR