I have to tell the story of the Catering Officer at Gaydon, Mike Manson (his anglicised name). Mike was otherwise known as "Mickey Mouse" and appears in the book "The Wooden Horse" as the goon baiter.
One evening in the bar two student navigators were bemoaning the state of Britain and generally running down the country. Mike who was next them, turned around and confronted them:
"You stop knocking my country! You were only born British, and couldn't help it! I chose!"
But there was so much more to Mike, his fellow countrymen and the other East Europeans who chose to remain in the RAF after the war. There was something about all of them and I felt that it was a privilege to have known and served with them.
YS