RP (c/o Geriaviator) :-
I can't remember if they gave us anything to eat or not.
Having read, and now listened to, quite a lot of Sqn Ldr Parkhouse's account of both his and others' actions, I think we may take that as a "not".
This man is self effacing and uncritical of others to an almost painful degree, and certainly in complete contrast to the defaults of these days. I would think that even by the standards that prevailed in the 30's (when he was still growing up) he was exceptionally modest in his style and demeanour.
To my mind this well illustrates the value of this thread and of accounts being delivered by those who were there rather than by those who merely recount the lives of others. By having RP's story told by the man himself, Geriaviator puts us in direct contact with that man. We have to constantly remember that he comes from that far off place of which we may know very little, ie the past!