Geriaviator (pp Rupert Parkhouse #10015),
...most of my flight lieutenants had many more hours than I had, but they were very kind and tolerant and I had an excellent wing commander (flying) in Stan Baggott and a sympathetic station commander, Dick Shenton...
Where was this Shangri-La ? Can I be posted there, please ?.....please ? What's the MQ situation ? Any good local pubs ?
... The irreverent colonials of Washington re-titled him as Parking Leader Squawkhurst...
Children can be so cruel.......
..."passed over two and a half"...
Ah, the "Feast of the Passover !" Join the Club ! Better than being a two ring neverwozzer !
Seriously, I hope you will convey all our sympathies to Mrs Parkhouse when next you see her. I lost a brother-in-law (wartime RAF Fitter) that way last month and know how his wife Leny has suffered in his last years.
Makes two brothers-in-law and my darling wife gone in a single year.
Send not for whom the bell tolls.........
But thank you, Geriaviator, for telling us his story so vividly.
Danny.