A somewhat belated welcome back to the crew room Danny, and picking up on the posts about one eyed/armed VSOs, I wonder if anyone else recalls Gp Capt Gerald Pendred, who was Stn Cdr at RAF Cranwell around 1972-3 when I arrived there for my first tour. I was told that he had lost an eye in a Typhoon crash in 1944/45, but recall him going off flying in JPs and especially a Chipmunk, usually with Sqn Ldr "Chick" Hemsley. I remember him as a very charming old school gentleman who retired and went to run an antique shop in Ancaster.