Originally Posted by
ORAC
ORAC, I'm a bit stunned. Pa's compass is on that page, and it describes him as a WWII 'Ace'. So I've just checked on Wikipedia and he's on the list there. The thing is that he didn't tell me anything about it. He led me to be believe that he was an occasional flight engineer and I was under the impression that he didn't learn to fly until he took up gliding post-war.
I'm not sure it's right, so I suppose that I need to get in touch with RAF records - something I've meant to do but not got round to.
Don't know what to say really.