Gaining an RAF Pilot's Brevet
As the thread has been quiet for a few days, could I take the opportunity to recommend a book which I have just finished which, apart from the 'in WW II' bit, captures the spirit of the thread completely.
The book is entitled 'Flight Cadet' by Rutherford M Hancock, a New Zealander who was one of the first RNZAF cadets to be sent for training at Cranwell. (The RAF had many New Zealanders serving but Hank Hancock was one of the first two cadets from the RNZAF).
Lots of the detail so beloved by Ppruners both of the training and cadet life at Cranwell and of life generally in the UK in the early fifties. He must have kept a diary or written it contemporaneously as it is full of names, places and dates.
Very readable and highly recommended!