Wander00, glad his service gave Sir Alan Boxer a proper send off, and well done for arranging it. The Assistant Commandant of the RAFC was Sir Lewis Hodges when I was there. A good and inspiring man who played a mean set of drums! He was CO of 161 Squadron at Tempsford 1943-44. One of his passengers was one Francoise Mitterrand, who in 1988 conferred on him the title of Grand Officier of the Légion d'Honneur (he was already a Commandeur of it).