Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Personally I don't in public or social occasions advertise WIWI. . .
Landing out on a gliding cross-country with an RAFG GSA K8 from Gütersloh in the late 70's, I got the attention of a middle-aged couple picnicking, who strolled over to the glider -resplendent in RAF roundels .
I was invited to join them whilst waiting for recovery.
The gentleman remarked, after confirming that I was in the RAF , that he was in the German Navy during the Second Great Misunderstanding. It transpired the he was a survivor of the Tirpitz.
" An hour and a half in the bloody water without a life raft . Oh yes , I remember the RAF."
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"More cake, young man ?"