Cpl Wearing Pilot Wings
Tut tut - Serves him right for not knowing the correct procedure for returning compliments when riding a bicycle (would apply equally to riding a moped).
"An officer who is saluted when riding a bicycle should not return the salute in the normal way but should grasp the handlebars firmly, adopt an upright riding position, then turn his or her head smartly to the left (or right) as appropriate".
Then ride smack into the parked 3 tonner directly in front of him
"An officer who is saluted when riding a bicycle should not return the salute in the normal way but should grasp the handlebars firmly, adopt an upright riding position, then turn his or her head smartly to the left (or right) as appropriate".
Then ride smack into the parked 3 tonner directly in front of him
On a slightly different slant, I recently met an Army Air Corps corporal pilot on Defender who wore the AAC "aircrew" half-wing brevet. He had entered the AAC already holding a fixed-wing CPL/IR and was flying RHS on the Defender, albeit with a qualified army pilot in the LHS as aircraft captain.
Drifting the Thread still further.
Iraq 1941 and the base at Habbaniya is attacked in the Rhasid Ali affair and the RAF training school set about defending itself - very successfully as it turned out.
On one sortie, the pilot of an Oxford is shot through the heart and killed instantly. A groundcrew corporal takes control of the aircraft and it is landed successfully. The Cpl is awarded subsequently the DFM, which he then wore without a flying badge and inevitably was the target for many an RAF police NCO, convinced he was an imposter or improperly dressed etc etc.
After one such 'inconvenience', he is said to have remarked that he wished he hadn't bothered to take control of the aircraft and had never heard of the bl*&%y medal.
On a similar theme, an RAF doctor; Wing Commander Roland Winfield, was awarded both the DFC and AFC for flying bomber and other operations, as well as aviation medical research. His biography: 'The Sky Belongs To Them' is a fascinating read. Unfortunately, Winfield died quite young but was clearly a remarkable character.
Old Duffer
Iraq 1941 and the base at Habbaniya is attacked in the Rhasid Ali affair and the RAF training school set about defending itself - very successfully as it turned out.
On one sortie, the pilot of an Oxford is shot through the heart and killed instantly. A groundcrew corporal takes control of the aircraft and it is landed successfully. The Cpl is awarded subsequently the DFM, which he then wore without a flying badge and inevitably was the target for many an RAF police NCO, convinced he was an imposter or improperly dressed etc etc.
After one such 'inconvenience', he is said to have remarked that he wished he hadn't bothered to take control of the aircraft and had never heard of the bl*&%y medal.
On a similar theme, an RAF doctor; Wing Commander Roland Winfield, was awarded both the DFC and AFC for flying bomber and other operations, as well as aviation medical research. His biography: 'The Sky Belongs To Them' is a fascinating read. Unfortunately, Winfield died quite young but was clearly a remarkable character.
Old Duffer
