There was a certain amount of tampering with the rules

With every deployment, the threat level was getting higher

Ladies don't sit at sherry evenings.

I was thinking that if I got shot it didn't matter.

People always ask me if the RAF is racist

I had a pole with a bayonet stuck on top.

I left school with one GCSE. Now I've got letters after my name.

Nobody takes Flying Officers seriously.

Whatever happened they would go through it together.

I used to be really shy.

My grandfather sat on the knee of people who had been slaves.

A lot of aircrew were flying desks when they should be flying aeroplanes.