• Some of the lads who couldn't swim, they were just picked up and thrown anyway, it was a horrible morning.

  • “We don’t know exactly what you’re going through but we get it".

  • We were the sorriest set of recruits I could ever remember.

  • Someone had been shot down the day before we arrived

    Mike Beech

  • The Air Force being the Air Force, they make you practice with things not working.

  • I looked over my shoulder to see 40 smiling faces

  • The Jet that was underslung just.. took off.

  • To have John Craven bumping around as you fly people from field to field, yeah, that was a different day out.

  • You could see the concern of the faces around you, people in the know.

  • Jog on, you’ve got no chance.

  • I think the fact it's here and so many people can come see it is, is great and it is quite weird.

  • I don't know if 617 saw it or saw the funny side, but I thought that was quite clever.