Back in the early 1970s I seem to recollect that Alf Wight, who still was running his vets practice in Thirsk, took a close interest when the late Bill Meynell restored his Tiger Moth G-ANEL back into its wartime camouflage as N-9238, based at Catterick.

I don’t know whether ‘Mr Herriott’ ever got to fly in the aeroplane though.