As George ‘Johnny’ Johnson so aptly put it in the Channel 5 Dambusters documentary the other week in reference to these self appointed armchair experts, Question 1-‘Were you there? Question 2- Do you know what the conditions were like at the time? I expect the answer to both is no in Mr Mitchell’s case. As is often the case in all aspects of life, not just aviation and warfare if an untruth is repeated in word and print enough it becomes a truth to some eventually. . . .