My friend Graham Skellam flew both Hurricanes and P-47s in Burma (113 Squadron) and he says that flying the Thunderbolt was a job, flying the Hurricane was a pleasure.

One of my old customers used to tell me stories of him doing the same out in
the Far East, flying Hurricanes and P-47s that is. He did his flying training in
Canada. No idea of which squadron(s) he was with. His name was Pickard.

He emigrated out to either Australia or New Zealand some years ago, to where his
daughter was living.