Many from the acting film world found him a total sod to work with.Derek Lord in yesterdays Press and Journal gave an account which was revealing. And similiar references are in Roger Moores book.

oops sorry Paul if I came across as so cynical, rather clumsy of me. I was getting at the point that its a numbers game and that you need your wits about you when having a drink in a pub otherwise you can end up not having a good time at all.If more bar staff stuck to the rules about not serving customers who were drunk than the problem would not exist.

I used to visit pubs a lot when in the air force but now see little point apart from grabbing some lunch at a Wetherspoons type place in the daytime or early evening. Alcohol is a crafty drug which erodes my self control after just two pints and I would rather not put myself in danger when out of my home. You would not want to be talked to death by me when i have had several pints !!!!

Gosh what a surprise,drinking alcohol makes you drunk ! At the root of this lawsuit is the two faced attitude to booze. In tiny amounts it is a pleasant addition for many who voyage thru life. But the profits are so big that years of marketing minimise the truth. And the truth is that…it is a depressive drug.
Yes I am being totally honest. So when someone says Lets go out to the bar,pub, club and have a few drinks for a good time just ponder what will really happen. No wonder there are moaning gits in pubs and fights.

My records reveal that parts were recovered for the Fleet air arm museum.

The whole of the Central highlands of Scotland were pillaged by scrap dealers and it was a race against those salvagers of metal that the early museum teams were trying to win.

The situation was made more difficult when two individuals stirred up a lot of emotion which led to some official recoveries being stopped while the scrap dealers carried on regardless. Eg Whitley in Loch Enoch. Their most used tactic was to claim all sites were war graves.

Why are so many obsessed with this perceived problem ref identity? Surely it is more important to actually see airworthy Spitfires whatever the markings?

Perhaps it is easy to forget that we are in the best ever times regarding restorations. Just stop taking it all for granted and enjoy the flyers while you can.

There are already a good selection of standard style history films about the RAF. It would have been easy to copy that format. The producer choose to make a film with interviews contrasting older and newer experiences, adding in documentary footage. Having served on the ground for a quarter of the RAF s 90 years I felt the programme did a good job of reflecting the views of those involved.

I recall that RAF pilots carried a small pack of miniflares on many flights, the pack was about the size of a large bar of chocolate .

see http://boats.letsgoshopping.co.uk/p-21573-pains-wessex-mini-flare-8-cartridge-kit.aspx

Certainly would want a pack like that for such circumstances as those described. £30 is not much for insurance.