Not a lot I can say, Steve – I had limited hours on it & did not fly it operationally.

Briefly, compared with earlier marks – Griffony raspiness, touchy on trim changes, & nose heaviness on the ground.

But a delight – markedly superior to the IX, XII & XVI, without loss of manoeuvrability.

And much nicer to fly than the 21!!

= Tim

And your purpose…??

= Tim

Thank you for that – quite a story.

In passing, in Jimmy Kyle’s fist edition (which did you read?) he had a cross over my head in the squadron montage.

Knowing he was nearby in the Cotswolds, I called him and invited him over for lunch.

The second edition now has a tick over my head!!

= Tim

Stewart?

Strange – I seem to recall, but neither my Rogues Gallery nor my record show him…..??

But it was a sprawled unit – between Speke, Archangel, Halifax & Gibraltar.

And no trace in HURRICATS by Ralph Barker.

= Tim

PS – Even stranger perhaps? Only yesterday I binned the list of pilots which had been on the disk for a year perhaps………!!

As a matter of ? interest, a chap in Cardiff did an EXACT copy of mine a while back, & then passed it on to another, who appears to have little interest in it – ie he would not accept a whole page amendment to a BofB entry.

Pity!

= Tim

Wikipedia’s got nothing on you, Duggy!!

And those were the ONLY e/a in the UK? So my 110 was a C? And the 190??

The 109 that I was to have flown was possibly the one that got damaged in May ’45 – by an Australian I believe.

Strange that I could be misinformed on both 110 & 190 by the experts of the day?

Does this cast doubt over all my other designations??

Ah, well, PC apart, it was ‘jolly good fun’!!

= Tim

Serial numbers, James?

No obvious reason. Maybe there weren’t any?

I only intermittently recorded them throughout my Service. More’s the pity?

= Tim

Book? E/A?

Book.

1. I’m not a storyteller. I can answer some questions.

2. I wasn’t there at the time. Bit like icing on the cake. Tasted the trimmings & never get stuck into the heavy bit in the middle!

For those who haven’t seen them, I attach a couple of quotes which about sum up my career.

E/A.

1. Fw 190. Compared with other radials – Tempest II, Fury, P47, F4U etc – seemed rather harsh, & insubstantial due to its light handling. Nice points – wide track, good early climb, terrific rate of roll & good vision airborne.

2. Me110.. More like a shopping trolley! Not helped by the fact that, on re-joining & selecting Flaps, I didn’t have the sense to use the provided control to counteract the strong change in trim, meaning that I had one hell of a job keeping the thing pointing in the right direction!!

Ah, well – live (hopefully) & learn?

= all the best, Tim