Hardly a dime a dozen – I was quoted USD 1000 and upwards for a P-51 flight, while on a visit to the USA from Sweden, and my Lancaster flight with CWH cost their standard price of 600 dollars Canadian. The cheapest offer I got was USD 50 for half an hour in a Stearman on a steaming hot day at Creve Coeur, St Louis – and I am still kicking myself for not taking it!

Slöinge appears to be near Halmstad – the vandals who wrecked my new car also stole my Swedish road atlas, but when I get the car back from repairs I must buy a new atlas so I can take a trip down there and have a look myself!

From recalling my RAF days (working on radar, and an awfully long time ago), modifications were obligatory, whilst alterations were optional.

Although I never fired them in anger, from RAF training 40-odd years ago I remember that the Sten was a dangerous, horribly inaccurate weapon, whereas the Bren was superb, if heavy (and so was the Lee Enfield, especially during long parades, but I was and am only a little chap!)

It’s spelt “Jackaroo” on the picture (which is the correct spelling).

IIRC, he was last seen by a fellow German pilot, diving in his damaged aircraft towards the English Channel.

Excellent pix by my standards, also nice to see the place where I worked so many years ago (on the Tornado that is now in the museum at Cosford, so I should be stuffed and put there too!)

Barry Masefield, AEO, joind the RAF with me in 1959, we were both Aircraft Apprentices at RAF Locking for 3 years, learning ground radar. I believe he is now a retired Squadron Leader, and was very much associated with XH588 during her display flights.