A slight digress, it was not uncommon for pilots to wear glasses, I know of one who not only wore glasses but contact lenses as well. It was known that he would go out wearing the contact lenses and come back wearing glasses.

In a letter about this pilot Peter Brothers told me that he had a disconcerting habit of tapping his contact lens with the tip of a pencil, while trying to think.

Interesting that the Hurricane performed better than the standard version, the same couldn’t be said about the Spitfire that underwent a similar conversion but with a DB 605A-1 in 1943. The only area that it was found to be superior was in rate of climb and operational ceiling, but this was attributed to the fact that it didn’t have it’s armament installed.

Here’s one to get your teeth into Sterodent ?

Will it be at…………………………………………..

I think Mk12’s wife knows the chap that owns them. Either that or she knew Peter Arnold, can’t remember which.

I do recall Mark 12 mentioning that he was related to Peter’s wifes best friend, what ever that could mean 😉

Surely he could use some influence and ask the right questions.

What’s that in real money, £600 ?????