like to go on instructing? and i ratherfoolishly said, no, sir. i want to get to grips with the enemy. and chuckles. very quite unaware that the enemy only too happy to get to grips with me! anyway, i was then sent to a night fighter training school because i wanted to become a night fighter. and one day, somebody came from don bennett s pathfinder group. he came across and said, if there s anybody here with 1000 flying hours, i would like to recruit them into our bomber command night flight striking force . and i thought, well, that s for me .
know, i might be able to catch up with this chap, but of course, i never did. and as you ve been an instructor, i take it you would like to go on instructing? and i ratherfoolishly said, no, sir. i want to get to grips with the enemy. very quite unaware that the enemy only too happy to get to grips with me! anyway, i was then sent to a night fighter training school because i wanted to become a night fighter. and one day, somebody came from don bennett s pathfinder group. he came across and said, if there s anybody here with 1000 flying hours, i would like to recruit them
well, if i had an incentive tojoin the airforce, that would ve been given greater emphasis, and i thought, i must go out and join the air force and you never know, i might be able to catch up with this chap, but of course, i never did. and as you ve been an instructor, i take it you would like to go on instructing? and i ratherfoolishly said, no, sir. i want to get to grips with the enemy. and chuckles. very quite unaware that the enemy only too happy to get to grips with me! anyway, i was then sent to a night fighter training school because i wanted to become a night fighter.
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