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15 October 2014
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Stories categorised in 'Russell Billson's Memoirs'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
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1) I was so fascinated that I enrolled on the spot!

No one would tell us our destination until we got off at the other end to find ourselves at Clydeside...

2) I had the time of my life

It was like something out of the movies, an English sailor with Wings arriving there. Duke noticed there...

3) Flying Walruses

You were allowed to choose which kind of aeroplane you preferred to fly — fighters, bombers, or...

4) A Jack-of-all-trades

So I became a jack-of-all-trades, able to fly any kind of aircraft they presented to me. 2 I had the time...

5) A lucky escape

That evening, in Madras, the other pilot telephoned me and said he was in a party, drinking quite a bit,...

6) Extra careful

When a sailor reports sick in the Navy, the officer of the day must escort him to the Medical Officer and...

7) Badly needed at home

It operated from an airfield just outside London, and was exclusively available for anything the Admiralty...

8) Shocking statistics

One day in London I bumped into my Squadron Commander from Colombo, amazed to meet him on a London...

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