At Biggin Hill,
John Crossman had been ‘buzzing around a lot lately in the “Maggie” and now
that I’m used to it find it a very good kite to fly and quite the acrobat’. He
was pleased to note that Queenslander John Pain, ‘one of the original Aussies’ with
whom he had sailed to England and trained with, had been posted to 32 Squadron after
operational training. But John was not going to get a chance to spend much time
with ‘Tiger’ Pain. ‘I learned today that I am to go away for five weeks to an
OTU which is a helluva nuisance as I am just nicely settled here now.’ Which
was a polite way of saving that his hopes of getting into action any time soon
had been dashed.
Over at Little
Rissington, Ken Holland was in trouble. He had returned there after his leave
with Toby and now, with his flying training completed, he was just waiting to
receive his final clearances and posting to an operational training unit. He
went rifle shooting, in the morning ‘of which I made a balls’. Then, after a ‘great
hunt..after cameras and photos’, he got caught with his album and put under open
arrest! Happily, it was later relaxed so he could attend the farewell binge for
the instructors. There was a lot of ale flowing and it was all ‘rather good
fun.’
While Ken was
enjoying his binge, over at Exeter, Dick Glyde was on night flying duty. It would
be his last time in the air for almost two weeks: he was going on leave, and he
had a very important function to attend on 5 August.
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