Since arriving
at 46 Squadron, John Crossman had been living in almost squalid (in his eyes at
least) conditions and he hadn’t been impressed:
‘This is an
awful place here and if it weren’t that the fellows in the squadron are so
decent life would be very lousy. Five of us live in the one room with nothing
on the floors, nothing to put our clothes in or hang them from, no bathroom and
no hot water laid on. Every five days I drive six miles into Epping of Epping
Forest fame to have a bath at a hotel there. As you can guess this place isn’t
exactly a bed of roses and you should hear the chaps moaning.’
Happily, the
boys had now been billeted at Thrift Hall in much more pleasant conditions.
John was sharing with Billy Pattullo in a ‘very comfortable room. Quite a
change from the aerodrome’.
After a good
night’s sleep in his comfortable new accommodation, John awoke to find that
there was no flying on the 26th. With 24 hour leave pass in hand, he borrowed a
Maggie, flew to North Weald, filled her up and headed off to Leamington Spa to
visit friends he had met via the Lady Frances Ryder and Miss Macdonald of the
Isles Hospitality Scheme.
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