When the engines started up you felt the earth move

It was the most beautiful sight in the world

I saw flying fish and dolphins! A boy from London!

They left the hangar like brand new aircraft

We'd found a true time capsule of a Sptifire

Someone had been shot down the day before we arrived

This was turbulence at a level I had never experienced before

You needed to build the confidence that you would survive

I was with the military and I tried to be as military as possible

And my job, I always thought, was to get to know people by being present

Choosing who might live and die

We had no idea what we were dealing with