I was nineteen, streetwise but very unsophisticated

I realised something was wrong. The engine had cut out

There was a certain amount of tampering with the rules

With every deployment, the threat level was getting higher

Ladies don't sit at sherry evenings.

I was thinking that if I got shot it didn't matter.

People always ask me if the RAF is racist

I had a pole with a bayonet stuck on top.

I left school with one GCSE. Now I've got letters after my name.

Nobody takes Flying Officers seriously.

Whatever happened they would go through it together.

I've been honoured by The Queen twice