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During a moment of unexpected patriotism I read the following in "Enemy Coast Ahead".

"I could write a lot about the ground crews. They are wonderful men and do a hard job of work for very little pay; only their pride in their squadrons keeping them going".

Some things never change, but at least they didn't have Pay Cut 2000 to contend with!
 
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T55 said:
During a moment of unexpected patriotism I read the following in "Enemy Coast Ahead".

"I could write a lot about the ground crews. They are wonderful men and do a hard job of work for very little pay; only their pride in their squadrons keeping them going".

Some things never change, but at least they didn't have Pay Cut 2000 to contend with!
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I've read this and talked to a whole bunch of aviation buffs since, and the popular belief is that it was written by an advising "ghost writer” - Ministry of Air, perhaps :PDT_Xtremez_32:
 
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I can well believe this. Since he refused to be rested and, it would seem, that when he wasn't bombing he was partying, I really don't see how he had the time to write a book in the remainder of his short life.
 
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T55 said:
During a moment of unexpected patriotism I read the following in "Enemy Coast Ahead".

"I could write a lot about the ground crews. They are wonderful men and do a hard job of work for very little pay; only their pride in their squadrons keeping them going".

Some things never change, but at least they didn't have Pay Cut 2000 to contend with!
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I will show this quote a friend of mine, he served on Gibson's squadron prior to the formation of the posers oops freudian slip I meant 617. He assure me that great man that Gibson definitely was he was also an utter barsteward to groundcrew, we still get them like that sometimes.
 
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I have also heard stories about how he treated his groundcrew. Allegedly, the techies used to feed liquorice to his dog causing bowel movements in the most inappropriate places.
 
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My great uncle was a NCO Wireless Op on the squadron Gibson commanded before 617.....so I asked him:-

"What was he like?"

"Son, he was one of them - a CNUT!"
 
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