• Most aircrew were very superstitious

    Ronald Davis

  • The smoke is made from cat hair

    Barry Love

  • I got home just in time to get married

    Darren Priday

  • The engine was on fire as it made its final approach

    David Cunningham

  • The family called him "Fatty"

    Douglas Wilks

  • Even Hitler stopped for Christmas

    Martin Lang

  • I could have been an RAF brat

    Geoffrey Wake

  • I was boxing three or four times a week

    Peter Keane

  • No Parachute

    Richard Roberts

  • Almost uniquely, the whole crew survived the war

    Peter Wright

  • No-one had jumped from 40,000 ft before

    Peter Keane

  • I had no intention of becoming a chef

    Peter Keane