Following that, I went to trade
RAF Melksham in Wiltshire.
They taught me how to
and to fix aeroplane equipment
It was about 8 months
before being sent to an
And my first operational base
the English Electric Canberra,
And after maybe 6 months of
I was sent to one of those squadrons,
and for the first time in my life
And that was at a time when
didn't touch aeroplanes,
There were no package holidays
So I very quickly became used to
became very familiar with aeroplanes,
I was used to marshalling them on
occasionally fixing the electrical
and fitting in fairly well,
my social graces were
I've gone through life having no
from my mother leaving
and other females found me a
or I found them a difficult person
And I'm not saying that I actually
to be honest with you,
But equally with males,
My last social worker had described me as
because I lived pretty much
and I didn't need anybody else.
I was never happy, I was never sad.
I was always pretty, pretty stable.
So that stood me in good stead in
because I was very fit,
I did what I was told,
The fact that I didn't
I didn't have that much of a sense
I was the odd job guy.
I could clean go off
I mean, one of the lovely things about
and they send me off to
to learn how to drive
I haven't got a driving licence.
I've never driven a car.
But I get the licence to drive
So anytime somebody wants
"Hey, Harry, go and pick
I was sort of the odd job person.
So fit it - I fit it into the
