The Group Captain making that decision
was one of 3 senior officers who,
went out of their way to do something
The first one was the Wing Commander,
Now, one of the things I discovered later
the president of the board.
The interview board
training,
this chap has slight officer potential.
He, the president of the board,
changing one of the— one
And they said, well, which word
He said, said, would you consider
They said, no, it's no problem for us.
So they changed the word
So when people subsequently
at Biggin Hill, it read,
A completely different
So I think he went out of his way and
how people, I think,
Secondly,
gone out of his way
work and mark it the following day
would— there was any chance of me passing.
And thirdly, the group captain
for the lowest-ranking person there
wanted to be a pilot and not a navigator.
So I think that tells you
The fact is I'm also not white,
they didn't take into account my colour,
they didn't take into account anything
to get myself to that position,
So it was— I think that was impressive
for the most junior person on the base,
