So going forward to officer training
the really odd thing
figuratively I sort of went from being
the lowest person on the base on one day,
to being an officer cadet at South Cerny.
So I completely left all my airman things
to do officer things.
I started to have
I'd had to dress like an officer,
Because I didn't actually know how to do
So tailors from London would come up
and try and sell us suits and different
types of clothes, officer-type
Shoemakers would come up and
London banks would come and ask
We would have practise meals
No food, but the staff would be there,
and the plates and all the different
For me, that was life-saving.
Life-saving.
You know, I had to buy a trilby hat,
I had to doff my hat to ladies.
I mean, it taught me everything I needed
Once again, I had
Whereas everyone else was, again,
they'd just joined the Air Force,
18 to 22, I'm now 25.
So when the other guys are struggling
or clean the floor or whatever,
When they struggled,
I could do them in my sleep.
And therefore, I quickly became
all the other cadets were concerned.
But I also became the course leader
And at the end of the course,
I was one of the 2
a sword that saluted the dignitary
You know, I'd gone from zero to hero in
and was quite enjoying it.
