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I left school in 1939, at the age of 13, went to Brentford, and worked at London Aeroplanes. When I reached the age of 17, I travelled to Vickers Armstrong, Broughton, with Wellington Bomber parts. On one journey, and American Army Officer forgot that he was driving on the wrong side of the road (just outside Chester) and put me in Chester Royal Infirmary for a few weeks. I heard that the officer died. My doctor said I was indestructible!

I joined the Fleet Air Arm in 1944 as an Air Mechanic, and, after training at Skegness - HMS Royal Arthur (Butlins),where Jerry gave us a burst of machine-gun fire, without casualties, I trained at Glazebrook with hand-grenades and target practice.I won first prize for getting a grenade into a 5 gallon drum at fifty yards - prize 2/-!

Later, at Rattray, near Peterhead, I observed from a FireFly while we went practice dive-bombing over the sea. In Aberdeen, in 1946, I represented the Navy and shook hands with Churchill when he received the Freedom of the City. My thanks to the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, who often looked after us.

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