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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jonzjob" data-source="post: 1899421" data-attributes="member: 149248">We too used those torches in the R.A.F. they were quite tough and sometimes doubled for knockometers for us too.I have to admit that I have never understood why anyone would become aircrew on an aircraft that took off from an airfield that would run and try to hide as soon as soon as you were out of site! And then to compound sit in one and then trust someone else to put the aircraft back down, once you found the boat that not only trying to hide from you but was probably as stable as a bucking bronco!I always worked on the old principle that birds and fools fly for a living and few birds fly at night  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>