Luckily I was in the safe hands of Squadron Leader Ben Plank, commanding officer of the University of London Air Squadron. Part of the flight would be in formation with Sqn Ldr Plank’s ...

Julian Simmonds The site now houses the London University Air Squadron, the London University Royal Naval Unit, and 46F Squadron Air Training Corps. An MoD spokeswoman said the units would be ...

While I was there I joined the University air Squadron and in 1944, I joined the RAF to train as a navigator. The first day I joined the Air Force I found that my bed was next to Richard Burtons.