“ So we had to take up the challenge or for ever lose the right to be decent, self-respecting inhabitants of a free world. It became necessary for us to forget the rules temporarily so that in the futur… John Nichol
“ Christ came to save men, but a good Pagan will go to heaven, and a bad Nazarene to hell. I am no Platonist, I am nothing at all; but I would sooner be a Paulician, Manichean, Spinozist, Gentile, Pyrrh… John Nichol
“ Nerves got the better of the most experienced pilots during Rhubarbs. On one occasion, two of Robertson’s fellow 111 Squadron pilots flew over the Channel up into cloud then came down and slipped over… John Nichol
“ If we’ve been forced into a back-alley fight, are we to ignore the essential weapons of the street brawl? John Nichol
“ Major (later General) Curtis LeMay recalled the shock of fog when he flew in to a British airfield for the first time from the US. ‘Can you see the runway lights?’ the control tower asked the pilot of… John Nichol
“ In 1941, after a year’s experience of bombing Germany, a crucial Air Ministry analysis of photographic evidence had revealed that only 22 per cent of bomber crews who claimed to have hit their target… John Nichol
“ But this was life in those days. Today we are a totally different society. We put out bunches of flowers, have little vigils, hold hands and have counsellors to tell us all what to do. It was totally… John Nichol
