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- ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Open Centre, Hull
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- Bryan Williams DFC
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- Location of story: Lincolnshire
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- Royal Air Force
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- A8517747
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- 14 January 2006
Vera the Virgin and crew
When it became popular to add a little personal touch to your aircraft, we joined in by christening out kite ‘Vera the Virgin’. The was all dressed up as a stereotypical French ‘lady of the night’ and, instead of adding pictures of bombs after each mission, we added little red lanterns. All was well until the arrival of a new Commanding Officer.
“Get it off! It’s immoral!â€
I have never understood how flying over Germany and France with a picture of a profession Frenchwomen could be deemed immoral; not when you thought of why we were over there in the first place! They were strange times!
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As told to Alan Brigham: www.hullwebs.co.uk
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