Just A Lad

Yorkshire

Even after I’d passed the gruelling course at the Airman Aircrew Initial Training Centre at Royal Air Force Finningley, I still felt like a boy. I was now a sergeant (Acting Unpaid) in the Royal Air Force but I still felt like a child.

I could legally drive a car, have sex, smoke tabs and drink booze - just not all at the same time. In all honesty, it w…