Yes, many, many years ago when I was an Air Scout. Our regular pilot, T.E.Scott-Chard - who may have been an aviation celebrity in his own right, certainly an ex-bomber pilot - was just getting us organised to get into a Percival Proctor at Biggin Hill. Suddenly this irate and irascible gentleman stormed over from a rather nice little Miles Magister, complaining that his battery was flat and how the hell was he going to swing the thing?
Although we were by no means totally innocent little boys, coming as we did from South London, the f'in and blindin' coming from this chap was a bit of a surprise. Especially when Scottie explained, a bit later, that this was none other than Douglas Bader!
I've always been a 'Stuffy' Dowding and AVM Parke man myself - I wonder if my one and only meeting was why?
Roger.