Scared To Death

Interviewer: What did you know about the air force at that point? Nothing. Except they wanted a navigation instructor, and I could kind of imagine what navigation was. It was mathematics in which it is, so I knew nothing. I didn’t know what a pilot officer was, or a flying officer or a wing commander. But you learn fast. Went down here … I was very impressed with Trenton. I was very impressed with Trenton and the officer’s mess there. You got all you could eat and, oh boy, they treated you great. So, I thought it was a pretty good deal. So, we took 6 weeks … or was it 8 weeks? Forget. …in the course and we did some flying. We flew Norsemen and Ansons to give us some training, and I got airsick a few times. The pilot flew under the Gananoque Bridge. Not over it, under it, and scared me to death. Interviewer: That’s the bridge over the St. Lawrence River? Yeah, the one right down on the river here.