There is an anecdote about Gibson, on one of the rare occasions that Command could drag him off active service he was sent on a PR tour of the US. This was a time when USAF crews were withdrawn when they had completed their 25 mission tour. A lady in the crowd pressed him for how many missions he had flown over enemy territory, to which Gibson replied 174 which reduced the room to silence.

Yes but not more so than all the other nations. Racism was not just about colour in those days. And Guy Gobson was still a hero with a VC

There's a dead horse somewhere, and it's screaming, "Stop flogging me!"

True story

I hope not. I dont like to think of dead animals.It makes me feel sad.

… me too that’s why when I see the leg of lamb I bough for Christmas day I picture a little, three legged lamb with little crutches hobbling round a country meadow.

...when I look at the turkey crown currently residing in our freezer I see a turkey sitting up in its hospital bed after a double mastectomy...