[timothy]

First - see my PM - I've tried twice today to mail you the photo without success.

Then -

1. Comfort, Cramped, Air Conditioning. Someone has to be joking?? We did not build for comfort - just for economic efficiency - not for people pleasure. I never felt 'cramped'. In fact, it is always said that, in the Spitfire, you were a part of it. Certainly no ashtrays as in US versions, where you were almost a passenger!! And why more space? To lay back in? OK - on a many hour sortie into Germany, yes. Otherwise?? Air Conditioning? You mean Climate Control? We had it. The higher you flew the colder!! Did any WWII aircraft actually have it? More money than sense? The Typhoon? Acres of room!

2. 190 - Tangmere 1945. Zeke - India 1945.

3. U-2? Caveat - 'Ooh dvah' or 'oochebney'. A biplane ambulance - rather like a pregnant Fox Moth!!