THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION ST MERRYN. MARCH 1944, W P MCCARTHY IS COMMANDING OFFICER OF A ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION. HE CAME STRAIGHT FROM A SEA APPOINTMENT TO COMMAND THE STATION WITH THE VIEW THAT "IF I AM TO COMMAND FLYING PERSONNEL I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FLY". LIEUT COMMANDER GARSTON-JONES, COMMANDER FLYING'S ASSISTANT, A CIVILIAN INSTRUCTOR IN PEACETIME, UNDERTOOK TO TRAIN THE CAPTAIN. AFTER 6 HOURS 55 MINUTES DUAL FLYING CAPTAIN MCCARTHY FLEW SOLO. NOW WHEN HE WISHES TO VISIT OTHER AERODROMES HE FLIES HIMSELF. - Captain W P McCarthy with his Tiger Moth. ,

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