THIS ENGLAND!

We take the following from Flight of December 23rd, 1943: “Two 20-year-old Canadian Halifax pilots, both of whom have flown in at least one big Berlin attack, besides a fair number of lesser raids, recently applied for third-party motor-cycle insurance. But they were told that as they were under 21 they would have to get a letter from ‘a responsible party’ before they could be allowed to ride their own motorcycles. Fortunately, the Dominion lads regard this sort of treatment as a joke.” We are glad, for the sake of our national reputation, that the pilots regard this red tape as a joke. But, personally, we do NOT.