"X" (gunnery) Flight 21 OTU
Aerial gunnery training was conducted over land , and gunners were prohibited from fireing downward. If a 'drogue' target was lost and its whereabouts known, it was not unusuall for Flt Lt Wallis to jump on a service motor cycle and go and retrieve it. A risky operation, as some locals were quick to point out misdemeanours such as rows of bullet holes across barn doors!
The gunnery, "X" Flight of 21 OTU at
Enstone in front of a Martinete.
In the front row is the Commander, Flt Lt (later Wg Cdr) K.H.
Wallis, (legs crossed)
who later became famous as a designer, builder and pilot of
Gyrocopters, and well known
for his flying in a 007 James Bond Movie.
(Wg Cdr K.H. Wallis CEng FRAeS FRSA RAF{Ret'd})