Picture time!

Crossing over from Sweden to Denmark, off the coast of Gothenburg

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My view forward, quite limited. The rear cockpit is both narrow and shallow, and the canopy doesn’t leave much headroom for me at 6 ft 2 in.

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Passing Aarhus in Denmark

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Fuel stop at Wilhelmshaven in Germany. A place I bet many here have bombed in B-17: The Mighty Eighth smile We filled 178 USG!

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We crossed the Channel from Oostende in Belgium to just north of Manston. Here we have just made landfall in England

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On the ground at Duxford

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In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!