Real-life RAF hero badly burned trying to save his fellow crew after his bomber crashed in 1944. Made a memorable and deserving appearance in Battle of Britain.

'When people ask me how my experiences have affected me, I say it's your personality that will come through, whatever. I've never let it worry me too much, I've just got on with it. Before I retired, I worked for the Electricity Generating Board and took the train up to London every day. There'd always be an empty seat next to me. Someone would go to sit down and then change their mind when they saw me. I used to tell them, "It's all right, I'm not going to bite you!"'