"I packed my kit-bag and said goodbye to my gallant friend David Coke. He would stay with the squadron after this Syrian campaign was over. He would continue flying his Hurricane for many months on the Western Desert against the Germans. He would be decorated...

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the result of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinion drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have...