Duty as a Timekeeper

Of course I had the best job there was. It was the men learning to fly squadrons who had about sixty five young men who had been through their elementary training and they were learning to fly and assess their planes. And they, timekeeper, that was what we were, and we had charts to keep, logbooks for them to sign and keep their books and they had about four months, took their course in flying, night flying, we had to work then when they were night flying too. And it was the most interesting place to be. I could still go and watch planes taking off and landing, and see if they do a good one or a bad one.