- He flew 24 wartime missions over northern Europe in Wellington bombers. After the war, he spent 20 years in weapons research in the Royal Air Force.
- He was an avid photographer. He combined his skills in photography and flight to help police in aerial reconnaissance, the search for Lord Lucan, and the Loch Ness monster.
- He was made an MBE in 1996.
- He was the James Bond stunt double who flew the autogyro in You Only Live Twice (1967). The seven-minute sequence took 44 hours of flight time to record.
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