Tomcat
I was most amused to read the opening item in this thread regarding the height of tank crews.
When I was called up in October 1942 I was very gung-ho and stated a preference for the RAC.
I was told at the time that as I was a "shortie" of only 5'5" I was considered too short to reach the foot pedals.
In December 1944, when my Lt AA Rgt was being disbanded I had seen two years service, most of it in action and might perhaps have settled for a less exciting job.
To my wry amusement I found myself posted into the RAC where I learned to drive tanks and my lack of inches was suddenly no longer of importance
ps
I looked back into my old records and found this letter that I had published in the London Evening Standard in 1984 in reply to someone else who had problems with lack of height