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Old April 20th, 2008, 02:08 PM
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Default Re: Tank crew hieghts?

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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
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During the period October 1942 to January 1947 my wartime "Cook's Tour" took me to the following places:
North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Austria, Egypt & Germany.
My units were the: 49th Light Ack Ack Rgt.RA and
The 4th Queen's Own Hussars.
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