Growing up in the 1930’s, Bernard Osborn developed a fascination with
flying. He would visitnearby airfields and peer through the boundary
fences just to catch a glimpse of aircraft. It was on a visit to an
Empire Air Day display and seeing a Hawker Hurricane for the first time
that spurred his dream to become a fighter pilot.
When Bernard turned 18 he went to volunteer with the
RAF to become a fighter pilot, only to realise that almost every other
young man in the country shared his ambition to fly. Instead, Bernard
was called up and eventually ended up training as a member of a tank
crew. It was while serving with an armoured unit that he spotted a
notice calling for volunteers for the Glider Pilot Regiment. Determined
to become a pilot, he volunteered and began a journey that would see him
take part in D-Day and Operation Market Garden, and serve in post-war
Palestine.
I Just Wanted to Fly combines Bernard’s own words with
a narrative of wider events of the time, to tell a humble yet charming
story of one man achieving his dream to become a pilot.
Watch extracts from interviews where Bernard Osborn tells some of the earlier
parts of his story:
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