The ground staff worked tirelessly to keep the aircraft airworthy.
He said that perhaps we should have done better in certain instances to send more squadrons complete with their pilots, ground staff, equipment and all.
It would also mean additional police, people to deal with transport, security staff, local authority officials and the full ground staff.
They are even maintaining a ground staff of 38, which is several times what it was in 1939.
Does the figure of 4,450 cover the whole of the outside ground staff servicing aircraft?
What is the number of these ground staff?
The dedication and drive of thousands of largely unpaid club officials, coaches and ground staff is the bedrock of the voluntary sector.
Yes, of course there is a science involved in ground staff work.