A true volunteer

[Sergei Molotov]

Just as Germany was preparing to attack Britian a young man James Goodson was boarding a ship from England to the US where he lived. A german U-boat sunk the ship and several hours later Mr. Goodson was pulled from the sea and returned to England. Mr. Goodson later met up with a recruiter for the RAf. He was excited to join up and help fight the hun and even finding out that he would have to swear alligence to the king and therefore loose his American citizenship did not deter him. The recruiter then mentioned pay. Mr. Goodson was told it would be 1 pound 60 per week. At this Mr. Goodson pulled back a little. The recruiter asked him what was wrong and Mr. Goodson replied that he had lost everything when the ship was sunk. He didn't think he would be able to afford to pay 1 pound 60 per week to fly. The recruiter looked at him strange and said no WE will pay YOU. Mr. Goodson thought it was unbelievable as he said "they were going to let me fly and pay me for it. The lovable fools."