Waritme icons. Who would you have most liked to share a glass of nectar with?

[hrpearce]

David Stirling, I really enjoyed Virginia Cowles' story of him and the S.A.S. and would jump at the chance to discuss tactics with him.

[cmperry4]

My journalism instructor, ca. 1975, had been a Spitfire pilot in WW2, then "invalided" out, as he put it, and went into PR for the RCAF, which was how he got into journalism. He and I were chatting one day, and he knew I was interested in aviation and history. He mentioned he had watched a 60 Minutes interview with a guy who had been a professional hit man. He said the guy reminded him of George Beurling, whom he had interviewed during the war. As he put it, he had the same cold blue eyes as the hit man, a "stone-cold killer."

So, Beurling, given all the stories and controversy about him, and the intrigue around his death, would be a most interesting guy to chat with. Maybe.

The instructor, by the way, was named Stan Helleur, and he died in a tragic and absurd elevator shaft accident.