What makes a good fighter pilot? It’s mostly skill, and Charles Crombie had plenty of that. But it isn’t only skill – you also need to be able to fly through a hail of bullets and flak threatening to hack you out of the sky at any minute. And that was what Charles was afraid of.

Then he took to wearing an old coin around his neck. It was his lucky charm. As long as he had it with him, he knew no fear.

As long as he had it with him…