While he had approval from his wife to train as an observer, she learned from a letter after the fact that he had changed to pilot training, and she told her daughter, "What do you think that the old fool is doing now?
Mens hans kone var indforstået med at han trænede til observatør, men hun erfarede først at han var under uddannelse til pilot i et brev, og hun sagde til sin datter: "Hvad tror du, at det gamle fjols laver nu?