Re: Arghh!
I think it was a comment here on elReg that lead me to that book. It's a great read.
The tl/dr version is that whilst working as a liaison officer to the USAF, a Spitfire was abandoned at their airbase in France, and when it looked like no one was looking for it, Tom Neil took it as his personal aircraft, and ended up removing all the paint. He'd use it to pop back over to Kent to see his new wife.
Eventually, realising that sooner or later someone would notice that an RAF officer had 'borrowed' a Spitfire, he eventually sold it back to the Poles for (IIRC) cigarettes and vodka.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
