My father was born in Brazil to English parents (grandfather employed in the English gold mining company in Morro Velho, Minas Gerais, Brazil), educated in England, passed his flying test in Hamble in 1937. In 1940 he was called up, as a pilot. He returned to England, however, it was found during his medical that his eye sight was failing. He was then assigned to Air Sea Rescue duties at various places. In 1943 he met my mother, a Dorset WAAF in Torquay. They married later that year, and in 1946 they moved to Brazil. Of their 8 children, I'm the only one who returned to live in England...