The late Graham White signed up with the RAF at the age of 17, having been an apprentice draughtsman. After basic training he was shipped to Canada to learn to fly, and then to 'Slaughter Hall', near the Scottish border, for operational training. He then joined to a front-line squadron and became involved with the world of radar and was part of the development of a top-secret group working towards the protection of Bomber Command. After the Second World War, he survived an horrific crash that resulted in many months of hospitalisation. He lived in Allestree near Derby.