![]() But by then, post war austerity limited his options. While he worked, he turned the care of young Forsyth over to some pilots, who playfully placed him in the cockpit of a Spitfire, after which Forsyth became determined to become a pilot.Įventually, Forsyth gained entry into the RAF flight school and, at age 19, became the service’s youngest pilot ever. ![]() An officer, he had business at a nearby air base and took his five-year-old along. Meanwhile, it was the senior Frederick’s military service that set his son’s career course. He just had a soft spot in his heart for Jews because of the way they treated him and the way they were treated.”Īs Forsyth was to learn later, that feeling towards Jews was not universal in British society, particularly in some of the upper levels of the civil service. “He was called to London and had to sit in a studio and watch these ugly pictures out of Bergen-Belsen. “The news of the Holocaust was just coming out,” Forsyth recalled. ![]() What made an even greater impact on Forsyth’s dad, also named Frederick, was a film he saw towards the end of the war. ![]()
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