He admitted having fragments of glass in his eye, but convinced the doctors he was fit for flying duty.

Eventually he pulled through, though it was reported he would never be fit for flying again, even if he gained his freedom.

In February 1941, Dahl was discharged from hospital and passed fully fit for flying duties.

The first cadets were non-commissioned officers from the Egyptian Army and various police forces who were deemed medically fit for flying.

In March 1944, after about five months' convalescence, he was passed fit for flying; he turned down the offer of a posting home to Southern Rhodesia as an instructor.

She was fitted for flying off aircraft with a 100-foot (30 m) downward-sloping runway which was installed on her foredeck, running over her forward 12-inch (305-mm) turret from her forebridge to her bows and equipped with rails to guide the aircraft.

After treatment for malnutrition, he spent a year recruiting flying cadets for the Fleet Air Arm, until passed fit for flying in December 1943, and joined the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable as Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), with an acting rank of lieutenant-commander.