“THE drone of the engines was music to my ears” was how RAF veteran Duncan Currie described a flight down memory lane in a Lancaster bomber at the Scottish Air Show.

Largs man Duncan, 91, was a navigator on the iconic aircraft during the Second World War and flew missions on Operation Manna – dropping tons of food into famine-struck areas of unliberated Holland towards the end of the conflict.

Duncan – who was born on Rothesay – joined the RAF aged 17 and did his basic flying training in Tiger Moths in England. He later trained as a navigator in Canada before returning to the UK.

Towards the end of the Second World War he was transferred to India to prepare for operations in the Burma Campaign.

Duncan said: “Being in the cockpit of the Lancaster after all those years was like being at home.

After the war Duncan returned to Rothesay to the family farm but moved to Largs where he operated a fancy goods store in Tron Place for many years.

Last year he moved from Largs to become a popular resident in South Beach Care Home in Ardrossan.

Duncan is pictured with his grandson Euan Taylor who served in the RAF Regiment.