"Monty was one of only two or three people in Deanshanger who owned a motor car before the war, and during the war almost all cars had to be laid up for lack of petrol. A Beaufighter crash landed in one of his fields, near what is now the Kingfisher Club, the crew escaped although the fuel tanks ruptured, they were very lucky there was no fire. Monty filled several cans from the leaking tanks, but, although he was a magistrate, he was prosecuted for using the petrol. The village chuckled because the very high octane fuel also ruined his engine."