Thanks guys. Annie, that hose layer looks decidedly post-WW1!
Max Lambert's Night After Night - New Zealanders in Bomber Command is brilliant.
Good to see some recognition, Annie. The Merchant Navy is largely overlooked as a whole as we know so its female members are overlooked in the...
Heaven on a stick at both locations. The Mareeba guys are relatively new on the scene while the Beck Museum has been going for eons it seems!...
A useful link, Owen. I have been passed/on the intersection listed as being where the Pakenham military museum is but must be driving with my eyes...
Interesting to note it lists his escape companion as an American officer not Major Peter Lewis.
Bloody hell, can't believe I didn't mention it! Sorry, Owen. Here's the thread for another excellent book I read last year:...
Hi Fix. Don Scholes' Air War Diary is subtitled An Australian in Bomber Command although several references on Amazon list it as Bombay Command...
Very good thread for one of "our" boys here: http://ww2chat.com/forums/biographies/890-flt-sgt-rawdon-hume-middleton-vc.html
As mentioned in Kyt's thread here - http://ww2chat.com/forums/obituaries/4260-major-peter-lewis-rip.html - a succssful escaper. An interesting...
Is The Price of Freedom his memoirs perhaps? Not a man to let anything get in his way. RIP. Snell DSO. What else do we know about him? I'll...
Crap, it's my turn. I'll edit this post when I think of a question!
I reckon that's an Albemarle.
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Thanks Annie. A good site indeed.
Thanks guys. Just what I was looking for.
Fix, I have Charlwood's classic. Recently picked it up at a secondhand bookstore but have yet to read it. It will be interesting to compare it to...
I should think that's the town the ship was named after, Keith. I'll check what Hugh wrote about her to see if I can follow up further history....
U2s landing on carriers? Wow. Did they remove the island first or make the aircraft's wings detachable?! LOL, off to the video I go... EDIT:...
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