Guess this book simply has to be the first in the list.
Only just got my copy but already finding it invaluable when it comes to confirming losses etc.
I'm sure others who have read the whole thing will have more to say about this great book all about the 102 Ceylon Squadron
It's Suicide, but its fun - Chris Goss
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It's Suicide, but its fun - Chris Goss
by ChrisInBlackpool » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:06 pm
For the memory of everyone who served with 102 Ceylon Squadron,
but mostly for the 1,027 in two World Wars who never came home.
Lest we never forget. http://www.102ceylonsquadron.co.uk
but mostly for the 1,027 in two World Wars who never came home.
Lest we never forget. http://www.102ceylonsquadron.co.uk
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Re: It's Suicide, but its fun - Chris Goss
by jettisoning » Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:35 pm
i've had this book since it was newly published in 1995
i worked with son of F/SGT DAI PUGH - see p 112 / 113 - and met the gent on a few occasions .
the story behind the photo was that it was the one dai's mother kept at home - and on the original you could see flyblown stains !
Dai told me that his time in the dinghy convinced him that - should he survive - he would never be pessimistic again ! he was a teacher in LEEDS after his de-mob until his retirement . late in life he went gliding from the old airfield !
his son , ALUN PUGH , loaned me his father's log book , diaries photographs etc . his diaries covered his enlistment , time in canada and his return to UK . i used them to compile an interactive sort of Dai Pugh RAF history . got it on a cd-r somewhere .
i worked with son of F/SGT DAI PUGH - see p 112 / 113 - and met the gent on a few occasions .
the story behind the photo was that it was the one dai's mother kept at home - and on the original you could see flyblown stains !
Dai told me that his time in the dinghy convinced him that - should he survive - he would never be pessimistic again ! he was a teacher in LEEDS after his de-mob until his retirement . late in life he went gliding from the old airfield !
his son , ALUN PUGH , loaned me his father's log book , diaries photographs etc . his diaries covered his enlistment , time in canada and his return to UK . i used them to compile an interactive sort of Dai Pugh RAF history . got it on a cd-r somewhere .
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Re: It's Suicide, but its fun - Chris Goss
by ChrisInBlackpool » Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:03 am
Hi jet...
Would be REALLLLLLLLY interested in a copy of that Cd for the site if possible???
Will email you later in the week if thats ok??
All the best and welcome to the forum
Chris
Would be REALLLLLLLLY interested in a copy of that Cd for the site if possible???
Will email you later in the week if thats ok??
All the best and welcome to the forum
Chris
For the memory of everyone who served with 102 Ceylon Squadron,
but mostly for the 1,027 in two World Wars who never came home.
Lest we never forget. http://www.102ceylonsquadron.co.uk
but mostly for the 1,027 in two World Wars who never came home.
Lest we never forget. http://www.102ceylonsquadron.co.uk
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