Swear to god lads, this is why this site is here, to keep these things alive! Those pics and the log book are fantastic. Kudos to Kyt and Montys Double!
No GH, kudos definately to MD alone. I just feel like a kid in a sweetshop with all this new info on the Burma air war. It's making my reading come alive.
And I've just started "Hurricanes over Burma".[/quote] What do you think of Bush Cotton's exploits, Kyt? I read that book last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Cheers Andy
And I've just started "Hurricanes over Burma". What do you think of Bush Cotton's exploits, Kyt? I read that book last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Excellent book - and Cotton has a great sense of humour. As well as his flying stories (like his flying instructor's boots filling with pee and then freezing :p), I also enjoyed some of the "incidental" tales that some writers leave out - his visit to a local village and seeing the fertility statue is just one example. Did you read the edition that includes Bunny Stones' memoirs? Cotton's introduction to this part is so sad - such a tragic life after the war. Stones' description of the development of aerial tactics is great.
Yep, that's the edition that I've got. Cotton's and Stone's lives after the was are polar opposites. I'm glad that Cotton made such an effort to publish Stone's memoirs as it's always valuable to read about events from another person's perspective. To have the memoirs of two guys who survived the initial retreat to India during the Burma campaign in the same book is awesome stuff. A treasured part of my WWII pilots' biographies collection. Cheers Andy
Hi, sorry to start up an old thread. My grandfather (passed away) and his brother in law (turns 100 next month) were in 113 squadron. I'm restoring some of the photographs we have of them. Are you still active on here? The photos above no longer show and I'm desperate to read and view more. Thanks Mike
