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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
From the preface of my copy of The Big Show: So every evening I used to write down for them the events of the day in a fat Air Ministry notebook, stamped 'G.R.' … This notebook went with me everywhere, crumpled by the weight of my parachute in the cockpit, stained with tea in the mess, or beside me at Dispersal during the long, dull hours of readiness. From the Orkneys to Cornwall,from Kent to Scotland, from Normandy to Denmark through Belgium, Holland and Germany, these notes—by the end of the war they filled three books—were always with me … It is precisely because they are true, because they were written in the flush of action, that I have made no attempt to re-touch these notes. So how did he manage to place himself over Remagen, on an operation not mentioned in his Squadron's ORB and over a battlefield where 2TAF never intervened? The next major bridge battles in 2TAF's area were Stolzenau on the Weser (6 April) and Lauingen/Artlenburg on the Elbe (27 April). |
I have memories of a pilot who refers to his log book. The problem is, I have a copy of the latter...
That said, many moons ago I have been in touch with a friend of another pilot. He recalled that when the pilot submitted his memories to a publisher, he got them rejected with a suggestion that he should add some dramatic events and sex.
People want to read good stories, not necessarily true stories.
That said, the entry in the log book sounds intriguing, and falls outside of nice story category, if not added years later, of course.