wCdr Norman Ryder and the Kenley Wing

[Bruce Lander]

Hi Keith,
Correct , Deere took over 403 after a period off ops and had no experience
of the change of the current situation plus the introduction of the Fw.190, also 403 was in a sorry state having just had a disastrous beating and lost it's C/O.
Deere is quite open about his failings in his book in this action and obviously when he wrote it in 1959 it still weighed heavily on him.
Its fascinating to see books today which give a very different picture of the air war and the RAF Super Heroes to the ones that were published in the 50's etc ie :- Reach For The Sky, Fly For Your Life, Tiger Squadron to name but a few.

Regards

Bruce Lander