Tempest message for Graham Boak

[Graham Boak]

The high loss rate in the Tempest units is well illustrated in Clostermann's classic writings: the usual cause given is the intense German low-level flak. More accurate information will no doubt appear in the forthcoming 3rd volume of Christopher Shores/Chris Thomas's 2nd TAF.

I'm not sure that about comparing just over a complete turnover in four months operations is equivalent to the Somme. Isn't it about one loss per day across the entire wing?

I wouldn't know about Utah: I gather the same is true in Glasgow. The closest I have ever encountered is "bowk" which I'm sure is linquistically equivalent. Another linguistic equivalent is Bogue, as the US town/city and the escort carrier. The surname is Scottish, said to be from Orkney/Shetland (and hence presumably Norse) but is nowadays more common in the English borders, specifically Cumbria (again, possibly hinting at Norse?). Otherwise the name is fairly widespread geographically but uncommon.

You may also be interested to know that the Grahams were another troublesome Borders family, so much so they were banished to Ireland. However they had to return, being too unruly for the Irish to cope with.