Req: book by Tony Jonsson "Lucky 13"

Book arrived

Thanks Icecube,
I received 2 (!) copies in the mail this week; this solved my dilemma: handing the book over to Jan Prikkel who asked me, before or after I read it!!!
There is a force 9 gale blowing but Jan got so excited with the news that I had a copy for him that I’ll take it out to him anyway (by sheer coincidence he lives only about 10 miles away from where I live!)
With these nicknames I am not quite sure who to thank (one was sent anonymously, one by Vidir), but thanks a bunch for the support !!!
Rudi

Lucky 13

Ruud,

More info on Tony Jonsson…

http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eaglebios/98bios/jonsso98.htm

I have a copy availabe of the book. Any contact info?

Hi,
I bought Mike Draper’s book immediate upon publication and would like to read mor eon the subject.
I work for a Dutch airline which played a small role in it, Martinair; Transavia also participated. It had a lot of media exposure in Holland at the time.
But it seems to be a forgotten war in the airline histories, there is little to be found and hardly anyone around who are willing to share the tales.
Mainly it is just Mike’s book, but I would love to read someone memoirs from a flying point of view.
thanks for yr time & effort,
happy holidays
Ruud

Ruud,
Tony Jonsson flew in the RAF during WWII, in Africa and Italy. Had a career with Icelandair, Sabena and Cargolux.
During the Biafra war he was a captain on relief flights between Sao Tome and Biafra and flew the last flight out of Biafra, the cockpit got hit by Nigerian machine gun fire.
The airlift and airwar is described in the book “Shadows” by Michael I. Draper.

I might know of a source for “Lucky 13”. Will have to check.