Plug for Andy's Finding the Few book

Grub Street publishing are certainly now going down that route, although I am not sure if/when these two books might be available that way.

I can tell you, though, that my contracts for current projects with Grub Street reflect the availability of future titles through this route.

I should also add that when the hardback re-print of ‘Finding The Few’ sells out there will be a paperback edition produced.

Too bad only the hardcover is available through the U. S. Amazon–no Kindle edition. That’s how an increasing number of us are reading these days; both of my books are Kindle-ized…

Cees

Pleased that you enjoyed ‘Finding The Foe’ and many thanks for pointing out that I have no idea as to the difference between a swimming bath and railway station!!! Doh. Unfortunately my command of the Dutch language is….well….a little flawed, shall we say. I really should have checked though.

Currently working on Vol 3 and 4 of the “Finding….” series.

Hi all,

Best wishes for 2011. Just got back from the new years festivities in London. During my stay there I got the Finding the Foe volume and read it from cover to cover last saturday evening in the hotel room I am a quick reader’:)
The ticket found in the pockets of one of the missing German crewmen got me intruigued. It´s not a train ticket but seems to be an admission ticket to a local swimming pool. Some of the text is incomplete but it mentions swimming cloathing, millitary and Breda.
Togehter with the Finding the few volume I am very pleased with having read them and will no doubt read them several times more.

well done Andy.

Cees

Thanks for your various comments and I am delighted that there seems to have been a good degree of interest thus far. I am honestly surprised at the level of interest these books have evoked – with even the British Legion using “Finding The Few” in its recent campaign.

As things stand, both books stand at around the number 70 mark in the rankings of military history books on Amazon….a total of around 28,000 books in that category. The demand has led to a reprint of “Few” and a decision by the publisher to go for two follow ups: “Finding The Fallen: Vol I” and “Vol II” covering cases from WW1 to the Gulf. The Vol I will be out this time next year for those who have been badgering for news and devouring the first two volumes.

Have to say that I remain pleasantly surprised by the level of interest.

Thanks to all who have read them!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Finding-Few-Outstanding-Mysteries-Investigated/dp/1906502552

Excellent well researched books

I have both Mr Saunders… ” Finding The Few & Finding The Foe ” works !!!
Excellent well researched books, great photo’s and stories ! First class journalism here for all of us to read and enjoy. BlueNoser352 has enjoyed both these great titles ! Would make a nice Christmas gift for the historically minded person on your list !

Top Notch stuff for sure !
BlueNoser352

Actually I prefer coffee, with cream two sugers, I should be there at about 7am so if you could have it ready for then?, I presume my car parking will be marked, so if you could be ready to unload my vehicle and carry it into my table I will have time to nip off for a bit of breakfast perfect!!
You really are the perfect host Mr Saunders, books not bad either!!! 😀

I nearly had heart failure for a moment, T.O.

For a second, when you said that you paid for them, I thought you had paid for the stallholders to be there. Now I realise you only meant the teas and coffees.:eek:

A nice gesture, and if our refreshment van is up and running in time I will try to do the same at Shoreham. It was an idea I took away with me from Newark. Anyway….this is a bit off topic!

…Pah! I’ll have no truck with Twin Otter’s (Howard) cosying up to stallholders as he did at Newark by serving the stallholders tea and coffee. Whatever next! They will come to expect it…

The first time we did an Indoor event at Newark it was so cold the stallholders needed hot drinks to stave off hypothermia – since then it’s become a ‘tradition’!

Last Saturday I paid for them as well!! 🙂

As for unloading – we provide 2 ‘transport devices’. 😀

Clearly a misunderstanding.

The new T&C’s clearly state that stallholders tea, coffee and breakfasts to be shared with organiser!

Pah! I’ll have no truck with Twin Otter’s (Howard) cosying up to stallholders as he did at Newark by serving the stallholders tea and coffee. Whatever next! They will come to expect it.

Oh…..OK then….I’ll consider tea and coffee. And there might be Air Cadets on hand to help with unloading. So quit your moaning, Mr Adlam!

Dont worry the tent at Shoreham has a large entrance. I received my booking form yesterday. As part of the new and improved service Andy will personally unload and re load all our sale items and bring us all a nice cup of tea, now thats what I call and airojumble. :dev2:

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Funnily enough, what should be advertised on the email from Amazon this morning but…

(how are we going to get his head through the door, guys?)

Adrian

It’s a great read, and, as Andy knows, one section in particular has a certain poignancy for me as it seems I am the custodian of a section of armour plate from the Hurricane in which Sergeant Brimble tragically lost his life.

Regards,

kev35

I think im going to get a copy of this book to and a copy of your finding the few.

MOD Permission,

Hi Andy,I think it was in the early 80s I applied for and was granted permission to recover a Master T8827 at Helshaw Grange near Tern Hill,during the recovery we also recovered the remains of the unfortunate pilot,we followed procedure and informed the Police,at the subsequent court of inquiry I was as part of the formalities asked the question “did you have permission to recover this aircraft,”at this point an MOD official intervened and confirmed that “permission was granted for the recovery,”so it was known by the MOD that the pilot still remained in the wreckage,we were told by eyewitnesses before we started the recovery that there was a burial ceremony at the crash site as at that time it was virtually impossible to recover the pilot due to the very boggy nature of the ground,the pilot was I believe buried with full military honours at Brookwood,I must add that the MOD were very helpful and the only problem encountered was the coroners clerk “leaked”the information to the local paper,something for which we were blamed,fortunatly this was cleared up by the MOD,Regards,Don,

It does seem the MODs stance on recovery/non recovery of missing aircrew has “softened” over the years, even to the extent (in one or two cases) of recovery licences being granted for missing aircrew – but those are the exceptions rather than the rule. On the other hand, the MOD are not pro-active in seeking such recoveries and clearly do not have the manpower resources or the money – especially now! I realise that such a statement will spark off the moral outrage (from some quarters) about this government not wishing to foot the bill for such recoveries. However, one has to face the realities of the situation. That is, the MOD are never going to be pro-active with such recoveries nor will they (generally) willingly sanction them.

In my books on the subject I have tried to get some balance to the arguments; highlighting the bad situations that have arisen in the past, pointing out that recoveries have sometimes had justified criticism too but also praising the work of the current MOD staff who get tasked with dealing with the aftermath of such finds (one of them very current!) and also highlighting the good work done by many private individuals and museums, too, in effecting such recoveries.

Wow a collectors market in aircraft researchers signatures? Surely will have to get my letters file contents onto ebay !

Anyway back on subject, the book certainly highlights the illogical approach of MOD to remains and might bring a change(optomist forever)

Graham mentions friendly fire losses, I recall my shock at the back pages of the Joint Forces Recognition Journal when they ran a series of silhouettes of types with serial ,date , the numbers were vast and types many.

Got about half way through this book last night. The thing which struck me were the incidents of friendly fire, how tragic, as if its not hard enough trying to stay alive only to be shot down by your own side.
Clearly IFF did not work that well, surely controllers on the ground would have known that flights of friendly aircraft were in the same area and warned to watch out for each other.
I like the way both sides of the story were offered, one Spitfire closing on a Hurricane to 150 yards and still not recognising it.
Its also quite incredible that so many Pilots remained with their aircraft forgotten in unmarked graves.
Still being at school when many of these were recovered I have only been on licensed digs where the crew have been recovered and have marked graves.
The Military remains act seems to me a bit strange, a license is refused where remains are known to exist, why in this case hasn’t the MOD excavated these sights and given those airmen a decent burial?
Its a great read and clearly one heck of allot of back breaking research has gone into it, to my mind it raises allot of questions on the morality of the present licensing system and the authorities attitude towards our lost heroes.

No. That was definitely all original.

It said so on e-bay.