I’m sitting here in France unable to get over to the UK (French Postal Services lost my passport renewal application!! Now probably stateless!!) Otherwise I would certainly have been there to see these magnificent aeroplanes. I have really appreciated this forum and have at least been able to share, even though second-hand, the experiences of others who “were there” (lucky barstewards). Thanks to all of you.
Does anyone know if there are plans for a post visit photo/story/diary /interview book available from the CWHM. It would surely be a best seller and boost their funds. They could share the profits with BBMF. Maybe they’d make enough to come back another time when I’ve got a passport!
Making it a sort of diary of the visit, with personal recollections of both the aircrews and ground crews, would make it unique to CWHM/BBMF. Something that the for profit commercial publishers couldn’t do. If they could include such material as; copies of log books entries from BBMF crew on their combined “ops”, weather briefings, flight plans etc. it would make it a complete history of an unbelievable achievement. There are enough quality photos taken by forum members and others, (who I’m sure would willing donate the copyright!) that they would not be short of pictorial material. The forward should certainly tell the story of the brave men who flew similar Lancasters in the 1940’s and particularly that of Andy Mynarski V.C. I would certainly buy copies for myself and my family.
Ideas for a Title??