Distressing….

Well, I have to say that this thread is most distressing.

I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how one of my precious Battle of Britain photographs has appeared for salee in, of all places, a car boot sale. There are, so far as I am aware, but two possible explanations: –

Firstly it is interesting to see that the name of Chris Gale, my estranged cousin, has been mentioned hereon as having disposed of certain of my collection – without my knowledge, permission, or with any right, therefore, to do so. I can only assume from reading the post in question that when I had no choice but to let Chris go, as it were, from Victory Books, there was a quantity of material from various publishing projects left with him and which was subsequently disposed of illegally. I would, in fact, be very interested to hear from the poster mentioning Chris’s name as to what material he received from that source.

Secondly, my ex-wife and former business partner orchestrated a forced entry into my office several years ago and removed a still indeterminable quantity of property. It is also possible, therefore, that the photograph was taken at that time.

As for me having ‘given up on aviation twice in the past’, that needs qualifying. The first occcasion was in 2002, following the sudden death of my beloved father and subsequent harrowing experience, understandably dictating a shift in priorities. Secondly in 2006, when Victory Books unfortunately had to be wound up due to said acrimonious divorce and when life basically disintegrated completely. Fortunately, however, life is now very happily back on track and progress being made once more on all fronts!