Thanks for your reply, sorry about the West Sussex bit, i was meant to put East. (Thank God for Sat Navs)
The reason for my post being that i had purchased a Tobacco pouch from one of the stalls at your Aerojumbe.apparently the stall holder stated it was from his Grandfather who was an A.R.P. warden in the rural district of Halisham, (Seemed the Genuine type) he received the pouch from a Polish airman maybe as a souvenir, (how and why no body knows.) the stallholder had listed the possible crash sites that he had researched thus far.
I know that with all these things that you take a gamble on what you buy, but at the end of it you like to think you have a genuine buy.
Im one of those that you cant just throw something like this away, as it could be the genuine article, (who knows) so i will research this as best i can to maybe salvage its possible history.and keep in safe hands.
I did noticed on the list that you kindly posted, the Polish pilots name Sgt Maciejowski, who you had down as his Hurricane crashing on the 30/10/40 at Blackford Farm.would you know anything else on this crash. i.e.was the Hurricane a write off? had the pilot landed this aircraft and lost control? had Sgt Maciejowski baled out? and any other info you may have.
One other thing i hadn’t mentioned is inside the Tobacco pouch was a small envelope containing a few fragments of tobacco. also inclosed was a piece of parachute around 6inches by 4.(of irvine type) the outer edges singed.
You never know the A.R.P. warden may of borrowed the pouch for a smoke and forgot to return it(ill keep dreaming)
I guess if anyone could help on this post help it would be you.as this is on your patch.
Many thanks for any help (if any) and anyone else.
Brad.
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