h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Tricia

If you want, send me the photos and I'll amalgamate them.

petergy@@@yahoo.com (just leave one @ in the address).

Peter

Hi Peter,ihave just seen your message(i get lost around the site sometimes) i am sending them now.Tricia

Hello Tricia,

I've just put a link to the picture of Sergeant Mason in your story. Sorry it's a bit late, I've been away on holiday!

Unfortunately it's not possible to attach more than one picture to a story (unless you turn two pictures into one, as Ron suggested). But I think it would be nicer to keep the two pics separate, with links between the stories, because they are both such lovely pictures.

Deborah

Hi Deborah, Tricia, and Peter,

Thanks for putting the photo up, Deborah, it is nice to see the old boy's dubious mugshot attached to the story.

For Tricia, Peter and all, I have just learned, extraordinarily, that this was my father's first operational sortie ! I had always been under the impression that there had been many active sorties before this one. He wrote an account of the mission a while back, a copy of which only came to my attention in the very early hours of this morning. I intend to ask my father's permission to reproduce it here, it makes quite a read. In short he was part of a massive support wing of 200 fighters, and when the action started to get 'heated' he suddenly found himself 199 fighters short ! Six Me 109's were breathing down his tailpipe with apparent glee at the prospect of despatching this 'rookie' to an early, and permanent, 'time-out'. There is more, but that will have to wait for the said permission.

He did go on to carry out over 200 sorties that involved crossing the English Channel, and was later shot down and taken prisoner by the German forces. He served time in various camps, including the famous/infamous Stalag Luft III of 'The Great Escape' story.

I will add more as, and if, and when, my father authorises.

David

David

That is great news! I look forward to reading your father's story.

Peter