Capt Messenger gets several mentions in "Merchant Airmen" the official account of civil aviation during the war.
His photograph is included along with some other well known captains.
He was at Bordeaux with an Ensign on the day France capitulated.
"He arrived at Bordeaux in the middle of the tumult,learned the news with dismay,managed somehow to get some petrol,filled up every corner of his aircraft with RAF men,and took off at once"
Then on Liberators,between Montreal and Prestwick,Captain LV Messenger was the first man to complete 50 Atlantic crossings.On one occasion a seagull smashed the windscreen after departure from Gander.Unable to land for 4 hours due to weight,he continued across the ocean.