These posting are so valuable that I really hope that there is a method of say saving them to disc. In a few years most contributors will cease to be with us and what a treasure of memories and experiences will then be left behind. If we go back several hundred years, first hand posting like these do not exist.
We have a duty to preserve these records and to encourage others to do likewise.
Amongst my interests I do pension assistance to veterans and amazed at how well they can go back in time and recal things that will be so personal and interesting.
Recently I assisted the son of an Australian Halifax pilot lost over Germany in 1943.
He knew nothing about his Dad's death and we were able to get the full history.
As I handed him his complete file. he asked how much he owed for my expenses.
I thought for a moment, and I thought of all the others before him and said " You owe me nothing, the bill was paid long ago in 43".
With part of the mainplane missing, the pilot badly wounded in both legs, stayed at the controls so some of the crew could get out.
Tried to get him the DFC but some rule stops it because so much time has gone by.
Regards
Col