relic,
Don't thinks so, this chap was home grown, spent his war in the western Pacific, and from about 1946 to retirement in PNG.
Lovely bloke, liked a cold beer on a warm day ---- has there ever been a cold day in the land of greenies and brownies ---- and where greenies have nothing to do with Bob Brown and his mob of watermelons*.
Tootle pip!!
* Green on the outside, red on the inside.
PS: Chimbu --- you must have experienced the ritual of waking up the Chinese store at Plain Magien at 4.00 am or so, to swap all the empties from the outgoing crew, for the tonsil tonic so necessary to re-hydrate the incoming crew.
Indian Ocean crossings then were always at night, not enough fix's in daylight.
The navs. were a tribe of their own, far more fun than Doppler or INS.
Last edited by LeadSled; 13th Oct 2011 at 14:03.