I haven't read every post here, but I've been following the story on and off. It seemed to me, at the start of this affair, that the best way of finding out if there was any truth in the story, would have been to ask surviving former RAF men who were in Burma at the end of the war, to confirm-or not-that these stories were true. The Northern Echo reporter has done just that and-unsurprisingly in my view-a retired ex-RAF man who was in Burma in 1945, has comprehensively demolished the story. I am not surprised.
Oh and oliveau, love that "[Knowing some of the supply snafus, I expect someone had despatched crates of Arctic clothing to Burma, so Yes, bury it quick!]." That sounds perfectly plausible to me!
Last edited by Proplinerman; 25th Jan 2013 at 21:09.
Reason: Changing a "this" for a "the"-better English.