Yes, all par for the course I'm afraid. Editing Jack Stafford's memoirs has made me even more aware of the sacrifices made by New Zealand, who sent the very best of her young men from 1939-1945. The UK handsomely repaid them only 30 yrs later when we joined the Common Market and told Aussie and Kiwi alike to p--s off, you and your products aren't welcome now that we're friends with the Germans, the French, the Italians, the Spanish and even the Belgians, who will soon be buying our country anyway
Rant over before my blood pressure gets overboosted. For Danny and others following the Stafford story, this is the only sortie he described in detail as it clearly had a great effect on him. The Tempests of 122 Wing carried a heavy load in the last year of the war as only they had the range and performance for low-level warfare, and paid a terrible price for it. More tomorrow.
