Originally Posted by
Danny42C
NigG (your #106),
As I said in my #30: "I do not believe this for one moment, and I hope nobody else will".
Yes I noticed you wrote that, even though you hadn't heard of the story. That's interesting in itself... you were around in that period, knew the type of people, knew how morale was and had a clear idea of what sort of behaviour would be deemed to be beyond the limits. These were experienced, well-trained, principled people. It's unthinkable that they would steal a boat from others in order to make themselves safe. It's also impressive to read how hard 84 Sqn aircrew were working in the aerial fight against the invading Japs. These were quality people... ground staff too. Members of the ground staff were seen fighting with the Japs as they over-ran the airfield in Java... and forfeited their lives in the process.
