A beautiful memory to treasure PH6 . . .. (When I was a ten year old Douglas Bader came to our school not to give us one of his acerbic dryly witty speeches but simply to sit at a desk signing his autograph for a string of ATC cadets lined up in awe. At least awe from those who had read Brickhill's 'Reach for the Sky'. )
The tone of the ongoing Erebus debate is good. Mainly cordial . The speaker has had to bring the house to order rarely. .. What is most illuminating about studying and trying to reconcile the conflicting views posted here is the depth of knowledge and understanding being shared by those with undoubtably specialist insights.
And there is a fine sensitivity displayed to the situation of others forever affected at the deepest level by the tragic events. That is why comments such as this one serve to remind us to be ever mindful of wounds that will never entirely heal.
What people like Holmes desperately need to realise is that they are perpetuating the pain of the Collins family, not alleviating it.