And armed with fifteen years of friendship Chug. Thank you for your kind comments. To give some background, the tapes were made around 2004
John had been interviewed twice, once by someone who had already gone into print about the L5 in Burma and the second time by a well known chap who failed to mention the 'Five into four wont go' story in his print. We regularly spoke of John's time in Burma and the tapes were done in a very relaxed manner over some time with the intention that only the Five into four story would be told. The anecdotes were repeated and I had heard them many times before, and were repeated at times on all three tapes. Aeroplane changed that. The following year, Aeroplane ran a special VJ-Day 60th anniversary section. The Editor knew of this story and featured it, though obviously in a much reduced version, but including the story - at last! John was somewhat disappointed that the unit did not receive a squadron number
And, at last we get to the 'Five into four won't go' story tomorrow.
Photos. 1. A letter from Lord Mountbatten to John
2 John and two of his pilots