Comments for A Story of War http://storyofwar.com Follow one man's war day by day, 70 years on, from Waziristan and the North West Frontier, Habbaniya, the Burma campaign, India & the Rhine. Fri, 25 May 2012 14:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on May 22nd 1942 by Sree http://storyofwar.com/2012/05/22/may-22nd-1942/#comment-412 Fri, 25 May 2012 14:29:12 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?p=1189#comment-412 Jagan – in addition, CWGC shows two Indian IAF deaths, on 20 May 42: P/O NMM Sheriff, and P/O SS Bali. Do either of them show up, possibly as SA Joseph’s Observer, in the 4 CDF ORB? Would be consistent with Dunford-Wood’s remark, “Passenger killed”

]]> Comment on May 22nd 1942 by Jagan http://storyofwar.com/2012/05/22/may-22nd-1942/#comment-411 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:40:38 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?p=1189#comment-411 A Tangential thread I started today sparked by the information in this post.. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12990-Lysander-L4808-Crash-(28Sqn)-May-1942

]]> Comment on April 28th 1942 – Last Man in to Bat by Andy Wright http://storyofwar.com/2012/04/28/april-28th-1942-last-man-in-to-bat/#comment-381 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:28:00 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?p=1148#comment-381 Phew indeed!

]]> Comment on ‘C’ Squadron Historical Record, No. 4 FTS, Habbaniya, Iraq May 1941 by Moggy http://storyofwar.com/background/c-squadron-historical-record-no-4-fts-habbaniya-iraq-may-1941/#comment-344 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:31:10 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?page_id=1109#comment-344 This is priceless stuff. Thanks very much.

]]> Comment on RAF Habbaniya Daily Intelligence Bulletins by Moggy http://storyofwar.com/background/raf-habbaniya-daily-intelligence-bulletins/#comment-343 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:28:28 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?page_id=1052#comment-343 Thankyou very much indeed!

]]> Comment on RAF Habbaniya Daily Intelligence Bulletins by James Dunford Wood http://storyofwar.com/background/raf-habbaniya-daily-intelligence-bulletins/#comment-342 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:29:52 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?page_id=1052#comment-342 Hi Peter – here it is:
http://storyofwar.com/background/c-squadron-historical-record-no-4-fts-habbaniya-iraq-may-1941/
best
james

]]> Comment on RAF Habbaniya Daily Intelligence Bulletins by James Dunford Wood http://storyofwar.com/background/raf-habbaniya-daily-intelligence-bulletins/#comment-339 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:33:39 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?page_id=1052#comment-339 Hi Peter – thanks for your comment. Yes, I have some scans of it – I will put it up next week if I can. The original belongs to Mark Cremin, the son of Dan Cremin.
best wishes
james

]]> Comment on RAF Habbaniya Daily Intelligence Bulletins by Peter FitzGerald-Morris http://storyofwar.com/background/raf-habbaniya-daily-intelligence-bulletins/#comment-338 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:08:08 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?page_id=1052#comment-338 And by the way – these intelligence reports are absoloutely amazing material. Many thanks for putting them up.

]]> Comment on RAF Habbaniya Daily Intelligence Bulletins by Peter FitzGerald-Morris http://storyofwar.com/background/raf-habbaniya-daily-intelligence-bulletins/#comment-337 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:03:58 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?page_id=1052#comment-337 “the semi-official history of ‘C’ Flight during the battle, which he co-authored with Allan Haig”

Is there anywhere I can get hold of this history of “C” Flight?

]]> Comment on February 24th 1942 by James Dunford Wood http://storyofwar.com/2012/02/24/february-24th-1942/#comment-330 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:38:38 +0000 http://storyofwar.com/?p=971#comment-330 Hi Andy – yes, that Habbaniya episode is fascinating. Little reported, and indeed underplayed, in the official WW2 histories. I am halfway through a book on the subject, based on these diaries. There have been a couple, but none that has really done it justice I don’t think. My father was one of the few pilots who got a medal that in part acknowledged this campaign – later in 1942 (or maybe early 1943) he gets a DFC, for flying in Burma and Iraq. For a few grainy images of Habbaniya and the battle, see http://storyofwar.com/photos/photos-from-the-habbaniya-campaign-may-1941/ and http://storyofwar.com/photos/photos-from-habbaniya-march-april-1941/
For diary entries, see http://storyofwar.com/category/194105/, and my favourite, http://storyofwar.com/2011/05/03/may-3rd-1941/, where he forgets his parachute on the first day of war.
regards
james

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