First published by the author in December 1999
Second edition November 2000
Reprinted November 2001
Reprinted July 2005
ISBN 174011 014 5
Produced for the author by
Bookbound Publishing Pty Ltd
The following is an extract taken from Desert Diary
My Diary
This diary was compiled during my time in the Middle East. I purchased the book in Cairo, while on leave. I also bought a pen and bottle of ink (there were no ballpoints in those days). I put them in the kit bag.
I usually filled in the details after the day's work was completed, but at times I would be separated from the kitbag, usually due to constant shifting from one airstrip to another. Information would come from the operations tent, but also from own observations and from the various pilots, after the operations were completed. I do not clearly remember writing a lot of the events, but I have carefully checked the history books to confirm the dates that these events occurred.
After the finish of the desert campaign our kitbags were stored as we prepared for the invasion of Sicily and Italy. From that time I still kept notes of events that followed and completed the diary at the end of hostilities...
My Diary
This diary was compiled during my time in the Middle East. I purchased the book in Cairo, while on leave. I also bought a pen and bottle of ink (there were no ballpoints in those days). I put them in the kit bag.
I usually filled in the details after the day's work was completed, but at times I would be separated from the kitbag, usually due to constant shifting from one airstrip to another. Information would come from the operations tent, but also from own observations and from the various pilots, after the operations were completed. I do not clearly remember writing a lot of the events, but I have carefully checked the history books to confirm the dates that these events occurred.
After the finish of the desert campaign our kitbags were stored as we prepared for the invasion of Sicily and Italy. From that time I still kept notes of events that followed and completed the diary at the end of hostilities...
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The following is an extract taken from Desert Diary
My Diary
This diary was compiled during my time in the Middle East. I purchased the book in Cairo, while on leave. I also bought a pen and bottle of ink (there were no ballpoints in those days). I put them in the kit bag.
I usually filled in the details after the day's work was completed, but at times I would be separated from the kitbag, usually due to constant shifting from one airstrip to another. Information would come from the operations tent, but also from own observations and from the various pilots, after the operations were completed. I do not clearly remember writing a lot of the events, but I have carefully checked the history books to confirm the dates that these events occurred.
After the finish of the desert campaign our kitbags were stored as we prepared for the invasion of Sicily and Italy. From that time I still kept notes of events that followed and completed the diary at the end of hostilities...
My Diary
This diary was compiled during my time in the Middle East. I purchased the book in Cairo, while on leave. I also bought a pen and bottle of ink (there were no ballpoints in those days). I put them in the kit bag.
I usually filled in the details after the day's work was completed, but at times I would be separated from the kitbag, usually due to constant shifting from one airstrip to another. Information would come from the operations tent, but also from own observations and from the various pilots, after the operations were completed. I do not clearly remember writing a lot of the events, but I have carefully checked the history books to confirm the dates that these events occurred.
After the finish of the desert campaign our kitbags were stored as we prepared for the invasion of Sicily and Italy. From that time I still kept notes of events that followed and completed the diary at the end of hostilities...
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