Book: 'AIR WAR DIARY'

[Mike K]

hi Tony

Your comments line up very well with what this author has written .Putting things into perspective, these were kids flying huge complicated machines . One mistake with a fuel switch or a flap position could be deadly .

I read a couple of his fishing books while still at high school , in form 2 . In 1975 I was living in an abandoned farm house in Northern Tasmania , alongside the Liffey river . I had been tipped off that D Scholes frequently fishes this stream. One day, while hitch hiking into Bracknell,I spotted a white Citroen , it turned down the track, the track to my abode ! Could it be him ! I made a hasty walk back to the house , at least 1/2 a mile . No one in sight . I was standing in front of the house , I heard a car approach from the paddock , way down . He had driven past the house to take a peak at the stream . Two occupants in the car - D Scholes and his wife . After initial hellos , I remarked "Are you David Scholes" His wife was rather shocked and wanted to know how I knew . "Ive got all your books" . He signed the books on the spot . We all sat down on an old log and chin wagged .

They gave me a lift into Bracknell , he drove rather too fast and we almost cleaned up a mob of sheep being taken across the narrow road . I think he thought he was still in a Lancaster the way he drove . He showed off the Citroens up/down adjustable suspension , proudly . I was invited up to his house for lunch, anytime he said . I did do the lunch and he was very nice . I was 19 and I had the personality of a stone statue , but he was the type of person who would get on with anyone .

Robert, yes the book turns up on EBAY, but I'll find one in a op shop for $2 ..one day