| I was trying to juggle my desire to read a POW book next but with the book needing to be compatible (light, smallish) for the train to and from work. Have settled on The Rats of Rangoon by W/C Lionel Hudson RAAF (trained under EATS in Southern Rhodesia after joining the RAAF in 1940, flew Blenheims in North Africa before heading to Ceylon, one of the first Aussie EATS pilots to reach W/C, commanded 82 Sqn on Mossies after a stint in New Delhi at HQ).
The book is subtitled The inside story of the fiasco that took place at the end of the war in Burma.
Hudson dedicates the book to his wife:
For months after my release from Rangoon Gaol a noise outside in the middle of the night would have me scrambling out of bed and standing there braced at attention ready to bow to any Japanese guard who might appear out of the darkness. This book is for Audrey, the young bride who coaxed me back to bed.
Initial flick throughs reveal some excellent passages that cover both time in Rangoon (Japs Gone - Extract Digit) and time on ops (written as flashbacks).
Last edited by Antipodean Andy; 19-06-2008 at 12:10 AM..
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