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Originally Posted by Adrian Roberts  Thanks for your quote Spidge; this is a fine and inspirational piece of writing.
Unfortunately thats the way the tides work in the English Channel. It might also be to do with how long a seat harness takes to disintegrate in the sea. Eugene Esmonde's body was also not washed ashore for several months.
I'm glad Morse also hadn't heard of this! It must certainly have been very rare.
Unfortunately I never have occasion to go to Suffolk. Its not that far away, maybe a couple of hours drive, but in England that is a big deal because everything is on a smaller scale than in Australia, and for those of us who live south of the Thames, anything North of the Thames is a different country! I've spent more of my life on the European Continent than North of the Thames. The RAF Museum and the Shuttleworth Collection and Duxford are the only interesting places up there. (Now wait for Morse and Kitty to read this  )
But seriously, I have taken photos of the graves of some of my other heroes, mainly on the Western Front, and if I am anywhere near Suffolk, Middleton's grave would be high on my list. |
Ahem! There is the Museum of Flight at east Fortune! Its still growing! The annual airshow is a bit of a let down but its still worth a visit. Oh! and yes! you can get a sarnie from the cafe which is own by one of "the fat ladies"!