Flying Officer Phillip Zupp M.I.D.

[Nostalgair]

Thanks Kyt,

I never tire of reading these records. You may find page 253/06FEB52 of interest.

Cheers

Owen

[Nostalgair]

Hi Kyt,

I just noted your question regarding Meteor books.

Two good ones are;

"Gloster Meteor" by Edward Shacklady.
and
"Meteor" by Bryan Philpott.

Cheers

Owen

[Nostalgair]

Hi again all,

I was organising my files and I came across this shot of Dad prior to embarkation with the 2nd AIF to New Guinea.

It was taken at his family home, so I suspect that it was during his Commando training at Canungra, circa 1944.

It's not the best shot, but I thought I should post at least one of him from his days in khaki.

Web Dad Army.jpg

Cheers

Owen

[Hugh]

Owen,
Interesting reading, you must be very proud of your father.
Looking closely at the photo, (to your fathers right) I notice a leg which looks like the uniform of a sailor. Any ideas?
Regards
Hugh

[Nostalgair]

Hi Hugh,

I was wondering if there were any sleuths out there!

You're spot on. It's the leg of his brother's naval uniform, he served on mine-sweepers with the RAN I believe.

Good spotting!

Cheers

Owen

[Nostalgair]

Hi again all,

I recalled a number of titles relating to the Korean War bouncing around in this thread. As such, I thought it might be a good place to announce another upcoming title.

It is "The Forgotten Few" by Group Captain Doug Hurst (ret'd). I have had some advance notice of this title and it promises to be a tremendous book for those with an interest in the Korean Air War.

It will be launched in July.

http://www.allenandunwin.com/_upload...ooksjulynz.pdf

Cheers

Owen

[Kyt]

Nice one Owen. Will have to keep an eye out for it. Not coming up on Amazon UK yet, but am sure I'll be able to track a copy down.