I picked up a copy of The Great Planes by James Gilbert, a Ridge Press book published in 1970, just another run of the mill tribute to various airplanes but in the B-17 chapter the previous owner had personalized it with his own captions.
He had made it home...
Similar to you, I bought a secondhand book entitled "Luck and a Lancaster". It is annotated with the owners name, squadron and margin notes. I.E. "Went on the raid of 12 April. Heavy flak that night..."
ReplyDeleteFrom the 'still kicking myself' department: at a library book sale, found a novel written by a Luftwaffe pilot who spent time in a local POW camp. It was dedicated, signed & dated by the author. I put it back on the shelf 🤯 - still don't know why I didnt buy it.....hate to think of it ending up in a dumpster...
Many years ago, a former girl friend told me a story of a New Year’s party in Toronto where she had somehow ended up talking to a (much older of course) former Luftwaffe pilot who told all sorts of stories. But never got his name, I always wondered…
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