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  Posted by Caro (U1691443) on Sunday, 9th October 2011

  I have just been hearing a review of a spitfire pilot's letters and reminiscences edited by his son. Wine Women and Song: a Spitfire Pilot's Story, by Hamish Brown is the story of his father Doug Brown who trained in New Zealand and Canada, and was a Spitfire pilot with No. 485 Squadron. He flew over the Normandy beaches during the invasion of mainland Europe. He later joined, and led, No. 130 (Punjab) Squadron. So I am told on one site:
  
  The reviewer I was listening to, who said he read a lot of accounts of wartime pilots, said this one was a little unusual in that they are generally about people whose exploits include becoming an ace pilot and shooting down other planes. This man writes of how he was always in the wrong place or something went awry and his attempts were not always very successful. (Though, surely if you get to lead a squadron, you must have done something right.)
  
  I read quite recently Laddie Lucas's memoir of his time in Malta and that was good, so I might look out for this one too, as the reviewer said it had a lot of social history in it, as well as war experiences. And of course I like reading of NZers' experiences.
  
  Have any of you read this - I think it was published earlier this year? Or know of him?
  
  Cheers, Caro.

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