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Attila57
01-03-2011, 11:42
Look at this link:

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/diaries/index.htm

"In World War I he served as a private and as a commissioned officer in the trenches. His diary describes life in the trenches and the Christmas Truce. He then was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps (precursor to the R.A.F.) as an observer and later a fighter pilot, and his diary describes what it was like flying and fighting in planes made of wood, with no brakes or flaps, without parachutes or oxygen or enclosed cockpits.

In World War II he became an Air Intelligence Liaison Officer, interpreting photos taken of enemy territory. His diary gives a vivid account of the retreat to Dunkirk."

To read and to glance pictures (medals, badges, airplane and so on...) and cartoons like this:

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/diaries/images/heath2.gif