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dawallace


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Hi John
I just finished "The Lucky Pidgeon" and "Thank You Brother Irwin" and wanted you to know that I enjoyed them very much. There were not too many successful evaders like yourself and it is a unique and interesting story as well as a good read. Both books are well written and well worth reading and I can  recommend them to anyone who hasn't done so. Pretty good price too!. Thanks John, I wish more airmen had written down their experiences as you have. Your history is our history.
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Dave Wallace 



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Pigeonbird


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Thank you very much Dave for your review of my books.  I really am surprised at how many positive reviews I have had.  But the books were done with a love of writing rather than a love of money (or expectation of money).  My sorrow is that I did not have a journal with me when I joined up, so everything was from memory, or input from others.

As I want to use the revenue as a small means of helping raise the Halifax LW170, I am hoping that words like yours could help in this campaign.  Problem is that, at 83, it is difficult to get out for readings or signings as I used to.  Coupled with this is that I now have a sick Wife that I have to take care of.

However, I shall be at Nanton Lancaster Museum on August 25th, with a table and lots of books, and lots of pens.  Bring money!

John

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John A. Neal
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Dear Dave

Not to take away from my thanks for your review, I would add that there is a slight error in the titles you mentioned.  The books are "The Lucky Pigeon" and "Bless You, Brother Irvin".  The latter title came from a letter sent by a New Zealand airman to Leslie Leroy Irvin, inventor of the Parachute system, for saving his life.  The first one came from the fact that all us Commonwealth airmen were known as Pigeons during the war, especially to the Navy.

John

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dawallace


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OOPS! Sorry John I need to proof read things more.

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David Layne


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Here are a couple of letters from Irvin.

-- Edited by David Layne at 18:11, 2007-07-25

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Pigeonbird


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Thanks David:

Leslie Irvin must have been a prolific letter writer, as avery Caterpillar during the war received one.  Even me.  But mine seems to have gotten lost somewhere, and even my original caterpillar rests somewhere on the bed of the Bay of Quinte.  But I got another.

I understand there is now a Caterpillar Museum in England.

John

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