"Krztalizer" wrote in message
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I am interested both over Germany and Britain.

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Get a copy of the book "NightFighter" by Rawlings.
Excellent read....


Before he died at a relatively early age, Jimmy Rawnsley sat down and had
a
beer with many nightfighter airmen - several guys featured in his classic
book
remarked that they didn't realize that they were being "interviewed" for
it.
His former squadronmates report that they felt he told their story
accurately.
There are several books with the title "Nightfighter" - John Rawlings did
a
good one, but Jimmy Rawnsley's is better.

v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Its always better to lose -an- engine, not -the- engine.

Sir, My father flew nightfighters during WW2 in the European theater,
(Beaufighters, then P-61's) though I'm not familiar with either of those
books,I wonder if they could shed some light on his service to our country.
I've got a few medals but have no idea what he did to deserve them. I'm not
even sure what they are, one says DFC or something like that on the back,
the other is a silver star and two purple hearts. (I know what the Hearts
are for, duh!) Is there any way that you know of where I could "actually"
find out. He's been gone for over thirty years and I always wondered what he
did to get them. Sorry if this comes off a little lame but I saw the
nightfighter thread and got interested...

TIA,

Tom

BTW- As an xPanAm crew chief, you're completely correct, not the engine is
"way better", though I've seen a few that did just that......