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Date Posted: 9/08/15 9:32:28
Author: Sue Newman
Subject: Re: CO of 1325 Flight 1957
In reply to: Carol Di Bucci nee Boyes 's message, "Re: CO of 1325 Flight 1957" on 12/04/15 10:37:36

I thought I had replied to this message? Am I getting senile (yes)? I recall looking up Boyes, Powell and Slater in Dad's logbooks - maybe dealt with by email?
Serendipity sometimes brings up references; yesterday I attended a talk on another subject and the speaker mentioned Grapple, merely as an example of how operations were named, saying his father served on it. Turned out he was a Royal Marine, but the speaker told me when the Marines got bored they used to have shark challenges, where they caught one by the tail and flung it into the sea. If it didn't swim away they had to go and get it and repeat the operation!
He also said the Marines brought pets with them - cats and dogs - and were furious when the Americans came and shot them all.

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