For several years now I have been contemplating writing my memoirs as they relate to the years I spent in the RCAF and the R.A.F. What follows has been compiled from numerous sources, some of which are: -
Letters to my mother and father
My diary kept in 1942 - 1943
Flying log-book
various articles, letters, etc. re our Norwegian escapade in 1944
with a special thanks to Harvey Firestone for all his post-war research.
Editor's Notes - Douglas N. Deeth
The text that appears here is taken almost entirely from my father's book "Wartime Memories". I have broken the book up into "chapters", made some minor changes to the text, and clarified some of the dates.
I have added links to Google maps for many of the locations referred to in the text.
I have also added pictures, some taken during the war, others taken in visits to Norway after the war, and others generated from Google's Street View software, that take us as far as the back roads in the valley beyond Lonningdal. Clicking on the pictures will open a larger version in most cases. Also added are some videos of the planes involved.
