PHOTO COLLECTION
This is the on-line photo collection associated with
I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety
The Diary of a Petty Officer in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II
by N. Buckle and C. Murray
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009QXEUG2
N. Buckle 1942 - 1945
Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa 1943 - 1944
H.M.S. Spurwing
Royal Naval Air Station Hastings, near Freetown, Sierra Leone 1943 - 44
Hastings near Freetown, Sierra Leone 1943 - 1944
Lumley Beach, Freetown, Sierra Leone 1943 - 44
Day Trip to Marampa February 6th 1944
Display of tribal dancing 22nd April 1944
H.M.S. Spurwing Concert Party May 1944
M.S.R.6 Unit
M.O.N.A.B.4
H.M.S. Nabaron
Ponam Island, British Pacific Fleet 1945
Ponam Island, The Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea) 1945
Seventy years ago, World War II uprooted my father, Norman Buckle,
from a coal mining village in South Yorkshire
and transported him thousands of miles to Sierra Leone in West Africa
and later to a tropical island in the Pacific.
"I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety"
presents the diary extracts Norman wrote
when stationed at naval shore-bases in
Freetown, Sierra Leone;
Sidney, Australia;
and Ponam in the Admiralty Islands.
My own fascination with family history
has lead me to research the background to the diary
which is included as annotations to the text.
The book is not an account of battles and action:
it describes some of Norman's experiences
far away from home and
his everyday life as a shore-based radio mechanic during WW2.
from a coal mining village in South Yorkshire
and transported him thousands of miles to Sierra Leone in West Africa
and later to a tropical island in the Pacific.
"I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety"
presents the diary extracts Norman wrote
when stationed at naval shore-bases in
Freetown, Sierra Leone;
Sidney, Australia;
and Ponam in the Admiralty Islands.
My own fascination with family history
has lead me to research the background to the diary
which is included as annotations to the text.
The book is not an account of battles and action:
it describes some of Norman's experiences
far away from home and
his everyday life as a shore-based radio mechanic during WW2.
