GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE BOOK
The book is finished at long last.
The final hurdle was to compile the index which a professional undertook for me and it required two months to complete. Thanks to Sarah's brilliant efforts together with a pleasing cover design, not to mention Geoff's unstinting corrections, ad nauseum, the proof the book has now been OK'd for printing.
This final process has taken from Christmas to Easter.
I was finally able to relax and enjoy some sun whereupon I caught a stinking cold and that ruined Easter plans.
I shall now be concentrating on promoting the book and catching up on all my other jobs.
In March I was invited to speak about Arthur Llewelyn's work
at the North Lincolnshire Air Crew Branch where I met some fascinating men who had all been involved in the RAF in WW2 or after and who seemed to appreciate my talk. In turn I also got a lot of feedback about life at the sharp end using the radar that Arthur worked on to help fight the Germans from the Air.
One ex RAF pilot had very bravely flown Spitfires, along the French coast, stripped of the guns and fitted with cameras to carry out reconnaissance. It was no good landing on enemy soil or he would never have flown off again without a generator to start the plane.
"Was I afraid, oh yes, but once airborne I stopped feeling shaky - there was too much to concentrate on!"
"You deserved a medal."
"Not really, loads of other people did what I did." Alec modestly said.
I also stopped by at RAF Coningsby to visit the Battle of Britain Flight and had a tour all by myself.
My sister and I also met up with Rex Sanders who remembered my father taking the radar equipment to bits and modifying it, to the amazement of the USAF air crew at RAF Wyton.
The book is due to be released on 10 May 2014
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