Author Topic: Hey +Tiff! (Neener; Neener!) (Read 451 times)

Seeker · « **on:** June 05, 2005, 04:53:00 AM »

I'm on holiday visiting my parents in Spain; and yesterday they took me and wifey out to one of thier favourite pastimes; a car boot sale run by other expats (The English in Spain have the same unwillingness to intergrate as Mexicans in Texas).

I was rooting around the second hand book stores; and found this little gem, for the princely sum of 1 euro:

"Tiger Squadron"; the story of 74 squadron through both word wars written by Wing Commander Ira (Taffy) Jones; D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., M.M..

There's no ISBN number; it's a very dog eared papaer back published in 1956.

It's a rippping good read; and includes his WWI diary (30 kills); which is fascinating as I've never read much Allied WWI stuff.

But here's the gem (and I've no way of authenticating it; and probably wouldn't if I could).

On the inside front cover; written in pencil in a copper plate hand:

"To Michael;

From Douglas Bader"

This one's a keeper!

Guppy35 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2005, 10:02:29 AM »

Wow! Talk about a good find. I have a copy of that book in paperback but no inscription

Taffy Jone's diary entries in the first half are well worth it.

Dan/CorkyJr
+Tiff

thrila · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2005, 12:03:23 PM »

Lucky git!:)

Angus · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2005, 06:06:06 AM »

Have some of those autographed ones.
Smoke trails in the sky autographed by Tony Bartley, and also Ralls autobiography signed by Rall.

But lucky you were

mussie · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2005, 03:59:53 AM »

Well done Seeker

I am now going to have to start rummaging through the book stores here in Brisbane...

For anyone who does not know who he is try

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWbaderD.htm

The guys was pretty inspiring, he was missing both legs and still has done more than a lot of people I know...

Later Mussie