Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Gordon:
Many thanks for your recent response relative to the ZEVEN PROVINCIEN.
Your information was quite helpful and I plan to follow up with the contact to Mr. Voss shortly.
I would be most delighted to have my work made mentioned on your blog, as well as my site being linked to yours. (more…)
Tags: batavia, further reading, ZEVEN PROVINCIEN
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
“A little more on ‘Formidable’ from my fathers diary.”
We are fortunate to be able to read this remarkable story, kindly sent by the son of the author after a chat over the phone while he was ordering 2 prints of the painting on page http://frickers.co.uk/marine-art/formidable_seafires.html.
Don’t hesitate to comment on this post below, particularly if you have a connection with Aircraft carriers.
(Gordon’s notes in brackets, abbreviations marked * explained at the end of the text)
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