The Photo on the Wall
A book that tells the story of a New Zealand woman's search for the fate of her uncle, a World War Two bomber pilot.
Like many of her generation, Wendy St George grew up with an awareness that her family had lost someone in World War Two. Her uncle Ted was never talked about and more than 50 years passed before she began to get curious about the bomber pilot who never returned. Internet searches led to email contacts the other side of the world as she tried to find out where he and his crew had died and where they were buried. She found lone survivor Ron Wisson, an English flight sergeant who had ended his war in a German POW camp, and they built an online relationship as they followed leads, sourced maps and records and shared the ups and downs of their search for answers. Their emails, and those of others involved in the hunt for the missing Halifax, form much of the narrative in this book. The author’s cheerful, ‘Hello Ron,’ the gradual sharing of personal stories, the battle to get documents released, the involvement of a group of Dutch ‘planehunters’ and the final dramatic discoveries make for fascinating reading.
Author: Wendy St George
Content: 304 pages, including colour photos, maps, and index
Publisher: River Press Publishing
Price: $49.95 (+ Postage and packing $6.90 within NZ)
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