| Entry Text: | NEALE, John. The Incredible Stringbag & Me. [vi], 161p., illus. Hailsham: J&KH, 1997. ISBN: 1900511924.
He joined the RN in 1938 as a Midshipman and trained as an Observer in the FAA. He joined 815 Sqdn and flew minelaying operations off the Dutch coast before joining Illustrious as she commissioned. He fought throughout her Mediterranean campaign, including Matapan and Taranto. After she was damaged he fought in the Western Desert, Greece and Crete. From late 1942 he spent a spell in the UK on night shipping strikes in the Channel with 841 Sqdn and the following year moved to be Air Staff Officer on MAC ships, but then saw out the war on a Signals course. His was an action-packed and much decorated wartime career. |
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