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Dear Mr. Ralph,
*Thank you very much for your reply -- I plan to follow up on this. If anything does 'turn up', then I'll make every effort to attend the conference at Winnipeg to meet you and tell you in person; as well as have you autograph my copy of BARKER VC...
* Based on your posts to this thread, it would not surprise me one bit if you are also planning a book on Bishop; further, your focus would not be on the aerodrome raid, just as the Barker you 'fleshed out' was so much more than just a spectacular final mission...
Dear Albert,
*Now, Al, please, are you now going to claim that Caldwell is pro-Bishop? I can give you another point of view concerning his report -- that he was just giving the facts as he knew them and because that was all that was asked of him to do by the higer-ups. How can you honestly say that he would have used this report as an opportunity to debunk Bishop (or, for that matter, support Bishop)? I repeat my question -- why was this report submitted almost one month after the fact? Was it simply to be used as more support for Bishop's decorations/commendations?
*If you are going to bring up the mechanics, why not also cite what Fry had to say about them -- as well as his own observations -- regarding the damage to Bishop's Nieuport?
*Further, on your webpage, about a year ago, you cited a German aviator who said that Bishop's raid was (supposedly) common knowledge. Could you possibly elaborate on this? Or has this account been discounted?
* Lastly, please forgive any aggressive 'tone' that this post might imply (or you might infer) -- I'm not trying to prod you. That was the "old" Al; the "new" Al is much more reasonable. You've shown this by your reply to my post concerning Libby.
* (But I must admit, the "old" Al was a helluva lot more fun; just the mention of Bishop, and all hell broke loose!)
* *Now I'm off to celebrate Russian Easter -- God Bless you, Leo, and Mother Russia, too!
VBR,
Captain Lewis
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