Diary of a P.B.O. (Poor Bloody Observer), The

by Frank J. Shrive and Robert H. Shrive, Frank J. & Shrive, Norman & Johnston

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• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 0919822347
• ISBN13: 9780919822344
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: The Boston Mills Press
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Flying with the RAF in North Russia with Elope Force in 1918-19

Edited by Norman Shrive and based on his father's diary telling of his time flying in Russia in 1918-1919, with an historical note by Robert H. Johnston. This is an interesting account, in diary form, of a Canadian who served in the Royal Air Force in North Russia with Elope Force in the immediate aftermath of WW1. F.J Shrive was born in 1897 or 1898, joined the 129th Wentworth Battalion in 1915. He was trained as a scout and arrived in France in May 1917. After being wounded near Vimy Ridge, he was posted to the 12th Canadian Reserve, Sandling. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in April 1918 and was posted to North Russia where he served as an Observer until June 1919. In WW2 he served as an Aerodrome Control Officer at #10 Elementary Flying Training School, Pendelton. Ontario and passed away in 1979. At 88 pages, it's not long, but it's an interesting personal account of the allied intervention in the Russian Civil War with a number of b & w photos and a map on the lining paper. Published by Boston Mills Press 1981.