I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety: The Diary of a Petty Officer in the Fleet Air Arm during World War II

by C Murray and N. Buckle

This is a 6"x9", 90 page paperback version of the ebook "I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety". Seventy years ago, World War II uprooted my father, Norman Buckle, from a coal mining village in South Yorkshire and transported him thousands of miles to Sierra Leone in West Africa and later to a tropical island in the Pacific."I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety" presents the diary extracts Norman wrote when stationed at naval shore-bases in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa; Sidney, Australia; and Ponam, the Admiralty Islands.My own fascination with family history has lead me to research the background to the diary which is included as annotations to the text.The book is not an account of daring-do: it describes some of Norman's experiences far away from home and documents everyday life on a naval shore-base during WW2.Health warning: there may be a few passages in the diary extracts that upset modern sensibilities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151904612X
• ISBN13: 9781519046123
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"