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All media in this book are my own copyright, out of copyright or free of copyright.

Most maps are courtesy of BYU Geography Dept.' media[2]='

Here I am wearing my Mackenzie tartan kilt.

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Cuidich n Righ is Gaelic for Help the King.' media[4]=WMP("media/cabar.mp3",180,40)+'
Cabar Feidh played on bagpipes.' media[5]='

' media[6]='I trained in an Avro Anson like this.

I navigated a Bristol Beaufighter like this.' media[7]='

Here are my notes on how to make adjustments in navigating over water, at night and in different weather conditions.' media[8]='

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Can you see the airfield?' media[10]='

This is the control tower at the RAF base in Gibraltar. Do you think it looked the same in 1942?' media[11]='

This is what the airfield looked like. There were crashed and burnt out planes everywhere.' media[12]='

You can imagine how scared I was flying low over land like this!' media[13]='

We had to wear these dog tags with our names on all the time. If we were killed our bodies could be identified.' media[14]='

This is the route we took from Gibraltar to Baghdad.' media[15]='

These are my RAF badges. I got my Radio Observer badge on 7th May 1942. If we were captured we were ordered to say that RO stood for Room Orderly.' media[16]='

This shows our route from Cairo to Bahrain.

The priest flew with us from Baghdad to Bahrain.' media[17]='

I used a compass and protractor like these to navigate. There was an artificial drift compass built into the floor of the plane. It was a simple piece of equipment, but very useful!' media[18]='

This is me with my pilot, Tommy.

Tommy was killed after an air crash in Africa in the 1950s.' media[19]='

Pakistan and Bangladesh were not separate countries at this time. They were part of India.' media[20]='

This is my service record.' media[21]='

This is the decoration awarded to Maurice Pring.' media[22]='

Shells from World War II machine guns and cannons.' media[23]='

I was awarded these medals at the end of World War II.' media[24]='

This is my wedding photo.
I am wearing a different tartan here.'