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3 January 2003, 08:38 PM
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Arthur Gould Lee, (a Camel jockey for #46 Squadron RFC and later an author ) mentioned at the beggining of his book "No Parachute" that he had to "compress drastically" his available letters and journals when writing in order to publish a book of reasonable length. Does anyone know if his papers are still in exsistance and accessable to the public?
Thanks, Weldboy
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4 January 2003, 07:26 AM
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I'm pretty sure these papers are in the RAF museum at Hendon
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4 January 2003, 01:12 PM
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Thanks for the tip. I sent Hendon a e-mail requesting information, also I added the site to my "favorites" list.
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4 January 2003, 02:37 PM
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Big A G Lee fan, here.
Please let me know how they respond and if they have his papers. Thanks.
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4 January 2003, 06:29 PM
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It would be great to know if he really encountered a red triplane during early Sept.1917.
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5 January 2003, 07:20 AM
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Dan San and I had this conversation indepth 15 years ago, and I have every idea that we still have a friendly disagreement over it. I think Lee engaged exactly what he said he engaged... a red Tripe. Dan swears that MvR's tripe wasn't painted until after the first weeks of September.
Was so... was not... was so... * 
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11 January 2003, 02:29 AM
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I have not recieved a reply from the RAF museum yet , although I will send another e-mail this morning and a written request via snail-mail. Any information gleaned regarding Lee's papers will be posted on this thread.
Weldboy :-X
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21 January 2003, 12:25 AM
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* I have recieved a reply from the RAF Museum in Hendon in which I was informed that they posess a large collection of *A. G. Lee's papers (
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21 January 2003, 08:04 AM
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Thanks for the update!
I'd be happy to pay for the copying expense if you'd be so kind?
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22 January 2003, 12:09 AM
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*Thank you. A very kind offer but unnecessary. I am investigating my options to see what is required to get copies of material related to WW1 service. Any information , including copies will be freely shared with interested forumites. It may take some time but it will be my contribution to the forum. "Giving back" as they say. Any updates will be posted under this or a similar thread.
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