A WALKING ALBUM
PLASTER AUTOGRAPHED . A CURIOUS COLLECTION A Uight lieutenant, the captain of a Sunderland; flying bat, received a spinal injury when he made* a forced landing in a heavy swell oil"' the coast of AVcst Africa. In hospital he was Avrapped in plaster of paris from neck to stomach, but after a few days was allowed lip. His white "armour plating" was a source of considerable attraction to his fellow officers, most of whom—with or without artistic talent—insisted on treating him as; a walking autograph album. TJ* contribution grew. There were autographs, comic sketches., designs in lipstick, a bridge score, and epigrammatic contributions in prose and poetry. Before returning to England for final treatment, the flight lieutenant attended a party | at which he collected the signature of his A.O.C. and staff officers. On the voyage home the ship's nurses were among those who added their names and mesa-iges, and he also collected the impressions of several official rubber stamps and wax seals. "When the plasfCi' was finally removed," said the flight lieutenant, "B felt I was. losing a lot of old friends."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 43, 29 January 1943, Page 2
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184A WALKING ALBUM Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 43, 29 January 1943, Page 2
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