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9thJune2005, 02:08
my-malta.com
See the whole article, it's very interesting.
PREFACE
my-malta.com is fortunate enough to carry this exciting, first-hand</I> WW2 account; one that reflects RAF Sgt. Barker's deepest emotions, related to tragic events being experienced at the time and to the frustration of being away from home while hell rained from the sky as the enemy dealt its toughest blows on the Island Fortress of Malta.
This is not a hindsight recollection of the past ... many years later. This is a living record that </B>requires maturity and understanding in the right context</B> in order to be fully appreciated.
http://my-malta.com/interesting/barker/RoyalOperaHse_1942_396w250h.jpg
Valletta; the Royal Opera House receives a direct hit. What Sgt. Barker wrote in his diary at the time was not intended for publication, it is not a 'pearl necklace' of eloquent literature, but a genuine testimony of the cruelty of war. Sometimes, entries are hard to stomach, sometimes they are light and casual.
His son, Lawrence M. Barker, transcribed this diary but it was my-malta.com's decision to reproduce it without any textual editing, whislt respecting Mr. Barker's wish to retain the anonymity of certain persons who may still be alive, thereby averting unnecessary embarrassment. To have left out anything else, however, would have been a violation of material, historical evidence.
http://my-malta.com/interesting/barker/Bomber_Luqa_1942_152w100.jpg http://my-malta.com/interesting/barker/Diary_02_159w100.jpg http://my-malta.com/interesting/barker/Battleship_01_153w100.jpg
On the following pages, you will find the article that introduces us to Sergeant Thomas Barker and RAF Squadron 828 (Hal Far), the transcript of the diary itself, infused with plenty of WW2 photographs and information snippets to broaden our perspective, as well as three appendices:
a 'Glossary' of certain technical terms and abbreviations;
another first hand account by Sgt. Barker entitled 'Surrender of the Italian Fleet -- Malta'; and
a 'Log between 25-Dec-1941 and 31-May-1942' recording alerts, raids and the numbers and types of enemy aircraft deployed.
Steve Farrugia
'my-malta.com'
See the whole article, it's very interesting.
PREFACE
my-malta.com is fortunate enough to carry this exciting, first-hand</I> WW2 account; one that reflects RAF Sgt. Barker's deepest emotions, related to tragic events being experienced at the time and to the frustration of being away from home while hell rained from the sky as the enemy dealt its toughest blows on the Island Fortress of Malta.
This is not a hindsight recollection of the past ... many years later. This is a living record that </B>requires maturity and understanding in the right context</B> in order to be fully appreciated.
http://my-malta.com/interesting/barker/RoyalOperaHse_1942_396w250h.jpg
Valletta; the Royal Opera House receives a direct hit. What Sgt. Barker wrote in his diary at the time was not intended for publication, it is not a 'pearl necklace' of eloquent literature, but a genuine testimony of the cruelty of war. Sometimes, entries are hard to stomach, sometimes they are light and casual.
His son, Lawrence M. Barker, transcribed this diary but it was my-malta.com's decision to reproduce it without any textual editing, whislt respecting Mr. Barker's wish to retain the anonymity of certain persons who may still be alive, thereby averting unnecessary embarrassment. To have left out anything else, however, would have been a violation of material, historical evidence.
http://my-malta.com/interesting/barker/Bomber_Luqa_1942_152w100.jpg http://my-malta.com/interesting/barker/Diary_02_159w100.jpg http://my-malta.com/interesting/barker/Battleship_01_153w100.jpg
On the following pages, you will find the article that introduces us to Sergeant Thomas Barker and RAF Squadron 828 (Hal Far), the transcript of the diary itself, infused with plenty of WW2 photographs and information snippets to broaden our perspective, as well as three appendices:
a 'Glossary' of certain technical terms and abbreviations;
another first hand account by Sgt. Barker entitled 'Surrender of the Italian Fleet -- Malta'; and
a 'Log between 25-Dec-1941 and 31-May-1942' recording alerts, raids and the numbers and types of enemy aircraft deployed.
Steve Farrugia
'my-malta.com'