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dirty b«UX« or onn which contained water left over roa the 1 at
trip. Boes iacoy aenoaaly contend that it was the Job of the A aa t.
Surgeon, who ma me rely a cting aa host to the H.C.a s ,to personally
******* th « iT mit * T Attlee? I think that is not very reasonable &
that it mk3 up to Lacey & the corporal be two m thea to watch their
oen into rests. i#oo a water was there 4 It was up to the corporal to
fill the bottles 4 ace that the water ms not contaminated. :ren m
the? had (according to Lacey) two bottles of good water for th? flight
As you know hoW'Vor.Xifceey has acquired a reputation m the man who
drinks seven glasses of water straight off, so perhaps he needs u
special supply!
Do you not think that the main factor in the forced landing was the
leak in the Petrol tank of Lacey's mac ine.Xt ms leaking when he
itarted had le ked considerably in the night 4 had to be refilled.!
remarked to him th^t I should not choose,myself, to start on so long
a flight in a machine with a leaking petrol tank.
I have had the pleasure at various times of putting up a number of
friends in th ‘ K.*»F. who left again by air. X have never thought it
tap to me to see to their Water bottles.Ead you filled your own bottle,
while in my house, with bad v* ter (when plenty of good water was
available) I should not be prepared to accept the res onsibility.
So if you come again, 4 X hope you ill before long, pie: ie beware I
%
On the whole,! do not think?* it was very fair of Lacey to ascribe
his troubles to Holme8~it is a heavy charge to m gout that he is
responsible for a damaged aeroplane 4 exposing two persons to risk.
If there was carelessness it would seem to rest with the corporal 4
if X may without offence mka the suggestlea,perhaps it would be as
%ell if Xaeey had seen to the water himself before starting.
Somebody loft a cxaor^t 4 mtm clothes here.I sent thea to
Basra to Lmasden 4 Crreen to be called for. I hope you got ray chit
about it alright.
I hrve been getting the information required 4 will let Bent
have it as soon as practicable.