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As author it has been my choice to write under my own name. Other names have been changed out of consideration for relatives I have been unable to contact. The writer acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of narrative non-fiction, which have been used without permission.

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As stated, Reluctant Hero is a work of narrative/creative non-fiction.

This is a true story as told to me by my family; Mum, Dad, Gran, Gramps, Uncle Charlie, Aunties, Cousins who all knew my dad. Some of Dad’s ex RAF crew visited during the 1950s. His bomb-aimer, a sandy haired man gave me an expensive drum set from Harrods department store. When he presented it to me, he laughed and slapped dad’s arm. ‘Your boy hitting that drum might remind you of knocking noises in engines, Bill.’

I have had remarkable clarity with most of the story. Where memory has failed or a gap has been discovered of which I was unaware, the tone has been recreated with the general content for dramatic flow.