21.02.2008, 14:14
fabianfred Wrote:Nevile Shute used that episode about "extract digit...japs gone" in his novel "The Chequer Board"...where one of the characters was a downed pilot in Rangoon jail.....
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Fabian I have a question for you, In the text I've been reading, which has been gathered online it seems to hint that the POWs used Bedsheets to spell out Extract Digit, however I've got another piece of text that seems to suggest that they layed down to spell it.... Have you got any clue as the the truth behind that.
I've got extract Digit spelt out with the small white flags near mingaladon, however... I could easily use the Sitting people to spell it out if the POWs had layed themselves out.
Thanks for the help and comments!
Edit: "As the surviving crew flew over the jail and dropped their supplies they saw displayed on the roof the PoW