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Re: H.M. Sloop "Slanto"?
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Duty Bugler
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Date: January 07, 2021 07:59AM
Regarding the Alamein Memorial. It is refering to a "nominal roll" of the dead. I have interviewd primary source witnesses to the bomb attack. Frans They witnessed the direct hit to to AA Gun that killed the AA Guard, of which Scotty was OIC. Multiple witnesses say Scotty was observed at with AA Gun crew during the attack. I worked with a personal friend of Scotty (Mac Logan), and have spent hours chatting with his best friend (Dash McLean). Both Mac and Dash knew Scotty before WW2, when they were all Officers at 2 Cav Div Sigs. I trained as a Merchant Navy Radio Officer and Mac was one of my mentors. Mac convinced me to join the Army rather than go to sea on the "big ships", I ended up in Signals, and started researching the Slamat during the late 1980s. Being a former Merchant Radio Officer, and a member of Signals (working in a Special Forces environment) opened most research doors. I have exchanged information with Frans Luidinga. Frans has actually spoken (or perhaps exchanged letters) with the pilot that dropped the "direct hit".