Pilot Project

Resting Place Of A Hindu Warrior

Photograph published with the permission of the ASAVN

This photograph of the church in the little village of La Lande St Léger in Normandy, France, was sent to me by Bertrand Goucovitch, secretary of the ASAVN (see my blogpost below, Elegy In A Country Churchyard for details). This is the final resting place of an Indian-born RAF pilot whose heroics are toasted every D-Day. The region is well known for farming, with special attention paid to Calvados, a special Normandy spirit made with apples. Bertrand tells me that each year, on 6 June, a group of surviving Typhoon pilots have a tot of Calvados to pay tribute to those who never returned from hostile skies.

Watch this space for details, to be revealed Tuesday, on the pilot's identity and how the internet played a major part in the search for a blood relative.