Black Watch Diary
By Josh Batchelder
Lt Col. USAF Retired
Total Georgia residents $19.50.
Out-of- state $18.50
for U.S.
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Atlanta, Ga 31145-0525
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Robert “Punchy” Powell,
Author, Editor, Historian, Pilot,
352nd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, WWII…
“Personal diaries almost always make you wonder what the author has failed
to include in his efforts to record his daily trials and tribulations, but Josh
Batchelder’s book Black Watch Diary is an interesting and enlightening account
of his life and his military career flying as a Radar Observer (RO) in the F-94
Starfire and the F-89 Scorpions guarding the Canadian approaches to the U.S.
and enduring the frigid reaches of Newfoundland and Labrador flying out of Goose
Bay Air Base. His almost daily entries picture a young man, newly married but
separated from his bride for long periods, a young man who filled those lonely
hours with a burning passion to read and develop his understanding of the world
and its people while exposed to the constant rigors and dangers of flying interceptor
missions in weather that took the lives of several of his fellow flyers. This
book is a quick take on the life and character-building experiences of a man
who proudly served his country as a member of the 59th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
whose motto was, ‘When the Ducks Walk, We Fly!’ It is full of the fun and frolic
characteristic of those in service and even more so in fighter pilot groups.
Black Watch Diary is quite an enjoyable read.”
What Early Readers of the Sequel Had To Say:
Colonel Theodore R. Legako, USAF, Retired, Stillwell,
OK
“Received your book yesterday and read most of it immediately.
It certainly brought back some old memories of Goose. It was
the most interesting year of my life.”
Richard P. Winterberg, Southern Pines, NC
“Building the Scramble Inn in the basement of the barracks
was a highlight. Goose Bay was the highlight of my life and
I’ve told the stories a million times.”
T. Wayne Evans, Columbia, TN
“Just got the book and couldn’t put it down. It is a pleasure
to hear from someone who has walked the frozen tundra of
the Goose. I was an enlisted man and crew chief of an F-89
and the B-25 ‘Hangar Queen’.”
Donald R. Reed, Attorney, Sierra Madre, CA
“Just received Black Watch Diary and had to leaf through
it before doing anything else. I am so impressed I would like
to order two more copies for our daughters. The pictures of
the F-94Bs are impressive. We were flying those when the F-89C
was grounded because their wings kept breaking.”
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