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Leonard Birchall - The Saviour of CeylonMarta Nielsen
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A single Canadian Catalina and its crew averted a second Pearl Harbor, Leslie Roberts wrote in There Shall Be Wings. In early 1942, the pilot (Leonard Birchall) and crew of a Catalina PBY flying boat spotted the advance of a Japanese fleet steaming toward Ceylon. Before being shot down and taken as prisoners of war, they were able to alert the British to the approaching fleet. For this action, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill named Birchall The Savior of Ceylon, and declared it one of the most important single contributions to the Allied victory. All wars produce heroes. But rarely in a global conflict do the actions of one-man effect the direction and possibly even the result of the whole war. But in Leonard Birchalls case that is precisely what happened. In 1942 while on his first reconnaissance mission out on the British base in Ceylon, Birchall spotted the Japanese fleet on its way to attack his base at Ceylon. Knowing he would be shot down, Birchall radioed his find back to his base before his plane was shot down. Birchalls heroism did not end with that exploit. As the senior Allied officer in four Japanese POW camps the resistance he lead decreased the Allied death rate from an average of 30% to less then 2%. While in prison Birchall kept a detailed diary which be buried to avoid detection. Birchalls diary was dug up after the war and formed the basis for a number of successful war crime trials. Winston Churchill would later call Birchall, The Saviour of Ceylon.
Hovhaness: The Rubaiyat / Exile Symphony (Symphony No. 1) / Meditation on Orpheus / Fantasy on Japanese WoodprintsMichael York
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