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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 24, 2021 7:19:47 GMT 12
Each Christmas Eve since it was first read nearly four decades ago, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation plays a recording of a forty-minute broadcast of Frederick Forsyth’s supernatural and haunting ghost story called The Shepherd. Forsyth, known worldwide for such fast-paced thrillers as The Day of the Jackal and Dogs of War, wrote The Shepherd in a day as a Christmas gift to his wife. It is simply the short story of a Royal Air Force fighter pilot flying a de Havilland Vampire jet fighter back home from Germany in the winter of 1957. It is Christmas Eve in the story, as it is tonight, and the unknown pilot is trying to get home for Christmas when everything that could go wrong does. He finds himself over the North Sea at night, in winter, in the clag and without radio, navigational aid or time. www.vintagewings.ca/stories/the-shepherd
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 24, 2021 8:35:43 GMT 12
It's certainly a great story.
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Post by Antonio on Dec 24, 2021 8:46:53 GMT 12
Oh wow! That brought back a memory from the past.. I'd forgotten all about that story.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Dec 24, 2021 12:14:44 GMT 12
It's become bit of a WONZ tradition to dust this one off as a reminder to all enthusiasts here.
I first read this book in primary school. It was well illustrated, and I particularly loved the ethereal depiction of the Mosquito formating on the Vampire.
Great story and great narration
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 28, 2021 15:16:50 GMT 12
I introduced the recording to the in-laws (parents, brother, his wife and grandfather) on Christmas night as my plan for Christmas Eve didn't pan out. Distinct lack of response from all except my wife's grandfather, who enjoyed it and recalled reading the novella some years back.
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