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A fact from Patrick Gibbs appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 March 2009, and was viewed approximately 1,129 times (disclaimer). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Welsh military pilot and journalist, Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs, published two volumes of wartime memoirs 49 years apart: Not Peace, But a Sword (1943) and Torpedo Leader (1992)?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2009/March.

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Listed as Welsh... this should read British. The chap was in the Royal Air Force, not the Welsh Flying Club. 135.196.94.75 (talk) 15:33, 13 March 2014 (UTC) FWReply

Meeting Murial Pavlov?

The article says "After the end of the war Gibbs invested in a chain of laundrettes, but his career shifted after a friend introduced him to actress Muriel Pavlow." Which would mean that Patrick Gibbs met Pavlov after the war. Yet in my edition of "Torpedo Leader" (my edition is the paperback Grub street edition published in 2009 ISBN 978-1-906502-40-9) There is a photo in the centre plates of Gibbs outside Buckingham Palace after receiving his DFC in 1943 standing next to Murial Pavlov (although she is not named, it just says "The author with friend..."). In chapter one of the book, Gibbs says he was in a relationship with "... a young actress making some mark on the London Stage." (page 17). This would mean Gibbs had met Murial Pavlov well before the end of the war, certainly by 1943 and maybe one or two years earlier than that.

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↑ Torpedo Leader, by Wg Cdr Patrick Gibbs. Grub street edition published in 2009 ISBN 978-1-906502-40-9

[1] Torpedo Leader, by Wg Cdr Patrick Gibbs. Grub street edition published in 2009 ISBN 978-1-906502-40-9

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Meeting Murial Pavlov?