Hello Listers I have a poem copied onto stationery headed the ACF Australian Comforts Fund abt 1943? by my father Flt Lt "Dinga" BELL S/N 417328. 1. Can anyone give me information about the organisation the Australian Comforts Fund? There is some information at the NAA but nothing digitised. 2. Does anyone know the author of the poem "Mother O'Mine" (not Kipling!). First stanza is: As I'm flying through the air and my guns turned on and ready Flying thru' the muck which makes the going hard but steady While the whine of Nippon's bombs make music in the air Why it's then I think of home and pray to God that I was there All the things I took for granted in those days before the war Are only things that matter now that's what we're fighting for Call it love of country, love of freedom its a love divine Like the love you bear for me and I for you Mother O'Mine. Last stanza If I hear a call at sunset and I earn a pilots grave The sacrifice is yours for I but give the life you gave Shed no tears for me if I go west to join that glorious band You taught me to be brave dear when you held a baby's hand And if I see the journey through I'll find you waiting there In the country where I left you with the sunlight in your hair I can hear your loving welcome, I can see you dear eyes shine And I can feel your arms about me once again Mother O'Mine. Ciao Margaret