Gabriel, The " Erlich " Pinto you mentioned of the IAF who scouted out the Dabolim airport is actually Mervyn Pinto ,originally of Poona. i beleive he rose to become a Squadron Leader in the IAF.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabriel de Figueiredo" <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Talking photos: Curious to know about this buildinghistory It was the "quartel" during the Portuguese times, and entrance to it (as were other Portuguese instalations) was open to any Goan, contrary to what it is now. I remember having lost a cap in between the quartel and and the Instituto Vasco de Gama (as IMB was knwon then) whilst returning back from a soccer game when I was a five year old... ah! memories! There was little if any "secrecy" in most places in those days. I read somewhere that Erlich Pinto was actually able to go to on the tarmac at Dabolim without being challenged, when he was on a spying trip to Goa a couple of months before he actually bombed the place. There was trust in the fellow human being, something that has long been lost. ----- Original Message ---- > From: JoeGoaUk <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 4 September, 2010 11:40:58 AM > Subject: [Goanet] Talking photos: Curious to know about this building history > > Curious to know about this building history > > If it was build during pre-liberation era, just wondering > what was here before Army took it over? > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello [email protected] (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello [email protected] (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
