tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80070265724150405712024-03-12T17:25:43.882-07:00AUTHOR: Janine HarringtonWelcome to my world of books!Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-51731628260496302322019-12-31T05:29:00.002-08:002020-01-03T02:56:28.053-08:00IN MEMORY: ARTHUR REID & STAN FORSYTH DFC, 192 Squadron, RAF 100 Group<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Veterans Arthur Reid & Stan Forsyth DFC, 192 Squadron, RAF Foulsham<br />Taken by Stuart Borlase, RAF 100 Group Association Reunion 2018</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">All through the year, I have thought of my two valued friends, Arthur and Stan pictured with me above, and as we prepare to cross the threshold into 2020, I feel compelled to share their stories as a mark of respect, honouring two distinguished gentlemen, passing on their legacy that others might come to know about their commitment and bravery in wartime. Meanwhile, their families remain equally loved as part of my worldwide Family of Kindred Spirits. </span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Arthur and Stan both served in 192 Squadron, RAF 100 Group, under Bomber Command. Based in Norfolk, they returned to their wartime haunt in May 2018 to our RAF 100 Group Association Reunion held each year. On this occasion, they were to meet for the first and last time. From their first moment of coming together it was as if Time stood still. They were nineteen-year-old again, full of high spirits, with sparks of mischief twinkling in their eyes, making it easy to imagine them in uniform - scallywags, Joshing one another, vying to see who might win '<i>the lady</i>'. They were an absolute joy to be with, and made Reunion 2018 all the more special for being there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sadly, Stan (<i>right of the picture</i>) died later that year, 22 September 2018. While Arthur slipped away at 12.49 on Saturday 14 September this year, 2019, just short of his 99th birthday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Christmas will have been especially sad for both families, and my heart goes out to them as we remember the lives they touched with their laughter and merriment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We WILL remember them ... Always!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">The following writings offer a brief insight into Arthur and Stan's characters and lives, showing them as two very precious individuals who, despite being conquering heroes, committed to saving their country from tyranny, remained humble, yet defined by their experiences of the Second World War.</span></div>
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BAXTER REID<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ardua ad Astra: Through Hardships to the Stars’<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Arthur was
initially on Home Guard duties, waiting to enlist in the Royal Air Force, which
came in Autumn 1940 when he joined as a Volunteer, training as a Wireless Operator and Air Gunner, known in the business as a WOPAG. However, unlike most other WOPAGs, he was posted to 192 Squadron, RAF 100 Group, Special Duties, at RAF Foulsham. He felt this a good omen at the time given his address was 192 Morningside Road, Edinburgh! The task of this very clandestine Squadron was the delivery of Radar Countermeasures in support of the Allies. Other tasks included carrying a German-Speaking civilian in the aircraft who operated behind a black curtain hidden from the rest of the crew. Their task was to lure Luftwaffe fighters away from the main Bomber Force, imitating their Radio Controller in their own language - German. In all these missions, Arthur and his crew never met this civilian who boarded the plane after all crew were in position, leaving before the crew exited. Using highly classified equipment, Arthur would search for and identify German Radars on ships, aircraft, and even German submarines, and jam them.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">His role in the aircraft was key to the whole operation and he even admitted that, most of the time, missions he flew from Foulsham, Norfolk, were so secret he had no clear idea as to their real purpose. Arthur would operate equipment such as '<i>Airborne Cigar</i>' known as the '<i>ABC</i>', and the '<i>Airborne Grocer'</i>. Using these advanced jamming measures he could deny the enemy use of their Radar and radio. It was a risky business for many reasons. Missions invariably involved Arthur and his crew to fly close to or over hostile territory for considerable periods. 192 Squadron operated between Norway in the north, and the Bay of Biscay in the south. These special Operations were '<i>Top Secret</i>', far more so than those of the main bomber crews who could write in their Log Books detailed accounts of their targets. Most missions in Arthur's Log Book read '<i>Cross Country'</i> - a typical understatement, as if he were out on a picnic on a very fine day!</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">These clandestine operations were often carried out at night, searching for and jamming Radars controlling Luftwaffe fighters who themselves were trying to create havoc with our main Bomber Force. One of Arthur's first operations in 192 Squadron was in support of a 1,000 Bomber Raid on Cologne. They lost 46 aircraft and 300 airmen in that night alone. But they could have lost more but for Arthur and his crew jamming crucial radio frequencies.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Special Duty Operations attracted particular attention from the enemy as powerful Jammers used often highlighted their own position and Luftwaffe fighters would be directed towards them. The term '<i>Hammer the Jammer</i>' became well known, yet Arthur survived 34 of these highly dangerous missions.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">When war
ended in 1945, Arthur was posted to Ceylon for 12 months to open a new Wireless
Communication Unit in Kandy (Camp name). This was to assist in bringing home
all Far East members of the Forces. His Service ceased in 1946.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Enlisted as
a Wireless Operator (W/Op) and Air Gunner (WOPAG). Arthur progressed to F/Lt
Signals Officer, remaining as such until demobbed in 1946.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Bomber Command Clasp</span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">France's highest award: Legion d'Honneur</span><br />
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the Royal Air Force, recruits had to go through a three-day Medical in a
building in Edinburgh. At the time, everyone wanted to be a Pilot and be the one
in charge! Unfortunately, Arthur, who would have liked to fly a plane,
was unsuitable as his mathematics were considered insufficient. However, RAF aircrew
were among the fittest men in the war, so he felt it a privilege to fly with
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were volunteers. This was strictly adhered to and no-one was called up to the
RAF. The RAF had a unique system of picking crews. After training was finished,
aircrew were left on the Parade Ground. The now fully trained men stood until a
Pilot asked if they wanted to join his crew. When on Operations, the Pilot
was always in charge of the plane and the crew.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was taught in Blackpool tram sheds. There were so many thousands of
trainees that most of the side streets in Blackpool were full of Squads
learning all the drills. From there, Arthur went on a six-week Air Gunnery
Course in Wales. The new crew was posted to an OTU (Operational Training Unit)
and finally for more radio communications at Yatesbury Camp in Wiltshire.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Flight Sergeant Arthur B. Reid<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">From left to right: Tosh Lines (Rear Gunner), Don Baird
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Arthur
went on to become part of 100 Group Special Duties (SD) in the lead 192 Squadron. Another crew member
was a civilian highly trained in the job he was doing. In Bomber Command, there
were only a few Squadrons specially trained to carry out a Special Duty of
Airborne Counter Intelligence, which was important top-secret work. This duty
involved the seeking out of enemy frequencies (battleships, planes, submarines)
and jamming them. This would nullify enemy communications. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Strictly
speaking, an operational tour consisted of 30 missions. However, in late Spring
1944 near the end of Arthur’s tour, the RAF Higher Command temporarily extended
the number of Ops required to complete a tour. Arthur completed 34 operations,
recalling two types of operations:</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Bomber Command - flying into enemy territory,</span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Coastal Command - from Norway to the coast of Spain.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">A combined Air Force and Navy
operation in the Bay of Biscay obtained the surrender of a German submarine.
The Naval Captain, on searching the submarine, was intrigued by a strange-looking
instrument (above). He had no idea what this machine was used for but brought it
back to port. When handed over to the RAF, it turned out to be so valuable it
became one of the main reasons for the war ending. It was called the ‘</span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Enigma
Machine</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">’. At the time, no-one had any idea what it was used for, but when
given to Back Room civilian people, it took a long time to find its purpose,
but ultimately discovered it was the German method of issuing information by
code. From that point on, nearly every German order was decoded by experts at
Bletchley Park. At the same time, the enemy never found out the RAF had
broken their code.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Arthur was involved in this complex Operation, working closely with the Royal Navy. When a German submarine was disabled in the Bay of Biscay the Enigma Machine was captured. This was a huge asset to the Allies and arguably shortened the war, although Arthur wasn't aware of this at the time, or just how important the '<i>find'</i> would prove to be. Only after the war was it recognised that, had it not been for the stoic, dedicated and skilled Operations of men in 100 Group of which 192 Squadron was a key element, 1,000 more of our bombers and 7,000 aircrew would have been lost.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Excerpts from Arthur's Log Book highlight stressful moments characteristically with one or a few words inserted in pencil. After a daring and stretched mission of 8 hours, 40 minutes, to the Bay of Biscay; Arthur had pencilled '<i>engine</i>' in his Log Book. On the lengthy return flight, one of the Wellington's engines just ran out of oil! On another operational mission he nonchalantly wrote in his Log Book: '<i>landed with the main spar cracked</i>'. Unbelievable! There is no doubt Arthur was fortunate to survive. </span><br />
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HYDRO</span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">A Mosquito
from 192 Squadron discovered and photographed ‘<i>Peenemunde’ </i>which was the
area used to develop the V-Bombs (Flying Bombs). 596 heavy RAF Bombers were
deployed on the mission where 40 of these were lost. The partial success of
this mission proved to delay the V-Bomb attacks on England by six crucial
months.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Flew from
Feltwell – Lossiemouth – Thurso. Arthur wrote in his Log Book: ‘<i>In Ambush.
Bad start</i>!’</span><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">The crew had
dinner at Thurso, then joined another raid of 70 planes to discover a German
battleship. The crews had to fly at 50 feet off the water, which was the only
method of flying under enemy Radar screen. Arthur’s plane broke down halfway,
meaning they had to turn back. The rest of the raid continued, but when they
arrived in Norway, there was no battleship, just a large number of German
planes. This resulted in 14 planes being lost.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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RAID<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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They demanded that the British were not doing enough, so the RAF were sent on a
raid. During this raid, the RAF used 450 planes at night, while Americans
bombed in daylight with 250 planes. Dresden was an old city mainly built of
wood. When the raids began, there were so many Incendiary Bombs they caused a
flash fire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Following the Dresden raid, which lost so many
lives, Prime Minister Winston Churchill who had always stated that his
bombers were the main part of the war effort, effectively turned his back on
them. This was probably because a General Election was due, and he felt it
prudent to distance himself from any further involvement. His Victory Speech
when war ended highly praised his ‘<i>Battle of Britain fighters’</i>, without
one word of praise for Bomber Command. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It meant that many thousands of men and women such as Arthur and Stan Forsyth received no recognition or reward in the aftermath of war, and today remain in the shadows. Too many have taken their secrets to the grave, and we are indebted to those like Stan and Arthur for having told their stories that we can come to know and understand that which would otherwise be lost to us forever.</span><br />
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of the costliest raids in Bomber Command’s history. Everything went
wrong that night. During Briefing, crews were told there would be heavy
cloud providing shelter, winds would be mild, temperatures normal. However, on
arrival, the skies were clear. Winds had changed direction. Temperatures were
ice cold. This resulted in the heaviest losses Bomber Command had endured. In
total, 97 planes were lost, with a further 100 crashing on their return or on
landing. Losses were so heavy that, next morning, Bomber Command were in
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At breakfast, there would usually be 80 or so men, but with so many empty
seats, everyone knew a raid the night before had suffered heavy losses. The RAF
was so efficient that, by lunch time, these seats were usually refilled. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Special Duties Squadron. Most of their operations were carried out in daylight.
Also, the civilian on board could speak German, and on a few occasions, when
near enemy planes, was able to divert them, giving false messages which did not
please enemy Controllers. </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">In total,
Arthur was credited with 34 operations. Every recruit kept a Log Book of
Operations. Daylight operations were marked in blue ink, night-time operations
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was a 1,000 Bomber Raid on Cologne during which 45 planes were lost.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lossiemouth for a year in a Ground Radio Station. One thing Arthur remembers is
that a plane required a Test Flight for a raid the next day. A Pilot and Arthur
were detailed to carry out this Test. The Pilot was anything but pleased, and after carrying out this required Test, decided to fly very low over the
Officers’ Mess. This was called a ‘<i>shoot up’</i>. Unfortunately, he overshot
the runway, ending up in an adjacent field. The plane started burning. The Pilot escaped through his escape hatch, leaving Arthur in the plane on his own. He
eventually got out okay and gave a Report of what had happened. Next morning, Ground Crews were sent out to strip the plane to find that the front gunner
guns were gone. This was most unusual and puzzled everyone. So, they were sent
to investigate and, in the village, nearby, eventually discovered them in a
cottage mounted in a cross shape above the fireplace.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background-color: white;">On another occasion, Arthur was grounded by the doctor for a few days with Conjunctivitis. The crew he would have flown with the next day did not return!</span></span><br />
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lose the lives of 59,000 men, with hundreds more missing. Arthur always said
that these men were the bravest of the brave and it was disgraceful how their
country turned against them. He shared his experiences, with the help of Sarah Reid, his granddaughter, in order to keep alive the memory of these brave men. He remained passionate to the end that they should never be forgotten, nor the sacrifice they made.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Arthur’s story in our RAF 100 Group Association magazine, that Arthur's son shared sad news:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Our Father. Very peacefully, he is at rest in the arms of our Lord and with
Stan (Forsyth). He slipped away at 12.49 on Saturday 14 September, just short
of his 99<sup>th</sup> birthday in October …’<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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you, my Angels of the North, during this sad time. Your precious father will not be forgotten, and retains a special place in my heart xxx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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addition to the above, something further happened this year, reported in <i>The
Mail</i>, 9<sup>th</sup> September 2017. Boultbee Flying Academy are establishing a
new Base in Scotland, and were seeking from the RAF Benevolent Fund a WWII
Scottish Veteran to assist them. The Reid family were already involved in working with the RAFBF, and Arthur was approached. After giving it a bit of thought, he volunteered for
a flight in a Spitfire. This was to be his first flight since 1<sup>st</sup> June 1945,
72 years ago. He was 97 years old the following month, so it came as an unforgettable day
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war’s end, Flight Lieutenant Arthur Reid stepped out of an Avro Anson aircraft believing he would never fly again. The date was 2 June 1945. That part of his
life was over. He had lost friends, seen things he would never want to see
again. Now all he needed was to get back to loved ones and live a ‘normal’
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at 96 years old, this 192 Squadron Signals Officer was again airborne … and in
the cockpit of a Spitfire!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seven decades, his family had been unable to convince him to return to the
skies, even for a holiday. So why now? The answer lies in the fact that it was his ‘other family’
who was asking … his RAF Family. The RAF Benevolent Fund asked if Mr Reid would
fly in a refurbished Spitfire, marking the launch of an Operation aimed at
giving Scots the opportunity to fly in classic fighter aircraft from
Cumbernauld Airport, Lanarkshire. At first, he declined. But then, because it
was on behalf of the RAF, he changed his mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had faced appalling odds in wartime. There was a time when he came down with
conjunctivitis and had to miss an operation with his crew. All who did fly on that
operation were killed and never returned home. There was also a time during a
training exercise when the crew of a Wellington perished as its wings came off
on landing, with the aircraft exploding. When his own Wellington came down
moments later, the same fractures were discovered on its wings.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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all knew Dad, now 93, was in the RAF during the war and been awarded the
DFC. He never spoke of his war
experiences, but he talked about returning to Norfolk to find old air bases
where he was stationed. A few years ago we took Dad back to Norfolk and it was
on that trip we discovered and joined the RAF 100 Group Association which he’s
been involved with ever since. It’s a long journey by car from Norwich to
Liverpool. On the journey home after our first 100 Group Reunion weekend he
started to share war experiences with us. It was clear Dad didn’t feel his
story was special enough to put to paper - he was ‘<i>just doing his job’</i> like other young men in Bomber Command. Meeting
other Veterans at that first 100 Group Reunion we attended, listening to their stories, had
a profound effect on my family. It made us realise how lucky we were that Dad
had made it through the war and appreciated what sacrifices so many of Dad’s
generation made. After much persuasion Dad agreed to let us record his memories
so the men of 100 Group will never be forgotten, in tribute to those <i>‘who never made it ho<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlt383432823"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlt383432824"></a>me’</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">'When war was declared I was 18,
working as a postal telegraphist in Liverpool Head Post Office. Like many other
working-class lads from the area I was keen to volunteer for Service and,
gaining my employer’s permission to sign up. Completing necessary paperwork, I
applied to join the RAF. The main reason for choosing the RAF over other
Services was the idea of flying, something I’d never done. It seemed an
exciting prospect. My dad served with the Cold Stream Guards in the First World
War. He told me about his awful experiences in the trenches. I didn’t fancy
that!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On joining the RAF in
January 1941, I was posted to RAF West Kirby and on to RAF Skegness to complete
basic training. I remember that time with feelings of excitement mixed with
homesickness at being away from family for the first time. Like many others, I
wondered where I would be sent next. This was decided when a superior
discovered I’d been a telegraphist and told me this ‘made me a natural for
wireless training’. I was duly posted to Blackpool for initial Wireless
Operator training and later to Wiltshire for advanced wireless training.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Qualified as a Wireless
Operator, I completed a Flying Course at RAF Mallom in Cumberland and a Gunnery
Course at Stormeydown, South Wales, at the end of which I was promoted to
Sergeant and given my ‘wings’. I was granted a week’s leave prior to reporting
to RAF Cottesmore for Bomber Training and remember how proud I was returning
home to see my family and fiancée with my ‘wings’ proudly on show.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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returned to was greatly changed having suffered severe damage from Blitz
bombing. My family lived near the city centre and sights of bomb damage in
my neighbourhood were a stark reminder of what war could do. It made me feel
I’d been protected from the realities of war and began to realise just what I
was about to get involved in. During that Leave I remember taking my fiancée Gertie to the Cinema and, because of a heavy bombing raid, ended up getting
stuck overnight in the Cinema, unable to get home until the following day.
Being young and in love we made the most of our time together, but emerging
from the Cinema in daylight it seemed half the city had been destroyed. I’ll
always remember the walk home, being met by my mother and future mother-in law
who worried all night for our safety - they met us with tears of relief, mixed
with anger at our stupidity for going to the ‘Pictures’ on the night of one of
the worst bombing raids Liverpool endured.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">During that week’s Leave I received a telegram cancelling my planned posting for Bomber Training,
telling me instead to report to RAF Penrhos, Wales, to commence as a Flying
Instructor. I was there from December 1942 until January 1944, during which time
I was promoted to Flight Sergeant. It seemed my skills at Wireless Ops had also
been noted during my training hence my posting as an Instructor. I was initially
disappointed not being able to complete Bomber Training because, like most of
my colleagues, I wanted a more ‘active’ role in the war. But I understood the
RAF knew what was needed to win the war and we had to accept orders and the
role we would play.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I made the best of the time in Wales with a
great bunch of lads, enjoying the hospitality of farmers in the area and local
produce. I even indulged my love of singing, joining two other lads to form our
own Acappella ‘group’, performing at camp concert nights. Such was our success
that our reputation spread and we were even asked to perform at concert nights
at local Army bases!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I remember one
particular training flight in an Avro Anson whilst at Penrhos which turned out
to be very eventful. On our return flight we encountered severe fog and
suffered equipment failure. We had no idea where we were. Flying as low as we
safely could, we tried to find a landmark to establish our location. After what
seemed an age, we finally found something - a Tower which loomed out of the fog
so close we nearly demolished it – Blackpool Tower! Using this landmark we followed the coastline
down to Penrhos where I experienced my first crash landing, overshooting the
runway directly adjacent to the sea. Thankfully the Pilot did a great job of
putting us down safe on the beach and we climbed out of the plane and walked
across the beach towards Camp. As we neared the fence, we were met with lots of
staff waving madly at us - we thought they were just glad to see us, but then
realised they were frantically trying to warn us we were walking through a live minefield!!! We all reached Camp safely and I remember feeling I had must have a Guardian
Angel looking out for me - a feeling that stayed with me for the rest of the
war.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In January 1944 I was
called for an interview at the Air Ministry in London for ‘Special Duties’. I
remember feeling excited. I’d never been to our Capital City and had no idea
what ‘Special Duty’ had in store. After a successful interview, I was posted to
192 Squadron at RAF Foulsham with Bomber Command.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I didn’t see much of
Norfolk the first 3 months as I was put immediately onto an intensive course of
training with new Radar equipment, essential in my future role as a ‘Special
Operator’. Along with other lads we commenced training, which I was told would
normally take a year, but we had only three months to complete! We worked day and
night, breaking off only for meals and a few hours’ sleep. We didn’t mind
as we knew we had an important role to play in helping win the war. As part of
the training we were sent to various RADAR stations along the Kent coast to
observe Operations. Here I experienced the awful shelling from Germans across
the Channel, reinforcing my view that I was glad I joined the RAF, giving more
respect for lads in the Army who faced that kind of ordeal all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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special training, I had three Air Experience trips where I practiced new techniques
learned before finally joining up with my crew. I was attached to an
established crew at Foulsham consisting of F/O Ken Macdonald a Canadian pilot,
F/S Stan C Crane a Canadian Navigator and fellow Canadian Bomb Aimer F/S Barney
E Vanden (later nick-named: ‘Vital’ as we never actually carried any bombs on
operations, but he was invaluable in many other ways!). The British part of my
crew comprised: F/S Don Maskell Mid-Upper Gunner, Sgt Paddy Nevin Rear Gunner,
Flt/S Geordie W McCann as Wireless Operator and Sgt Les Coggins our Flight
Engineer.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stan Forsyth, left on front row, with crew<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Joining an established
crew was a daunting prospect for all of us. Aircrews bonded like a family unit
with established ties and rituals. But I couldn’t have wished for a better
bunch of lads who accepted me into the fold quickly. I was nicknamed ‘Ginger’
being the only redhead in the crew. We lived, worked and slept together and
established friendships like no other I have made since. I was to complete all
but two operations of my first Tour with this crew and grateful to do so as we
were lucky to come home unscathed from most of our flights.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To maintain our good
luck we had our own special rituals, including everyone urinating on the rear
wheel before take-off - probably as much from nerves and a desire to avoid
using the bucket on-board reserved for anyone caught short! Our Pilot Ken had a
little old doll he wouldn’t fly without and I remember our driver being sent
back to the locker room on more than one occasion when he forgot to bring it
with him - we never flew without it and she certainly was our lucky mascot. Ken
was a man short in stature but large in character and he almost had to stand up
to reach the pedals when landing the plane. He was affectionately
nicknamed ‘Gill’ - Canadian lads called
him ‘half-pint’, but us British lads soon changed that to ‘Gill’ a smaller
measure being too short for a ‘half-pint’! <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My own lucky charm was
an English pound note I carried on every operation. Before each flight we were
issued with a sealed pouch containing foreign currency so that, if we had to
bale out, we had local money to assist our plight. I also believed an English
pound note would help if I needed to prove I was British. I hid it in my flying
gear each trip. Thankfully I never needed it, but to this day, more than
seventy years on, I still carry that same note in my wallet as my own lucky
charm.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Despite our lucky
charms we had a few hairy moments during our Tour. I remember an encounter with
a German FW190 over France which our Rear Gunner spotted attacking us from the
rear. Whilst firing at the attacker, he ordered the Skipper to corkscrew to
starboard and continued to fire, the fighter closing to within 200 yards. The
German FW then dived away deeply to port and exploded on the ground, later
claimed as ‘probably destroyed’.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As Special Operator, my
location in the Halifax meant I couldn’t see much of what was happening inside
and out during flights. This highlights in my memory one of only two Operations
I carried out flying with a different crew. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I was already anxious because
I wasn’t flying with my own crew, when I found I was to take part in a daylight
raid to Essen with Squadron C/O: W/C Donaldson as Pilot. During the raid we
flew above the mainstream, when one of our Lancasters a hundred yards below
took a main hit from German A/A guns, exploding in mid-air. All I remember from
my location on the aircraft was the noise and smell of the explosion. The
Flight Engineer scrambled round the plane checking we were all okay and told me
what happened - we were lucky to make it home, unlike the crew of the
Lancaster who were all killed. When we left the craft that day and I saw how
much damage we sustained I thanked God for our safe return and for once was
glad that, as a Special Operator, I didn’t have a window to look out!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The equipment and
Special Duties part of my role was regarded by Air Ministry to be of such
importance I was not even allowed to let the rest of my crew know what I was
doing. This resulted in much leg-pulling by the crew about my ‘activities’,
especially as I was left on the plane under special guard. If we made any
unexpected landings at other RAF Bases because of weather problems or
refuelling needs, I had to stay on the plane with my ‘special equipment’ whilst
they were off for refreshments etc. After any Operation, the first port of call
for any Special Operator was to take all information gathered during the flight
to our Superiors for debriefing purposes. At the time we didn’t realise just
how important that information was or how it was used. Only many years later
was it evident that Special Duties performed by RAF 100 Group actually served
to alter the course of the war. Using information we retrieved, others working
behind the scenes at places like Bletchley Park came up with targets and plans
to ultimately defeat the enemy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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prove my most memorable operation involving a trip to the Arctic Circle.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On 31 August 1944 my crew and four other Halifaxes were dispatched to RAF
Lossiemouth in Scotland, instructed to perform a ‘signal search’ of Norwegian
Fjords. Each Halifax had to investigate specific wireless frequencies and
allocated its own individual waveband to search and monitor. We soon realised
this Operation to be a ‘big one’ as each craft was fitted with three additional
fuel tanks in the bomb bays to enable larger distances to be covered.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From my Log Book I
recorded our take-off at 22.21 hrs and our return 07.17 hrs next day. I remember
clearly the freezing conditions as the coldest ever experienced. With very low
cloud most of the way up to Norway, we flew below cloud level to avoid wing
flaps icing up. For much of the flight, visibility over the water was so
limited the Rear Gunner had to regularly drop smoke bombs to determine the wind
drift. Whilst the rest of the crew were working to get us safely to our target,
my job was to keep my eyes glued to Radar screens and equipment, logging every
signal I detected. I was so cold it was difficult to concentrate on the screens
for over nine hours! <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I was fortunate to pick
up the hoped-for signal both on our outward and return flight over the target
and duly recorded the location in my Logs. We made it back safely to
Lossiemouth with the information, not realising until much later that the
location I found was a gap in the enemies’ defence Radar. This information
later led to successful sorties against enemy ships, the most important being
the famous 'Tirpitz'. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I was later awarded the
DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) for my part in this Operation - an achievement of which I was very proud
and I will always be grateful to the rest of my crew who I believe deserved to
share it. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It was the skill and
spirit of this crew that only a month or so earlier, 12 July 1944, kept us all
alive when we were forced to crash-land on return from an Operation to Revigny
in France. The port engine of the Halifax failed. We limped back to Foulsham to
discover our braking system had also suffered damage. Our Pilot ‘Gill’ managed
to get us down and we ended up off the end of the runway in the adjacent field,
the undercarriage wrenched free and the aircraft practically on its side.
Fearing a fire, we evacuated through the roof of the craft and scrambled to
safety via the upturned wing, not realising we then had a 20-foot leap to the
ground. Needless to say, we never let ‘Gill’ forget that landing and many a
pint was sank to celebrate our safe return in local Foulsham pubs.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At the end of my Tour
of Operations at Foulsham I was sad to be separated from my crew as I was
chosen to be posted to RAF 100 Group HQ at Bylaugh Hall as Assistant Controller
in the Operations Room, commissioned as a Pilot Officer. My role here was
to co-ordinate information and orders between various Bases comprising 100
Group and Bomber Command and to prepare daily Reports on activities for the AOC
at Bylaugh. I adapted to my new role and enjoyed the more luxurious surroundings
of this lovely Estate. I even took up ‘hunting’ as the AOC had a habit of
supplementing our diet with fresh rabbit and pheasants he shot on the Estate. I
was taken along on these trips to carry the ‘spoils of the hunt’ back to the
kitchen - needless to say for a lad from Liverpool these were not usual dishes
on my menu!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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our skills and additional pay received for ‘flying duties’, staff at Bylaugh
were encouraged to keep up their flying hours using a few Tiger Moths kept at
nearby RAF Swanton Morley. Naturally we all availed ourselves, flying to Bases
up north, using it as an opportunity to have a quick unofficial visit home
to loved ones. Whilst at Bylaugh I had the opportunity to meet a number of my
war heroes including W/C ‘Tirpitz’ Tait who completed the task I started when
locating the German battleship: 'Tirpitz'. The most amusing hero I met was Squadron Leader Micky
Martin of the Dambusters who used a Tiger Moth from Swanton to perform the best
low- flying aerobatics display I have ever seen over Bylaugh Hall, much to the
AOC‘s dismay. I was ordered to find out ‘who that bloody fool was and tell him
to report to the AOC on landing’. At the time I didn’t know the culprit, but
when I found out I made sure his identity was never revealed. Both W/C Tait and
S/L Martin went on to become regular staff at Bylaugh Operation Command.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At the end of the war
in Europe I was posted to RAF Watton and resumed flying duties as a Special
Operator. The war in Japan was still ongoing and we were preparing to move the Unit and Operations to Ceylon when the Atom bomb was dropped in Japan and all
postings to the Far East postponed.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 1946 I was finally
demobbed as a Flying Officer and married my fiancée Gertie that year, returning
to work for the Post Office. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0000cc; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stan & Gertie, 1946, Wedding Day<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 1951, I was
approached by the Army Postal Services and offered a Commission in the Army
which I accepted and served for over seven years, enjoying the opportunity to
travel and see the world. My family joined me for some postings and I earned
the General Services Medal for my time in Malaya. Although I was to wear the
uniform of an Army Officer, I always remained a ‘Fly-Boy’ at heart, much to the
chagrin of my Army colleagues. I eventually left the Army in 1958 and returned
to the Head Post Office in Liverpool where I remained until I retired in 1981
as Assistant Head Post Master. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I was happy to have
further involvement with the RAF when my son persuaded me to join his local ATC
Squadron in Liverpool and I was re-commissioned as Flying Officer for a 6 year
period from 1965.It was a great time helping young people experience activities
and benefits the RAF offered and made me value even more the friendships made
as a result of my involvement with the RAF over the years.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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On the night of 26/27 November 1944, two airmen were preparing for an Intruder Operation over Germany. Nothing would have suggested this was different to any other, except these were experienced men who knew every operation depended, not just on their flying and navigational skills, but also the cunning cat-and-mouse games of the enemy. It was well known that Mosquitoes were both hated and envied by the Germans with their speed and agility. Small wooden crafts, yet with such extraordinary powers! Shooting one down was worth two points instead of one ... as long as the German who did the shooting lived to tell the tale!</div>
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Official Records show this Mosquito and its crew were accompanying bombers on a raid to Munich, with instructions to call at RAF Ford on its return journey home. They would therefore have been flying high above the bombers, acting as their Guardian Angels, tasked with identifying and jamming enemy Radar. The Mosquito had a two-man crew. The Pilot sitting to the left, his seat slightly forward of his companion's; would focus on keeping a steady course through the darkness. The Navigator was also a Special Operator and in the tight cramped space next to his Pilot would be using on-board vital and very secret equipment to confuse the Germans.</div>
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This was one of many Operations they had flown together. They were at ease in one another's company, although for the duration of this night mission they would be on high alert, tense, focused, eager for it to be over. </div>
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Both airmen were based at RAF Foulshan, Norfolk, England, and part of the lead 192 Squadron of RAF 100 Group under Bomber Command. As such, they flew in all weathers, with information gained being given direct to Bletchley Park on their return.</div>
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Born on 30 August 1923 on a farm homestead in Canada, Jack was eldest and the only boy of seven children. His father had served in World War One in France and Belgium. His youngest sister recalls:</div>
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'<i>Jack was a good son, the apple of his Mum's eye; with a bit of an adventurous streak, like trying to ride a bull as soon as our parents were gone, or attempting to ride the unbroken stallions. And of course, with six younger sisters, he was a big tease!'</i></div>
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Jack was always scribbling little rhymes and verses in his school notebook and liked to read. Determined to finish High School, he took several jobs to qualify. His first job after Graduation was with the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act, a Government Agency to improve farming methods and ways. He joined the RCAF as soon as he could in 1940 in Regina, Saskatchewan; the same day his father rejoined the Army. Jack loved every minute of his Air Force training in Ontario</div>
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<i>'I remember Jack coming home on Leave when I was about ten years old and he would come to school with me in his Pilot's uniform, holding my hand'</i></div>
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Jack joined 192 Squadron, RAF 100 Group, under Bomber Command, in August 1944, based at RAF Foulsham, Norfolk. He was just 21 years old.</div>
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In October 1943, as a Navigator, he moved to the RAF Base at Wheaton Aston, pending a further posting; and there met and fell in love with Nina Chessall at the Christmas Eve dance that year. Nina was a WAAF and worked as Secretary to Group Captain Browning, fondly known as 'Brownie'.</div>
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In the Spring of 1944, Vic was posted to 192 Squadron at RAF Foulsham, Norfolk, where he became part of RAF 100 Group - a Special Operations Unit aimed at seeking out and jamming enemy Radar and radio signals, flying above the bombers to mask their approach,</div>
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Every spare moment, Vic would write to his beloved Nina. He had met and stayed with her family, having none of his own, and there was huge excitement as they became engaged, looking forward to a wedding in Cheshire later that year, with Jack Fisher, his Pilot, taking the role of Best Man.</div>
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Vic was twenty-two years old.</div>
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Their Mosquito, numbered DK292, was known as <i>'N for Nina',</i> which brought Vic great comfort in knowing that Nina was close to him, surrounding him with her love. </div>
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Nina was born in Cheshire on 9 April 1918. Her parents were both firm Christian believers, and known as local Speakers who openly shared their faith. Nina was just six years old when her father unexpectedly died, leaving her bereft. They had been particularly close. Yet somehow, amidst her grief, she needed to find the strength to look after her mother who was ill, and also her two younger brothers. She was taken out of school for a year to spend time at home, her father's death continuing to deeply affect her. This became the first of what she referred to as her '<i>Desert Experiences</i>' where she sought God as a solace and strength, feeling very desperate and alone. At such a tender age, it is understandable that death became her breaking point.</div>
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God was a living breathing entity, the core of family life. Prayer times were important. Grace was said before every meal. While her mother would play on the family organ, singing out the words:</div>
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Her mother never married again, a firm believer that there was only one love meant in this life, and she went on to spend thirty-nine years as a widow. However, despite her grief and loneliness after losing her soulmate, she became a renowned Speaker, sharing her own experiences of faith.</div>
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During the year away from school, Nina read the Bible several times over, thirsting after the strength and love that would see her through this most difficult of times.</div>
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In 1939/40, Nina's two brothers went away to war. Their home was bombed. Living in rented accommodation, her mother's health rapidly deteriorated. Nina became her Carer, her one constant, until, in 1940, she joined the WAAFs and was posted away from home to RAF Wheaton Aston, Little Onn, Staffordshire, where she met Vic.</div>
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It was on Nina's 21st birthday in 1944, that she and Vic exchanged wedding vows at Blymhill Church, a small wayside chapel where they would often cycle, enjoying the daffodils splayed among the graves. As they stood alone in the darkness this particular evening, making their promises to one another, the clock outside chimed the hour ... 9 pm. Thereafter, that time became their trysting hour, a time when each would stand for moments, thinking of the other, praying to God to keep their loved one safe.</div>
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On 27 November 1944, Vic and Jack in Mosquito DK292 failed to return. </div>
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Nothing was heard from them since taking off from their base at Foulsham. Their names were up on the blackboard, and everyone was thinking of them, wondering what might have happened, dreading the worst.</div>
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On the day Mosquito DK292 and its occupants disappeared, Nina was unexpectedly posted to RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, another Station under Bomber Command. She had been asking for a transfer, hoping to reach RAF Foulsham. But this place was something else, and not at all what she had imagined. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, there were no telephones for her to ring Foulsham as had become the custom. She had to walk miles in the moonlight ... but then walk back, miserably wondering why no-one was saying why she couldn't speak to her fiance Vic.</div>
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She would gaze up at the moon when the clock turned to their trysting hour, wondering if he was looking at the same moon ... where he was, when he might return. He never spoke to her of his work. He had signed the Official Secrets Act. It made it impossible to share any of his operations and the work in which he was involved. She had no idea what RAF 100 Group was involved in, nor what made their work so special, so secret. Her mother had been rushed to hospital, and the post mounting on the front doormat underneath the letterbox included telegrams not yet read.</div>
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One week on from the date of that fateful Operation, Vic and Jack's names were scrubbed from the blackboard. No-one knew what had happened. There was still hope. But hope was fading fast. Their Squadron had the highest number of fatalities due to the extreme dangers of their work, especially in a Mosquito. It was a fast and agile machine. </div>
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On the night of 26/27 November 2019, 75 years on, I wonder what Vic might have been thinking during those final moments of his life. Given they landed on a mined beach, it might have been so sudden that there was no time for reason or thought. I hope that is true! Vic had a morbid fear of death by fire ... But I have no doubt, in the event that there were precious moments, he would have been visualising his beloved Nina. Their wedding had been postponed from July 1944 because of her mother's illness. So they were both eager for their Big Day to arrive. It had been tricky, planning it for when both were on Leave, including Jack his Best Man. But the plans were in place. All it needed were for the two of them to make their dream a reality.</div>
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However, that final fateful mission on 26/27 November meant it could never be!</div>
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Nina wrote her feelings, her thoughts, on page after page after page. She had no idea whether Vic would ever read these pages, but it was all she could do. They needed an outlet, a release.</div>
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It was a book which brought me so much peace in the writing of it I didn't want it to end ... but then, something very new and unexpected happened.</div>
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Jan, a Dutch researcher I'd written to previously, came through with a document dated 1946, which shows with absolute certainty the place where they landed on a mined beach on the coast of France: </div>
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Nina was my mother. She believed '<i>Love is Eternal</i>'. There is no end. Finally, she is at peace, at rest, with all her questions answered. She knows the truth of what happened ... and in time, so will I when I join her in that '<i>Land of Far Beyond'</i>.</div>
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Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-35930054063641455032019-11-21T04:29:00.001-08:002019-12-28T13:16:37.249-08:00LIVING WITH CANCER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A new day struggles into wakefulness. I wonder what it will bring as I step through the gateway to embrace the dawn. My mind wanders. But it can't go far these days. Yesterday is but a memory ... and not even that, given the dark velvet covering, with twinklets of stars the only source of light, reminding me that once upon a daydream there were good times shared. Tomorrow presents a fog of uncertainty. A nothingness stretching beyond. I have no idea how long I have left in this life. A dis-quietening thought, not because I have any kind of Bucket List or challenges I still need to achieve, nor have I a '<i>To Do</i>' List requiring urgent attention. It's simply the way it is ... a certainty yet to be realised.</div>
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And it is living in this moment that provides the key, unlocking the essence of that Inner Peace.</div>
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My Faith remains the strongest part about me. I am not afraid of Death. However, it is while I still '<i>walk in the valley of the shadow of ...</i>' which gives me endless cause for concern.</div>
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I was diagnosed with Cancer over two years ago. From the start, I made it clear I wanted no treatment. I believe in <b>Quality</b> not <b>Quantity</b> of Life. When my time comes God will take me Home. Just as I am. And through the journey which has evolved through these past two years and more, it is that thought alone, that belief, that certainty within that brings such Peace ... together with an almost desperate longing for ... My Time To Come.</div>
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My soul has already lived through too much. I have only two regrets if I am to be completely open and honest:</div>
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1. I will never know a lifetime of living with a Soulmate, feeling the true empathy, understanding, support and Love that comes in knowing and loving another so completely we become One.</div>
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2. I miss children, young children, holding and cuddling them, looking into their eyes, seeing the innocence and trust, playing with them, being a part of their lives. I will never be a grandmother, and feel again that sense of motherhood, pride and overwhelming Love which comes in watching and learning, seeing the world through a Child's eyes, being part of who they become. Always, it is a unique and privileged position ... a Gift.</div>
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I am reminded of how cruelly my own innocence was taken as a child, which is the reason I have lived with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress) since the age of four years old when a Specialist at the hospital where I was being treated for my disabilities sexually abused me. I had no words to explain, to share the secret which slowly crept like a living, breathing entity, consuming me from within, taking over every aspect of my life. Yet at six years old, my mother thought enough of what I was saying to note in her diary of the day: '<i>After our hospital visit today, Janine told me 'he hurts me</i>''. Abuse was never spoken of then. Authorities were people to be respected, even revered. They could do no wrong. No-one spoke out against them, as we do today. I had been taught never to say 'No' to an adult. Only when I reached the age of 14 did I finally take action, the only action I could, and went on strike, refusing to return ever again to that place of madness and nightmares. But nightmares didn't stop, they didn't diminish, nor did they go away as further nightmares fused with them as life struggled on. More and more I had gaps in my days I couldn't fill. Hours passed. I had no idea what was happening to me. No idea that everyday happenings triggered feelings and memories, which in turn re-opened that black box of bad memories in my mind, taking me in with them, returning me to that state of childhood, repeating over and over again what happened. I had gone through five experimental operations. None were successful. I wore calipers on both legs and feet until the age of nine, then hospital shoes. It set me apart from other children. Abuse and bullying became a way of life.</div>
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Today, going through the doors of a hospital returns me to that child state of confusion and dread. I wandering corridors, lost somewhere deep within myself, unable to find a way out, or return to the present. In technical terms it's called a '<i>Fugue</i>' or '<i>Disassociative State</i>', breaking from the present, living in the past. There is nothing I can do to take back control until it runs its course.</div>
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This is one reason I refused treatment for Cancer.</div>
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It has nothing at all to do with imagination, or responding to '<i>snapping out of it</i>' as some people suggest. PTSD is a recognised condition following a trauma. However, I am fortunate now to have a wonderful Counsellor who surprisingly understands enough about PTSD to work on strategies to help me cope. We use Visualisation techniques ... and remarkably, after all these years, I can finally find my Peace, overlaying painful memories of abuse with a country scene of which I become a part, and which ultimately brings sleep.</div>
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Mum died of Cancer in 1996. I recall that January when she phoned to say she was bleeding, and it wouldn't stop. I drove straight over to be with her, to talk, to share. Initially, she was diagnosed with a prolapse of the womb. But she deteriorated quickly. I drove almost daily, accompanying her to hospital appointments for Radiation treatment, assessments, etc. As with many of her generation, she was a very private woman. She hated intrusive investigations, having catheters inserted. Once she was in hospital, in a bed next to a young girl with Cancer, she spent more time supporting and talking to her than anything else. She was an incredibly caring, compassionate lady. It hurt her to see someone so young struggling through Cancer, with a young child to care for. At night, she phoned, talking about how much the treatment hurt, saying the treatment was worse than the Cancer. But she didn't feel she could say '<i>No'</i> or stop the procedures which, for her, became an interminable dread. Almost six months down the line, I went in search of her doctor in the hospital. They didn't want to talk about 'Death'. They couldn't even say the word. However, they had drawn the curtains around my mother's bed, effectively isolating her, making her feel cut off from the world, and particularly from the young girl she had befriended. I asked if she was dying. If so, how long did she have, persisting that she would want to know? Finally, a lady doctor took me into her room, and told me she didn't have long ... days rather than weeks. I insisted she needed someone in authority to tell her and my father who was making plans for when she returned home. When I was back at Mum's beside, she looked at me, and nodded. I knew she knew. She died 22 July 1996 in a Sue Ryder Hospice to which she was moved.</div>
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My second reason for refusing treatment therefore is related to Mum. She wasn't afraid of death. Her father taught her that as he died when she was six years old. But like me today, she became afraid of the time leading up to her death ... because of the treatment. She simply wanted to go home, and be in familiar surroundings when came her Time.</div>
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In a life where someone else has always taken control, for me, I need to know that, although I can't have control over <b>when</b> I die or <b>how</b>, I can at least have a voice.</div>
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When first diagnosed, I asked what choices I had, and to have them fully explained. Initially I accepted Letrozole tablets. Taken with my cocktail of other tablets for a range of disabilities stemming from birth, they seemed so small in comparison. Yet the side-effects were massive, immediate and devastating. I was so sick I could do nothing at all. I took them for three months, all over that first Christmas until, at the end of January, when I next saw the Specialist, not having tasted a Christmas Dinner, or been able to share in any of the festivities; I said if this was the way the rest of my life would pan out, then I would just let the Cancer take its course. And that's the way it's been ever since. But then, I wasn't prepared for simply being unexpectedly discharged from hospital, spending most of the next two years feeling abandoned, isolated, alone.</div>
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That was my first thought ... which in turn, brought memories of the Specialist treating me at the age of four years old. But then, yes, I'd wanted him to leave me alone. In later years, when I became an Abuse Consultant, supporting families in abuse, working one-to-one with paedophiles in and out of prison, I learned from them just how devious and manipulative this first Specialist in my life had been. Always, he'd spoken to my doll, never directly to me. Matron would take my mother out of the consulting room with her when she became pregnant with my sister, as she was so ill. I was left alone with my abuser. It's how Mum and I worked out when the abuse began, when finally I shared my experiences with her when I was forty years old. Always, he'd nod towards the cubicle, drawing the dark green curtains. I knew by then what was expected of me. I was a good girl. What I couldn't work out was, if I was a good girl, why did all these bad things keep happening to me? Why did I have to undress when all he was meant to do was measure one leg against the other as if the shorter one would somehow catch up? My legs were five inches different in length ... leading in later years to chronic arthritis in my spine, hips, knees and legs. I took to wearing dungarees. Five pairs of pants. My mother couldn't work out what was going on with me, as, even at school, I continued wearing layers of protection. My trust was betrayed at an early age. Innocence was no more. I didn't know what he was doing, or why, but I felt the pain, the burning sensation he caused. All the time his back was turned towards me I very reluctantly lay back on the couch, gazing at the awful aging green curtains surrounding us, withdrawing to a place deep inside, disassociating from what was going on.</div>
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Even today, almost 63 years on, it is still that shade of green that brings back painful distressing images of that consulting room, making me physically sick.</div>
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I see the Cancer as a slow train chugging along its track through my body, stopping at stations before proceeding on its way. The original growth is much bigger. Another growth is now on my lymph gland. Only a scan will show exactly how far the Cancer has spread.</div>
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I'm on a high dosage of Morphine per day, together with the same cocktail of pills I've been on for years for other disabilities. Chronic Fatigue kicks in around midday, although there are days which I need to write off altogether, so exhausted I can't even raise my arms, or walk on jelly legs outside the door. I have the challenge of a new book written as a legacy for a Veteran who recently died, offering a challenge for the New Year. And my worldwide Family of Kindred Spirits remains in daily contact ... Veterans of RAF 100 Group and their families. I thank them all for giving so much, and for who they are, what they've done, the inspiration and strength they continue to offer me.</div>
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My gift for Christmas is that Jo, my daughter, will be sharing it with me. It fills my heart to overflowing with Love.</div>
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I'm battling finance, with Disability Living Allowance having been dissolved, applying for Personal Independence Payment which has taken its place. I had thought this to be an easy changeover. However, having been on the High Level for Mobility, given I have no transport, and it's impossible to walk at all without chronic pain; unexpectedly PIP has taken away completely any Mobility payment I was receiving, leaving me only with a level of Standard Care. I appealed the decision, but that went back to the person who originally visited me and wrote a Report in which there were glaring errors, despite having an Advocate with me. So I'm now waiting for it to be heard at a Tribunal. Meanwhile, getting anywhere is impossible, unless someone is kind enough to offer a lift. Attending appointments at the Hospice means paying out a hefty sum of money to a taxi driver.</div>
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I should say that it's a Postcode Lottery as to what is available in terms of help and support. I am a great believer in self-help groups. But where I live there is nothing, not even on a one-to-one basis where people make home visits. I wish there was a group where I could meet others with Cancer to talk and share. Yes, there are Forums online. Macmillan has an excellent one. But it isn't the same as seeing someone in person. And it's the lack of seeing and touching and sharing that makes this awful sense of Aloneness all the more difficult to bear. Sometimes, all it takes is a hug. Often, there's no need for words. Just knowing that someone listens, understands and cares can be valued.<br />
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Over these past two years, I have done more writing than ever before in my life. Words and emotion pour out of me, with a growing sense of urgency to be shared. It is draining, yet at the same time immensely rewarding, offering gifts of Healing and Peace. Without the ability to write, my life would be over. So I continue on, spending time at the Hospice when I can with the Counsellor and Specialist, knowing there will come a point when I've gone as far as I'm able, but happy I will have done <b>ALL</b> that I can for <b>as</b> <b>long</b> as possible, hoping to have made a positive difference to the lives of people around me in some small way. </div>
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'<i>My promise, Dearest Nina, is that one day I shall write a book about the most beautiful love story that ever was - our story, the story of Nina and Vic.</i>'</div>
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Vic believed he had the rest of his life to fulfill his dream - to marry his wartime fiancee Nina and become an author. He yearned for peace and a family where love prevailed - something he had waited a lifetime to experience. Meanwhile, caught up in the Second World War, he had an active and dangerous role as Navigator/Special Operator in 192 Squadron, based at RAF Foulsham, Norfolk; lead Squadron of the very secret RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group under Bomber Command. He regularly flew deep into the heart of Germany in Mosquito DK292, named '<i>N for Nina</i>', involved in covert operations, including identifying and jamming enemy Radar, flying above the bombers as their Guardian Angels. His Canadian friend and Pilot Jack Fisher was to be Best Man at his wedding taking place at the end of the year during their next Leave.</div>
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It wasn't until the early 1980s that I shared my mother's wartime story. Together, we began fulfilling Vic's promise, and in doing so, re-ignited the flame of a wartime love, giving Mum an inner glow of warmth and hope which had lain dormant for too long. For the first time in 50 years, she spoke Vic's name aloud, reminded of his words: '<i>Love is Eternal'</i>. This took nothing away from the love Mum shared with my father, who also served in the RAF. But it was a different love to that shared with Vic five years before. Theirs had been a love born in wartime, when every moment was precious, because every moment could be their last.</div>
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Together, we became founding members of what was to become the worldwide RAF 100 Group Association of which it remains my privilege and joy to be Secretary today, and Editor of our Association magazine: '<i>Confound & Destroy</i>'. Mum and I wrote and talked to Vic and Jack's former friends and colleagues, as I continue to do today. Sadly, Mum never got to meet them in person before she died of Cancer a short while before our first Reunion. While for me, it remains a humbling and privileged experience to know these people and be part of this Family of Kindred Spirits.<br />
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Mum, Vic and Jack were my inspiration. I remain passionate about preserving the history of RAF 100 Group in which they were so proud to serve, and voices such as theirs with a story to share. Too many have taken their secrets to the grave, but I will continue to write, to share words they can no longer say, for as long as I am able. Living with Cancer as I am, I feel it is the most I can do for those who have become firm friends to ensure they never become '<i>forgotten heroes' </i>... but are remembered with Love.</div>
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In the 75th Anniversary Year of their death, this book is written as a Memorial to Vic and Jack. It tells their fascinating and powerfully emotive story, with a Foreword written by their best friend Phil James MBE with whom I continue to share a close bond, as I have for over twenty years.</div>
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beaches at low tide during first days of operation. Among identifiable
ships present are USS LST-532 (centre); USS LST-262 (3<sup>rd</sup> LST
right); USS LST-310 (part visible far right); USS LST-524. Barrage
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Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and
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all routes linking to Normandy. Bomber Command flew a wide variety of
operations, attacking rail and road communications to slow down the Germans as
they advanced towards Normandy to defend themselves against the Allies. German
troop and gun positions were attacked, together with ammunition and fuel dumps
and French ports, where German Navy fast-attack E-boats and other coastal
vessels were concentrated. Bomber Command aircraft dropped personnel and
supplies to support Special Operations Executive (SOE), Resistance, and Special
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significant losses—at Malines a total of 132 aircraft were lost, 110 of these
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made up a number of important targets, as on 3 and 4 May, when 346 Lancasters,
with 14 Mosquitoes from 1 and 5 Group, set out to bomb a German Military
Camp near the French village of Mailly. On this occasion the raid failed to go
according to plan. While Marker Leader Wing Commander Cheshire ordered the main
force in, the Main Force Controller, Wing Commander L. C. Dean, was unable to
transmit the order because his incorrectly-tuned radio was drowned out by an
American Forces broadcast. As a result, German bombers had time to arrive on
the scene; the ensuing battle resulted in heavy casualties. The battle
culminated in 1,500 bombs being dropped on 114 barrack buildings, 47 transport sheds, and ammunition buildings. In total, 102 vehicles were
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including military camps, airfields and railway yards; 162 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes from 1, 3 and 8 Groups attacked the Rothe Erde railway yard, causing
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of gunners defending the bombers. A Me110 attacked <i>‘F-Freddie</i>’, piloted by FS Coole of 166 Squadron, as they returned
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Actions described above were all obvious actions, which people could see happening all around them. It was a nightmare in the making of which everyone there became an intrinsic part. Yet there were hidden layers of which few were aware.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Operation Halcyon marked the first application
of airborne radio countermeasures (RCM). These were what RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group were all about. It was their forte. With so many aspects of
the German war machine needing to be attacked—by land, sea, and air—RAF 100 Group’s
specialist and top-secret equipment became the only means by
which all links in the chain could be effectively disrupted. To cover all
eventualities, three specific countermeasures had been developed: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1. a '<i>Mandrel' </i>screen to cut down enemy early warnings; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">3. Airborne
Interception (AI) Jammers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Stirlings from 214 and 199 Squadron (both under RAF 100 Group) were
converted from bombers into mobile Radar-jamming units using the '<i>Mandrel'</i>
device, while other Squadrons practised precision manoeuvres—accustoming to new
and often bizarre equipment. Most of RAF 100 Group’s heavy aircraft were also
equipped with chutes to enable the use of '<i>Window', </i>whereby strips of tin foil were pushed down the chutes, out into the air. The effect was staggering as, on German Radar screens, many hundreds of aircraft could clearly be seen, rather than the few which was the reality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group were living up to their motto admirably: '<i>Confound & Destroy'. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As final orders were given that the Normandy Invasion would take place the following day, specialist RCM aircraft from RAF 100
Group — Lancasters and Halifaxes, </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">including
USAAF B-17 Fortresses of 803 Squadron, which was attached to 100 Group, working together flying combined operations — prepared
to set up a Radar-jamming '<i>Mandrel'</i> screen to cover the invasion fleet from the
‘eyes’ of German Radars that had survived earlier attacks by Allied
fighter-bombers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>RAF 100 Group</b></span> aircraft were first in the
air, taking off at dusk on 5 June 1944. They took up their stations along the
south coast of England, from Dorset to Dover, at intervals of 15,000 feet.
Flying at precisely determined intervals, heights, and bearings, they
effectively jammed German Radar across the entire central and eastern English
Channel, masking the invasion fleet. Throughout the month they flew a number of
nights, working also as ‘<i>Spoofs’</i>. However, with a lack of aircraft, only a
small screen could be put up; this meant RAF aircraft flew in pairs to give
full coverage. The U.S. aircraft flew singly, but did not cover as wide a
frequency band. Despite early misgivings, the RCM proved to be a success,
working far better than theoreticians had dared hope. Its success at
diverting German defences also meant that, in July, 192 and 199 Squadrons were
converted into the so-called ‘<i>Special Window Force</i>’ (SWF) within 100 Group.
Their mission was to divert attention away from the main bomber force by
pretending to be a second major force and raid a different target. Crews
referred to this task as ‘<i>Spoofing’</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Meanwhile, 214 Squadron—operating '<i>Airborne
Cigar'</i> (ABC) — headed east to fly over Calais and along the Somme Valley,
depositing specially designed '<i>Window'</i>. This set up a false echo on German Radar
sets, simulating a mass of bomber aircraft heading for targets that would be
chosen if the invasion were taking place near Calais. To add to this illusion,
the '<i>Serrate'</i> anti-night-fighter Mosquitoes of 141, 160 and 239 Squadrons were
present over the Somme, attacking any night fighters they could locate.
Simultaneously, 85, 157 and 515 Squadrons attacked Luftwaffe bases as far east
as Holland, again to give the impression that Calais, not Normandy, was the
invasion target. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">All these Squadrons were part of RAF 100 Group, which again, lived up to their motto ‘<i>Confound and Destroy</i>’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">On the night of 5–6 June, a few short hours
before the D-Day assault on Normandy, five of 100 Group’s B-17 Fortresses,
together with a similar force of Lancasters, were given the unusual task of flying
back and forth across the Channel, penetrating 80 miles into France before
turning around. On each inward journey, bundles of '<i>Window'</i> were tossed out as
quickly as possible. Just ten aircraft managed to create a bomber stream of
hundreds of non-existent raiders on German Radar; this was again designed to
confuse and distract the Nazis’ attentions from Normandy. The decoy bombers
also jammed German radio using on-board transmitters. An electronic wall that
blocked all German communications was successfully established for several
hours over northern France, masking the presence of 1,000 Allied transport
aircraft.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Joseph Charles ‘Joe’ McCarthy DSO DFC and Bar, the RACF’s American Dambuster, flew with the Squadrons as they followed
racetrack-shaped circuits with three-minute turns, 800 feet off Calais, dropping '<i>Window'</i>. This duped the German coastal Radar into thinking a large surface fleet
was approaching Pas de Calais, while the real force was approaching Normandy,
far to the west.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Many different ‘mini’ operations were flown
under the umbrella of the larger one, each aimed at deflecting German
attention away from the intended target. The hope was that the enemy would
believe an invasion was happening elsewhere. Time was of the essence. Given the
weather conditions, everything had to happen during this window of opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">At around midnight, 149 Squadron went into
action with the task of dropping ‘<i>Ruperts</i>’—half-sized dummy parachutists armed
with fireworks, which would explode as the dummy landed to simulate machine-gun
fire. They were dropped at various locations to confuse German defenders as to
where real parachute troops were landing. It proved a resounding success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">The dangerous, yet secretive nature of RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group's work was reflected in medals awarded in the aftermath. On
27 June, for example, Sergeant Harvey Allin of 192 Squadron was awarded a DFM
for unspecified acts of ‘<i>cool courage and ardour whilst engaged on special
duties’. </i>Even in the awards given, secrecy remained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Back on the night of 5–6 June, again as part
of the air cover for invasion forces, Sqn Ldr R. G. Woodman of 169 Squadron (100 Group) was flying a Mosquito, patrolling over France, hunting for enemy night fighters
that might spot invasion forces crossing the Channel. Ironically, he
described the evening as ‘<i>the quietest night of the year</i>’, which made the sight
of the invasion fleet from the air all the more astounding. It marked the
prelude of what was to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Apart from RAF 100 Group’s ongoing secret
work, additional deception sorties were flown by Bomber Command, each with
their own code and <i>modus operandi ... </i>as illustrated in the diagram showing Radar Countermeasures above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Sixteen
Lancasters of 617 Squadron dropped precise '<i>Window'</i> patterns at low level, in
conjunction with a Royal Navy deception operation, to simulate the incoming
convoy approaching the coast at Cap d’Antifer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Operation Glimmer</b></span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Six
Stirlings from 218 Squadron conducted a similar '<i>Window'</i>-dropping operation to
617 Squadron’s, simulating an invasion convoy approaching Boulogne. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">A force of 40 Hudsons, Halifaxes, and
Stirlings dropped dummy parachutists, rifle-fire simulators, '<i>Window'</i>, and two
SAS teams to simulate airborne landings away from the invasion area. 200 dummy
parachutists dropped near to the base of the Cotentin Peninsula, with 50 more east of the River Dives and 50 to the south-west of Caen. 200 dummy parachutists and SAS teams were dropped at Yvetot, 30 miles south-west of
Dieppe. The SAS had orders to allow some of the enemy to escape and spread
alarm by reporting landings of hundreds of parachutists. Two Stirlings were
lost in this operation. Dummy parachutists were crude cloth representations of
a human figure — a simple series of cloth bags and strips connected in a roughly
cross-like shape, giving the impression of a parachutist; they were certainly
not the accurate rubber figures suggested in some accounts. Equipped with a
device to prevent the enemy discovering they were a deception, an explosive
charge destroyed the cloth figure, setting it on fire, suggesting the supposed man
had burnt his parachute and lay hidden, ready for action or sabotage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Over the Somme Estuary, 24 Lancasters from 101 Squadron and five B-17 Flying Fortresses of 214 Squadron
established an ‘<i>Airborne Cigar</i>’ (ABC) ground-air radio-jamming and '<i>Window'</i>
barrage along the line. They sought to distract enemy night fighters away from
transport aircraft carrying airborne troops. One Lancaster was lost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Over
Littlehampton, 16 Stirlings from 199 Squadron and four 8th Air Force B-24
Liberators established a jamming screen using ‘<i>Mandrel</i>’ Electronic Warfare Radar Jammers. The
screen was established between Littlehampton and Portland Bill to hide the real
invasion fleet from German EW Radar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Less
than one week after the first RAF 100 Group flight, on 11 June the beaches were
fully secured. Over 326,000 troops, more than 50,000 vehicles, and some 100,000
tons of equipment had landed at Normandy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">The Germans had taken comfort from the poor
conditions — which were worse in northern France than over the English
Channel — believing that no invasion would be possible for several days. Some
troops stood down, and many senior Officers went away for the weekend. Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel took a few days of leave to celebrate his wife’s birthday.
Dozens of Division, Regimental and Battalion Commanders were away from their
posts, conducting war games prior to the invasion. It left the Germans in
confusion and disarray, especially with the absence of celebrated Commander
Rommel, who was away on leave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Hitler initially believed the invasion
was a feint, designed to distract the Germans from an attack north of the
Seine. He refused to release nearby Divisions to join the counter-attack.
Reinforcements had to be called in from further afield, causing delays. Hitler
also hesitated in calling for armoured Divisions to help in the defence.
Moreover, the Germans were hampered by effective Allied air support, which took
out many key bridges and forced the Germans to make long detours; this was in
addition to efficient Allied Naval support, which helped protect advancing
Allied troops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Over ensuing weeks, the Allies fought their
way across the Normandy countryside—including a dense landscape of marshes and
hedgerows — in the face of determined German resistance. By the end of June, the
Allies had seized the vital port of Cherbourg and had landed approximately
850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles in Normandy. They were now poised to continue
their march across France. By the end of August 1944, the Allies had reached
the Seine. Paris was liberated, and the Germans were removed from north-western
France; the battle for Normandy was at an end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">RAF 100 Group</span></b> had been the secret eyes in
the skies, identifying and jamming enemy Radar, equipping and working with the U.S. 8th Air Force as well as the Resistance, SOE, and SOD, creating a hidden layer of defence. They were the Guardian Angels of those on the Front Line, and their work was key to this
turning point of the war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Working with these Veterans over the past 25 years, it has been both a privilege and pleasure, as well as a humbling experience. They share their stories with one another, while there are many who still say nothing at all, replaying the secret role they played throughout the Second World War silently in their heads. Too many have taken their secrets to the grave. And till my final breath I continue to campaign on their behalf, passionate that their history and voices should be heard. They do not call themselves '<i>Heroes</i>', simply saying they had a job to do, and they did it to the best of their ability. However, given their work was so secret yet so crucial to the success of the Second World War, they need to know their legacy will live on into the future ... and yearn to receive the respect and recognition due to them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "cambria" , serif;"><b>We <u>WILL</u> Remember Them!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">There are many many books written about The Second World War. However, my books focus on RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group ... Guardian Angels of the Skies. To understand more about the role they played during D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, working with the U.S. 8th Air Force, as well as other operations in which they played a key role; you can read:</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "cambria" , serif;">Published by Fonthill Media</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">I would also make the point that it was the publishers, Fonthill Media, who omitted all photographs, maps and diagrams which originally went with the writings. I have had many complaints about this issue as well as Reviews which express the same, saying that including these would have enhanced the book greatly in illustrating its writings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">I totally agree!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif;">However, the book does tell in great depth the story of RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group operations, and includes the personal writings of Veterans. In sharing their story it shows their remarkable achievements, and how electronic warfare won the day.</span></div>
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<br />Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-90987421970318344482019-05-31T04:13:00.002-07:002019-05-31T04:16:37.214-07:00BOOK REVIEWS<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>A REMINDER THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL</b></span></div>
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This book was published in January this year, and Major Rosemary Dawson has written a personal Review after reading it, which appeared in <i>The Salvationist</i> magazine, 11 May 2019:</div>
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'<i>Some people seem to encounter more than their fair share of life's trials and tribulations. Janine Harrington is certainly one of them.</i></div>
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<i>Describing herself as having 'a PhD in Life', for the past 30 years she has chosen, through her work as a Christian Counsellor and Abuse Consultant, to use her own roller-coaster experiences as a survivor of physical and sexual abuse to help children and adults come to terms with similar situations.</i></div>
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<i>People who have suffered abuse often blame themselves, rather than the abuser. Janine seeks to explain that the only way to deal with such experiences is to work through them - to let them out in the open and share with others. 'Forgiveness isn't forgetting, it's about remembering ... and letting go', she says.</i></div>
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<i>Now she invites Readers to share her personal journey, asking them what they might do in similar situations. She explores the age-old question: 'Why do bad things happen for no apparent reason?' - whether a betrayal of trust, a broken marriage or a life destroyed by the actions of another. She recounts how a ten-year period of daily domestic violence stripped her of self-esteem and left her frail, vulnerable, afraid and alone.</i></div>
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<i>So, where does God fit into the picture? The answer, she says, may surprise you!</i></div>
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<i>Throughout her struggles and ensuing health problems, there remained the seed of Christian faith, the heritage of her Christian upbringing. With courage and determination, this ultimately helped bring her back to 'a mindset where God is in control of my life' and gave her a renewed purpose for living. With God's help, she has found the inner peace that had deserted her, and can accept herself as the person she has become. Janine is now a Lay Preacher and an Adherent Member of Filey Salvation Army.</i></div>
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<i>This inspirational and candid book, which contains some helpful and thought-provoking meditations, represents the positive outlook which comes through her present battle with Cancer: 'Out of every negative must come a positive - the greater the negative, the more than positive must be.'</i></div>
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My grateful thanks to Major Rosemary Dawson</div>
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'<i>Always Believe - A Personal Journey of Faith</i>' is available from Amazon, priced £7.99.</div>
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This book was the fulfillment of a promise to Veterans and their families who served in RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group, under Bomber Command. It brings together the many airfields in Norfolk which became their home in wartime, and offers a voice to those brave yet humble heroes, willing to sacrifice their lives to bring the kind of peace we enjoy today. Next year, 2020, marks VE Day when people flooded into the streets, sharing their joy and happiness that finally war was at an end, yet knowing at the same time that life could never return to what it had been, with so many who had been killed and families mourning the loss of loved ones. This weighty volume shares stories of the few who lived to tell their tale, while I remain passionate about preserving both the history and stories of RAF 100 Group and those who served with them.</div>
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Joe May's Review is one of many from Readers who have read this book: </div>
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<i>'This is clearly a labour of love by the Author. I couldn't put it down. The work of 100 Group RAF has never been widely known, but here are so many memories in one book. It may never be known how many lives they saved, but the RAF would have faced much higher losses without the 100 Group's talented crews and ingenious equipment addressing various ground-based and airborne Luftwaffe threats. Even 100 Group sadly lost aircraft and crews.</i></div>
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<i>RAF 100 Group was a hyper-secret and superbly successful Unit in Bomber Command. Janine has produced a unique book about a unique Unit in the RAF during World War Two who were tasked with confusing as well as raiding against the Luftwaffe using electronic warfare - to confound and destroy. Although electronic warfare is common-place today, it was new at the time and 100 Group were its pioneers. Janine writes concisely and completely about each phase of the evolution 100 Group experienced as well as a comprehensive mention of equipment utilised (most books mention two or three when there were over a dozen). She has also assembled first-hand accounts from 100 Group members living today, as well as accounts from family members which provide insight and much required context to better understand the times.</i></div>
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<i>In 'RAF 100 Group - Kindred Spirits' book, Janine has the Reader learning vital, though little known, details of electronic warfare's infancy as well as its tactics. Handfuls of aircraft flying distraction raids appearing on German Radar as hundreds, and aircraft forming an electromagnetic line over the Channel during the prelude to D-Day so that German Radar would be none the wiser, are just two examples for the Reader to be amazed by 100 Group's almost nightly exploits.</i></div>
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<i>RAF 100 Group - Kindred Spirits book fills a void in many libraries.</i></div>
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<i>But why </i><b>is</b><i> there such a void, and who is the Author?</i></div>
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<i>The void is grandfathered in for two primary reasons. The first is that the Group's activities were hyper-secret with its aircraft specially marked so that each was under continuous guard when not flying. Any Military Service person will identify with the stories of Special Operators whose aircraft landed at a diverted airfield. The second is due to the fact that Bomber Command personnel went from hero to zero at war's end. Thankfully, that gross error has been corrected, with Janine addressing the issue objectively as well as poignantly. To say that Janine can write about RAF 100 Group is a bit like saying the Queen has poise. Janine was born to her work with her mother's fiance Flt/Lt Vic Vinnell MIA (Missing in Action) over Europe's war-torn skies, never to be recovered while on a mission still held secret today. Since that time, she has served to record the Unit's history and Service Personnel recollections. She is also Secretary of the worldwide RAF 100 Group Association.</i></div>
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<i>Aside from the plethora of gems found within Janine Harrington's writings, personal accounts and images regarding the war, there are certain treasures which stand out. One is the pilot's account of flying his Hawker Hunter beneath Tower Bridge and why (an incredible series of events). Another is the remembrance of walking seven miles to enjoy an egg (such was the need of fresh food as well as a bit of company). One other gem is the Chapter devoted to the USAAF's 36th Bomb Squadron Radar Counter Measure Unit (of the Mighty Eighth Air Force).</i></div>
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<i>Absolutely get this book since it will substantially enhance a World War Two Library Collection as well as Aviation Electronic Warfare specialisation!</i></div>
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My grateful thanks to Joe May for sharing his thoughts and sentiments after reading my book.<br />
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Joe made mention, in his Review, about my mother's wartime fiance Vic Vinnell. Vic, with his Canadian friend and Pilot Jack Fisher, flew with 192 Squadron (lead Squadron of RAF 100 Group), based at RAF Foulsham, Norfolk. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of their deaths in Mosquito DK292. Still it is not known what happened on their final fateful flight during the night of 26/27 November 1944, but we can remember them ... we can ensure that they did not die in vain.</div>
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To this end, later this year, I am having re-published the first book I ever wrote about RAF 100 Group, entitled: '<i>On A Wing & A Prayer</i>'. This will be dedicated to Vic and Jack, and to all who flew dangerous operations under the still very secret RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group ... Guardian Angels of wartime skies!</div>
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<br />Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-48441242814394006822019-04-27T06:38:00.001-07:002019-04-27T06:38:44.174-07:00RAF 100 Group - Heroes of our Time<br />
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As our annual May Reunion Weekend fast approaches in Norfolk, it brings our RAF 100 Group Association back through a portal in Time, to remember the many who did not return home. </div>
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Stafford Sinclair (above) was one such man, forged in the fire of a Second World War, married just four months to his wife Eileen when he was shot down by the enemy with the loss of all crew. His wife and her brother Martin Staunton visited Norfolk tens of years later, and were saddened not just in remembering her husband and other airmen for whom Norfolk had once been their wartime home, but by the once thriving airfields filled with the clamor of voices and activity, now left abandoned, forlorn, neglected, buildings either in ruin and decay or being used by farmers for livestock and feed stores.</div>
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In the years following their first visit, Eileen and Martin, helped and supported by local couple Len and Evelyn Bartram; began to bring together veterans of RAF 100 Group to form an Association to honour and remember. In 1997, Oulton Memorial was dedicated in a ceremony which brought veterans and their families together for the first time ... and since then, we have continued on the legacy of Eileen and Martin, Len and Evelyn, coming together each year at the same time in May, while the Association has developed and grown into a thriving worldwide Family of Kindred Spirits of which I feel both humbled and privileged to be a part.</div>
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One further development which happened in recent years is that the 36th Squadron, U.S. 8th Air Force have joined our membership. They came over from the States in wartime to serve alongside RAF 100 Group, flying as a combined formidable force, together tasked with identifying and jamming enemy Radar using special electronic warfare, as well as being involved in covert operations. Now many of their veterans and families make up a valued part of our worldwide Family, and travel across to the UK today to join our Reunions. Their representative, <span style="color: blue;">Stephen Hutton</span>, whose father Iredell Hutton served with this Squadron, remains a close friend together with Pam his wife. And as the Association as a whole stretches between the UK, The States, New Zealand, China, Australia, Canada, and other countries, we are linked by the same passion to preserve both the history and stories of these courageous and committed people:</div>
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My heartfelt thanks goes to my good friends <span style="color: blue;">Donna Gray and Darren Rose</span> who recently brought together links to these different websites under the one shown above, offering the best possible experience in understanding the role of RAF 100 Group in wartime serving under Bomber Command, including the 36th Bomb Squadron, U.S. 8th Air Force. The websites will explain why their work was so secret ... remaining shrouded in mystery to this day.</div>
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Donna and Darren are firm friends, who became concerned when they realised my books written about RAF 100 Group give a website no longer available. They resolved this issue by registering the website given in my publications, creating under it a page online which gives viewers three separate options ... including the newly created official RAF 100 Group Association website, and their own entitled: '<span style="color: blue;">Heroes of our Time'</span>.</div>
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Donna grew up in places where RAF 100 Group and the U.S. 36th Bomb Squadron RCM were based in wartime. It's the reason why their website has a very personal feel to it, and for the future, will include more and more personal stories and photographs of war-torn Britain depicting heroes of our time.</div>
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I love the language and skills they use in making their website come alive, reaching out, making you want to explore further as you enter the portal into another age when the noise of Merlin engines fill the skies, and blue uniforms tread the highways and byways of Norfolk.</div>
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We join in inviting you to enter a world we ... myself, Donna & Darren, and Stephen Hutton in the States ... continue to live today, passionate about preserving its history, the stories of its people, and lessons it has to teach about what it is to live in a world at war.</div>
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<br />Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-62591015193554999962019-03-15T15:26:00.000-07:002019-03-16T03:49:28.189-07:00THE MAKING OF AN AUTHOR<br />
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From the moment my fingers could hold a pencil and I learned to write, words coursed gleefully through my veins, spilling onto the virgin page from a place deep within, My mother taught me to write long before I stepped inside a school. She shared my passion. Both my parents were Wordsmiths. They understood the power of the written word. My bedroom quickly filled with all the classics alongside collections of Enid Blyton. I was in awe, surrounded by all these great names, eager to know what they had to say ... and to learn. The local library was a magical place. It stood alone, a monument marking the best works of writers resting within. Every Saturday my father and I went to choose reading material for the week ahead. But once through the glass doors, I could only stand and stare, caught in the annuls of history, hesitantly walking a familiar path between portals leading to worlds far beyond my wildest imagination. How could I choose just three of these wonderful worlds to take home from such a vast collection? Characters called to me, locked within pages which held them trapped. I had the power to release them, to set them free to share their stories, making them a part of me.</div>
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'<i>Choose us ...'</i> they'd cry.</div>
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<i>'We have so much to tell you, so much you should know ...'</i></div>
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Promises. Hope. Stories of life stretching beyond distant horizons. Inspired, already having peeked at illustrations offered as windows into the heart of these new worlds; I couldn't wait to reach home where immediately I settled to write, words spilling onto the page as I caught hold of an adventure of my own making.</div>
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I still have these early stories ... stepping stones to the Author I would become.</div>
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Every book has a story about how it came into being ... and as I open the door to past memories, reaching in for clues, I find I'm standing in another library. This time each portal is waiting to lead me on a different kind of journey, back to where the story of each one of my books began. And so it begins:<br />
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'<i>Once upon a daydream ...'. </i><br />
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As we pick up the pace, we move with the little child that was, on through the years, to the point at which her first books are published. It was a long time in the making!</div>
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Becoming a published author was a dream come true.</div>
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Imagine a small child, legs caught in calipers, clomping into the silence of a small library, eyes firmly following the avenues of books, wondering where to begin. In her eyes, each was a portal. Every page taking her a step closer to another world - a world where perhaps she would be accepted as an equal. Maybe they could provide answers to her many questions bubbling just below the surface, offer a hiding place to escape bullies, show her a way out of a world where she felt isolated, vulnerable, insecure, unable to understand why it was happening to her, how to stop it, what her future might otherwise hold. All the while, her mind worked on gathering information, storing it in a place where later she could refer to those feelings and the abusive acts behind them, using them to the power of good.</div>
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Imagine in later years, stripped of confidence and self-respect, trying to find a sense of identify and freedom to simply be herself, she is confronted by a Careers Counsellor demanding to know what she'll do when she leaves school, intent on guiding her down a structured well-trodden path of life leading into a world of employment.</div>
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<i>'<b>An author</b>? Oh come on Girl, get your head out the clouds! That's hardly sensible, now is it? An Author indeed! Things like that don't happen to people like us. Yes, it's good to have a dream ... a hobby ... something to do in your spare time. But we're talking now about what you're going to do to earn a living, to make your way in the world. Now, let's clear your mind of such idiotic notions, and find something suitable for someone like you.'</i></div>
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That was the phrase that stuck in my mind. I had a classic case of '<i>girl with her head in the clouds'</i> syndrome with little hope of finding work. In truth, all I wanted was to marry the boy next door, raise a family, live happy ever after ... <i>and write</i>! Born with disabilities, it seems no-one expected me to achieve very much. I wasn't going to walk without aids. Or drive a car. I needed to accept my limitations, accept the box I'd been ticked into without seeking another niche in life. But then, they didn't know. They didn't realise the power of thought ... of imagination ... of belief ... of what writing <i>could </i>achieve!!</div>
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Years passed. I continued to write copiously each day. I'd written many stories, even had a couple of articles published in magazines. Now, as a married woman, I pushed the boundaries, worked my way outside the box to write my first book: '<i style="color: blue;"><b>A Crying Game</b>' </i>based on personal experience.<i style="color: blue;"> </i>Personal experience? But this was the early eighties ... you weren't supposed to do that ... not then anyway!! But then, I was different. They'd told me so often enough. So okay, I'd <b>be</b> different! In just six weeks, words spilled out of me, a cathartic experience, unleashing all the turmoil and emotion hidden for too long. The catalyst for this sudden startling revelation was the birth of my auburn-haired baby daughter born against all odds, after being told I couldn't have children. Something else I wasn't meant to do! But now, this was me, not just stepping outside the box, but leaving that wretched box behind; realising miracles really can happen ... <i>they can even happen to me</i>!! It was a wake-up call to be sure, and the start of something which was to grow beyond my wildest dreams ... </div>
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My daughter was 10 months old when we moved as a family to Mull in the Hebrides, a magical island surrounded by sea, a three-quarters of an hour ferry journey from Oban. We were bringing technology to the Highlands and Islands, teaching shepherds to record their sheep. As a unique venture, a Sunday Times reporter came visiting. It was just as he was preparing to leave he asked what I did outside this work. I mentioned writing, showed him my book. Within a few weeks, I was contacted by his publishers in Edinburgh who ultimately accepted the book, sending me on a book tour the length and breadth of Britain speaking on radio, book and discussion programmes, appearing in the media and Breakfast TV, and a whole host of different outlets. This was February 1984. People didn't write personal experiences, especially their life as a battered wife. It led to a remarkable display of solidarity as newspapers displayed headlines, picking up on what I'd said about families needing a '<i>Lifeline</i>', a point of contact and support even when still in danger, with information about what to do, who to contact, where to go, how to keep safe. Letters arrived in their hundreds. It seemed I'd arrived before I even knew I'd begun as I founded the national registered charity: Lifeline, actively campaigning for laws to be changed, supporting families in abuse ... including the abusers in jail. If you didn't understand the problem and where his/her aggression stemmed from, how could you resolve the problem, or at least find a way of managing the situation at home? Besides, I knew the mindset of being an abused wife, physical, mental and emotional control which made you 'obey' even when your abuser wasn't around. I directed the Charity on a national basis for ten years. Meanwhile, I was commissioned to write a further two books published in 1988 and 1989 - <i style="color: blue;">'<b>Behind Closed Doors, an advice book for people in abuse', </b></i>and <i style="color: blue;"><b>'Home is Where the Hurt Is, surviving child sexual abuse'</b>, </i>both published by Thorsons (now HarperCollins). </div>
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After the birth of each book published, my mother ensured a proper launch took place, with a cake to celebrate. They spoke volumes about the pride she felt in her daughter who had dared to dream, to step outside her box! I shall never forget how she shared my life in becoming an Abuse Counsellor working alongside. Her loving words together with those of my father remain written on my heart.</div>
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I should perhaps mention that music became my second language, writing emotion into my melodies and songs for which there were no words; played on a range of instruments including keyboard and guitar. Art was another language I used as a child, trying to illustrate what was really happening to me, using it to tell my forbidden secrets. But then, no-one understood the inner pain that still filtered through, despite the nightmares, the '<i>Fugues</i>', the debilitating symptoms of abuse.</div>
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In more recent years, I revisited this series of three books, revising them in the light of what I now know, twisting the tales within to draw out truths, climbing inside the mind of the Child, portraying the world through her eyes, illustrating how impossible it is as a lone voice to be heard ... or believed:</div>
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Turning back the pages of Life, I arrive at my second trilogy. Again, it wasn't planned. My need to know more about my beginnings and those who came before, in order to better understand myself fascinated and compelled me to digger deeper into my past. The past defines who we are today. There is much that can be learned if we reach back in Time. Realising this truth, I became addicted to Genealogy, tracing the roots of my Family, both paternal and maternal, uncovering a fascinating array of people and stories reaching through the ages. During this time, I was living in a dark place filled with sorrow and pain. Urgently I sought answers as Post Traumatic Stress took a firm hold. Mum ached to find something new to inspire, comfort and encourage me. Finally, she shared her wartime experiences which ultimately were published in the form of our first book written together:</div>
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We both believed that '<i>to deny one's experience is to deny one's self'.</i> Ideally, we wanted to write further books together for the future. Sadly, it was not to be. She died of Cancer even before our first book was published. But in the writing of this book I came to know my mother as a Soulmate, a Best Friend, a woman in her own right, and still I feel so privileged and loved, treasuring that time shared. We'd pour over books, photographs, diaries, historical documents and maps, desperately trying to uncover the mysteries of war and what became of her beloved wartime fiance. I shall treasure these memories always ... especially as this was my first introduction to RAF 100 Group, serving under Bomber Command during WWII. Her fiance Henry Victor '<i>Vic'</i> Vinnell was a Navigator/Special Operator based at RAF Foulsham, serving in 192 Squadron. It was this Squadron, because of the secrecy of their work and operations in which they linked with Bletchley Park, that had the highest number of fatalities. Today, his name appears nowhere other than at Runnymede, on a thick block of cold stone. He has no final resting place. But his name and that of his Canadian friend and pilot, Jack Fisher, are still spoken by veterans who knew them. They are remembered. Their legacy lives on. I remain passionate, inspired by my mother's wartime story, about preserving their history and stories. While RAF 100 Group veterans and their families remain a valued part of my worldwide Family of Kindred Spirits today ... RAF 100 Group Association, founded in 1994.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I travelled to Belgium and France on a coach trip to visit the graves of both great uncles, and was fortunate in being taken to where each brother fought and died. My Guide did copious research on my behalf to make this happen, and was able to talk me through their movements at the time, showing me the place they each fell. Again, memorable moments. Something I never expected, yet came to be. On the coach, drowning in an ocean of tears, I wrote a poignant poem which others on the coach asked me to share, standing in front of the graves of their own loved ones:</span><br />
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<b>Arthur Birkett CROMAN,</b></div>
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The third book in this Trilogy is written as a novel: <span style="color: blue;">'<i>Sealed with a Kiss'.</i></span> </div>
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This was the first time I had my own photograph accepted by a publisher for the front cover, and I was absolutely thrilled!</div>
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In more recent years, I've become known in the Aviation genre focusing on veterans of RAF 100 Group. Again, a trilogy offered them a voice. I remain passionate about preserving their history and stories, with too many already having taken their secrets to the grave, as with Vic and Jack. I made a my promise to their memory that, working as a collective with veterans and their families, we would ensure their lives as a collective would not be in vain, that their legacy lives on.</div>
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Vic, Mum's wartime fiance, was a writer. During the summer of 1944, he promised '<i>His Nina'</i> he would write a book about their love and become an author. This promise was, in turn, handed down to me, and fulfilled with the publication of <i>'Nina & Vic'</i> published on 26/27 November 2004, marking the 60th Anniversary of Vic and Jack's untimely death that same night in 1944.</div>
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For over twenty years, I have been a founding member of the RAF 100 Group Association. In time I became their worldwide Secretary, and Editor of our quarterly Association magazine: '<i>Confound & Destroy</i>' (their wartime motto). It was my promise fairly early on to one day publish their stories, written in their own words, under the same cover name as in wartime. Twenty years later, it came into being when Austin Macauley took on the challenge:</div>
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This is a weighty volume with a huge number of pages, but it shares my passion for preserving the history of both RAF 100 Group and the U.S. 8th Air Force's 36th Squadron. The book is filled with their voices, telling how they flew combined operations, living and working together on airfields across Norfolk in wartime. However, after so many years, so many pages of writing; you wouldn't believe the difficulties I faced getting it published. So it was '<b><span style="color: blue;">WELL DONE</span>'</b> and <span style="color: blue;"><b>THANK YOU </b></span>Austin Macauley publishers! It was a huge relief when finally it surfaced on bookshelves in bookshops and Amazon. Oh, if only I could visit the library I knew as a child! Oh, to speak to ladies behind the counter and show them the reality of a dream come true!! Oh, to visit old schools, to confront the bullies, and to urge children to hold onto their dream ... <b>no matter what</b>! Don't let anyone take your dream away from you. You never know where it might lead. Life is a journey. You learn from your mistakes. Every experience teaches you something of value. And all this knowledge should some day be collated and reverently used towards a positive outcome.<br />
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This book also offers a blow by blow account written by veterans of what it meant to be part of this ultra-secret RAF 100 Group in wartime. Many share operations in which they were involved. And the man sitting astride the front cover above is a living hero of our times: George Stewart DFC, living in Canada, whose two sons carry on his legacy of flying their own planes. His story is a remarkable one, made all the more fascinating as it comes together from notes he wrote as a nineteen year old away from home and country for the first time. He is one of my valued Kindred Spirits in my worldwide Family, sharing one another's lives, keeping in touch daily. It's a wonderful, privileged and humbling position to be in today.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>THANK YOU, ONE AND ALL!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>RAF 100 Group Association ... you are each very special, valued, loved.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>A remarkable collection of people xx</b></span></div>
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RAF 100 Group gave birth to Electronic Warfare, using experimental equipment on board their aircraft, tasked with identifying and jamming enemy Radar, creating mayhem and confusion from the skies. Again, this book is written in an easy-to-read language. Yet it became another tremendously difficult book to have published! Despite signing a contract for a series of three books, the first two written and forwarded well within the time limits, it was only the one above which was ever published ... even then, without warning, all the rare RAF 100 Group photos, maps, illustrations, etc. had been taken out. It just goes to prove that these days, writing a book is the easy part, however difficult you might believe that to be. Be warned! When it comes to publishing, getting your writings out to a wider audience, it's never the way it seems. I have many would-be writers as well as already established authors contacting me about this very subject, asking that I vet contracts, advise them what to do, who to avoid. Writing books has changed radically since I had my first come out in February 1984. Now there are so many in the market place publishers can pick and choose ... yet without writers and their books, where would they be?!?<br />
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However, the good news is that I have absolute faith in FeedARead who now publish my books. Backed by the Arts Council and five top publishers, I have placed a fair number with them now. It was to them I turned last year, all ready with a wartime picture for the front cover, and they did me proud!<br />
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An evocative book, it evidences the impact RAF 100 Group had in the global theatre of war, offering a unique and telling insight through the words of those who were there at the time, explaining what was happening prior to its inception as well as after. It is written as an urgent response to veterans who survived the war, and to those who took their secrets to the grave, letting them know how much we honour, admire and respect them. To their families and friends seeking answers to what a loved one did in wartime, it offers a fascinating glimpse into times past, asking that finally we give recognition, credit and reward so richly deserved.</div>
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Again, thank you to all who made this book possible, to help us remember the many who gave their lives that we may live in peace ... although saying that, I'm keenly aware that, with our world in turmoil right now, this isn't the case for everyone, sad to say.<br />
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My forage into fiction carried me on a strange yet fascinating journey, where quickly I realised that fiction, as such, doesn't exist. When writing, an author inevitably uses their own view of the world, emotions from past and present events. Characters can be shaped by the characteristics of people known or seen from afar often without realising it, and in this way, the work becomes what I choose to call '<i>Faction</i>' ... a mix of imagination caught in the entrails of past truths.<br />
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<i>'Secrets of the Grimoire'</i> is certainly set in this category. It started out as the first in a Trilogy a long while ago, the second is written and ready to role, while the third still needs work. It was inspired by a dream, in which I was gazing into a mirror where no image stared back. I woke, wondering why this might be. A whole set of different scenarios queued in my mind, waiting to be assimilated. I recalled other parts of the dream in which I was living in a dust-filled ruin of a cottage. Through the grime on the windows, I could see nothing but weeds growing up the sides of the walls, fingers reaching in through sills like claws ready to strike. Yet my heart was racing. Someone was coming ... coming to visit. <i>Friend or Foe</i>? I had no idea. My only companion was a spider which continued to weave webs around sparse items of furniture, but at the same time seemed somehow to be ... watching me?<br />
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I lived this book for a long time. Nights became filled with screaming nightmares. I'd wake, convinced I was covered in cobwebs ... <i>and I can't stand the idea of spiders</i>!!!</div>
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However, the unique thing about this book is that it is illustrated using images evoked by my dreams. It also inspired a series of paintings bringing the characters to life on canvas, providing hours of immense pleasure and which still decorate my walls today. Each carries its own pictorial story. There is Nihamana in her shop of ancient healing herbs in Cobleton Bray. Catchpole working on a new scheme. Captain Firebrand and Minty, his cabin boy, pirates who get washed up on the shores of the Kingdom of Paragon. Not forgetting Jeremiah Jones. These are just a few of the many characters I came to know and love. Set in North Yorkshire amidst the many legends of these parts, I found it compelling to prize open secrets forgotten in Time, including shipwrecks, smuggling, '<i>Orb Art</i>', and so much more. I keep telling myself I should resurrect this book, publish the second in the series, and finally finish the Trilogy it was always meant to be.<br />
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This became a book fed by my own feelings of loss. I identified with the young girl. It taught me so much, helped and supported me through grief, and gave me something of value born out of a time of immense depression, sadness, pain and need.<br />
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My final forage into fiction ... <i>or 'Faction' I should say</i>! ... features a three-part series starring unlikely hero Joe Maddison, although each book can be read as a separate thriller. '<i>Stone Cold Dead</i>' came from my wanderings through a graveyard. Always peaceful and tranquil places, I find each stone representative of the cover of a book, where inside lies a hidden untold story aching to be shared. From details carved into the stone, it's impossible to imagine what the person was like other than a male or female and approximate age. But then, I've come across many, particularly high on the cliffs at Whitby by the infamous Abbey, where salt from the sea far below has eroded the stones, rubbing them clean. One day, I stood, imagining what it might be like to suddenly see my own name carved on one of these gravestones, the date of my death below ... suddenly, a story was born!</div>
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I was staying in a Bed and Breakfast in Warwickshire where I became their '<i>Writer in Residence'</i> for a long while. Such happy days, sitting idly by the canal, watching narrow boats drift by, heading for the tunnel further along their watery path. Again, it meant copious research, learning about the lives of families living and working on barges, carrying cargo back and forth. My daughter that year, bought for my birthday a huge book about London reaching back through the ages. It offered a fascinating insight, even more when I discovered I had a relative in the not too distant past reported in a Census as being '<i>a Gentleman of Marylebone</i>'. So many unexpected titbits of information gathered gradually drew the story out, making it close and personal. It was one of those books where I find myself living the story, not just watching from the sidelines. The characters and I connect in a strong meaningful way. And even as I write this now, I can reach out and draw them to me, admiring young Isabella and her soft vulnerability. Then again Connor, a dark, broody Heathcliffe kind of guy trapped in forbidden love.</div>
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There is yet one further book to be written which will complete this three-part series, so still work to be done. There is always something still waiting for a writer which, in turn, will take her on new exhilarating journeys. For me, it's not about beginnings, middles and endings. Never have I written in this way! It is the book that yawns a story into existence, working with its writer, informing her when something doesn't work and a re-write is due. Whether I'm writing a letter, an email, or a book, I write from the heart in a steady stream of consciousness. I never edit as I write, but let the story first take care of itself and make itself known, before going anywhere near clearing up grammar and punctuation, etc. Leaving writing at any point means when you return it changes, you slip into a different rhythm. Reading it back together with the part you wrote before, you'll find it's like two separate pieces on the same theme. I like to continue on for as long as possible, uninterrupted. When I return, I'll re-read what I've written still without changing anything, climbing back into the mindset I was in before I left off. This works for me, but then again, every writer has to find their own way of working.</div>
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Factual writing obviously means research is crucial ... and that doesn't entail reading and copying from books! I still have endless manuscripts sent to me which are basically '<i>dump boxes</i>', places where endless facts have been spewed onto a page from a number of sources. That isn't writing a book!!!!! To use that material would be plagiarism! Books need to be crafted like a piece of art in a very personal way, putting your own mark and signature on your work. Initially you have raw material to work with where, once stored, you spend most of your time putting it into some semblance of order. I generally divide it up into folders which hold endless documents each headed with key words indicative of what they contain. I never read one sole work, or even two or three, because there is a very real risk of inadvertently using other people's ideas. Even the same phrases and wording can stick like glue to your brain! For a book to become yours alone, a unique piece of work, you need to own it and its contents. You may choose a subject about which there are already endless books written, endless screeds of documents on the internet. If you can't choose something new to write about, then the alternative is to find a new twist, a different way entirely of telling the story or writing the facts.<br />
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My final two books which came out weeks apart I felt an incredible urgency about writing after being diagnosed with Cancer. Faith wasn't a subject up until now I had written about ... yet it seemed to be time. I truly felt '<i>Called'</i> from the moment I began writing each of these books, woken from sleep in the early hours of morning. My heart opened wide, embracing this new experience. I never once struggled to maintain what I was already begun, but felt guided by another's hand. The writing of these books brought me immense Peace, and a Quietness of Spirit in my soul. There are other books I have written through the years, but these outlined above are a cross section of the 29 currently published, with these two books taking me to a new level:</div>
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In my last Post I shared my own personal experience of living with Cancer. I'd like to be able to say it as it is, but often there are no words to adequately describe emotion. You have to <i>feel</i> it, to <i>live </i>it, to truly understand. Most of the time I feel out of kilter with the world. People talk of Summer. Look forward to spending time with family and friends. Book holidays in the sun. They have a future. Something to reach for, to live for ... dreams just as real to them even on a cloud-filled day.</div>
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As I write this, I am exhausted. It an exhaustion reaching right through to my soul. Life comes one small step at a time. A challenge a day - a letter to write, nothing too drastic like cleaning or clearing out a cupboard, something I'm longing to do! On really bad days, it's simply about getting up, sitting on the sofa, having something to eat, reaching the end of the chapter of a book. It sounds pathetic ... but it's just the way it is.</div>
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Cancer isn't the only thing going on with me. A lot of mental/emotional symptoms are indicative of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress) which I've lived with ever since I was young. I struggle to walk because of chronic osteo-arthritis. I can't write or draw or grip because of arthritic hands. My only consolation is that I can still speed type which is a Blessing. Meanwhile, the Cancer travels on, perhaps reaching into my bones with time, adding further layers of pain, difficulty and frustration I have yet to face. People try to push me into treatment.</div>
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Saying '<i>No</i>' to treatment doesn't mean I'm in denial. Nor am I running away or quitting. No-one can run from Cancer. As I've said before, I believe in '<i>Quality</i>' rather than '<i>Quantity</i>' of life. I don't want to spend the end of my days, however long or short that might be, recovering or going through treatment ordeals which leave me weak, vulnerable, and in constant need of care. I'm not afraid of reaching the end, of Death itself. But right now I'm still on the journey towards that state of being. Once begun, it can often prove agonising, always challenging, fraught with difficulties and upset, disillusionment and an over-riding sense of loss and grief and pain ... and yes, Fear!<br />
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In the past, I have used pain in the aftermath of challenging experiences as a way of sharing openly with others who feel equally devastated, abandoned, betrayed, alone. It's a positive way of showing others they're not alone. We can reach out ... connect ... help one another through.</div>
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I have sat in cold dark places with young people who feel they have no future, listening and learning from them what brought them to this state of being. Writing books about pain has been both a cathartic experience and a strength, creating a voice and a space for others to identify with and share, learning that there is a life beyond this physical, emotional, mindless pain they feel now. I have spoken at Conferences, teaching professionals what it feels like to be the other side of their desks, to be the one not listened to or understood, the one left abandoned, isolated, insecure, alone in a dark and desperate place where no-one wants to be.</div>
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Bandages identify physical pain. They indicate where that pain is, making it easier to understand. It's pain that will heal ... maybe. While inside, there is so much more going on for which there are no words. If only it were as simple as handing over emotional pain and the experience from which it came to someone and saying:<br />
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There's another name for what I'm talking about here. It's called: '<i>Holding Space'</i>. It means opening our hearts to someone in need, offering unconditional support, letting go of judgement and control ... simply being there for another human being, treating them with dignity and respect and as an equal no matter what their experience, who they are, however much you know about them.</div>
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Heather Plett's blog about just this touches me deeply, and I feel the most positive step I can take now is to pass this on to my readers:</div>
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Heather was able to offer her mother a gift just when she needed it most ...</div>
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Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-55399698692627676682019-03-03T03:51:00.000-08:002019-03-06T08:13:34.527-08:00DARK PLACES<br />
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This time was different as I stood at the door waving after the departing figure of my daughter. This time it felt as if I was saying a final farewell to all that has been and still is. </div>
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Each morning was remarkable because there was someone else in the house. I felt reassured. Safe. Unexpectedly looking forward to what the new day might bring. We'd share breakfast, then wander into the village, mooching around the shops, wondering which cafe to pick for lunch. Yes, the pain kicked in even as I left the house. I yearned to be able to get down the cobbled hill trailing down to the sea. I stood at the top, watching longingly the blue calm waters stretching out in the sun below, aching to have a cone in my hand, licking at ice-cream, rather than constantly having to rub my legs back to life, easing them tenderly one to the other, pushing my back against a wall to ensure I remained standing.</div>
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The days we spent together were like summer, enriched by new blooms out early, children with buckets and spades, jackets laid aside in favour of 'T' shirts, and bright colours everywhere I looked. I hadn't been out in so long. My home is my world now. I found it invigorating to see everything looking so vibrant, so rich, filled with life, laughter, chatter, noise. I wished I could keep pace with my daughter's quick steps as she flitted here and there, yearning to have the ability to '<i>speed walk</i>', to be without pain.</div>
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In an evening, we'd settle to a film before playing a board game from childhood, smoothing back the pages of Time to when she was a child ... then again, to when I was young playing these same games with my parents.</div>
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The same warmth and glow of love reached around us like a fluffy blanket on a cold winter's day.</div>
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The house settles and becomes still. Silent as a grave. I wander aimlessly from room to room as if seeking all our yesterdays, while the echo of her voice trips and follows, laughter rippling the air.</div>
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Slowly, shadows deepen. Darken. Lengthen. Stretching out to become permanent night.</div>
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The familiar returns, dragging me reluctantly with it, reminding me of the way things really are. My bubble bursts, and with the death of a memory comes a sick, draggy, groggy, achy, ill feeling reaching in and through me, invading my body which suddenly becomes a stranger ... yet it is the reality of the way Life is today.</div>
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Pain kicks in despite the Morphine ... then something more. Something unexpected. My head pounds with pain, a drum about to burst. The rhythm and beat grow stronger with every heartbeat, and suddenly I lose vision either side which morphs into a long dark endless tunnel, a tiny pinprick of light at the farthest end.</div>
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My hands reach around me, seeking the familiar, but everything has changed. Different. Darkness is always the enemy, and I struggle to block memories pushing through from bygone years. I can't afford to lead into PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress) ... <i>not now!!</i></div>
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I recall my first when I was around eleven years old. I can still feel the stool beneath me, the keys at my fingertips as I play the piano for the morning service, my father in the pulpit. Notes blur. The music slips and slithers. All I can see is one small note at a time. Somehow I finish the piece, listen to people sit down in their chairs, before slowly I make my way, feeling along the far wall, out to the toilet where I'm violently sick.</div>
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I told no-one at the time, just went to bed, drawing the curtains, the blankets rolled comfortingly around me, gripped in a vice of fear. Only years later did I share this experience with Mum and discovered she too used to suffer with bad migraines. It helped to know I wasn't alone.</div>
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I can't see the phone never mind the numbers on it to ring. But then, who would I ring anyway? Like the Child of yester-year, I crawl up the stairs to bed ... the safe, the familiar, snuggling down beneath the duvet, wishing the world away.</div>
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It has been a week since all this began. Nobody knows. What makes the isolation worse is that I still don't have one-to-one support as promised by Macmillan. I feel abandoned. Betrayed. I went into the Hospice just before Christmas ... every Thursday for eight weeks. It was wonderful! So bright, colourful, everyone so kind and patient, listening and understanding, cups of tea on hand, people who feel the same. Since then, I felt calmed and secure in the knowledge I need never be alone. Always, there would be someone to talk to, to care, to listen and understand what it is I'm going through.</div>
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I am learning there are many layers to Cancer. It isn't just the physical that interrupts Life as it was, leaving you on '<i>Pause</i>'. A sadness reaching in and through my whole being is a natural occurrence. A reaction to loss ... loss of the way things were, how I could be, where I was going in life, dreams, what I'd love to do whenever my daughter comes to stay. There are no longer new beginnings ... only an End. I think about how hard it must be on her, the incredible patience she needs, the frustration she must feel. We don't see one another that often, so it's all the more wonderful when she comes to break the monotony of days alone. But then, this sadness can take me into one further level, carrying with it depression, fear of anything I'm not used to, even fear of going outside, being in the world around me, part of the cluster of people, even having friends visit.</div>
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The stress of having Cancer, not knowing how long I have, causes me to manically list things I need to finish before 'The End'. It gives me something constructive to do, something positive which can come out of all this negativity ... and there's also the book I've promised to write for St Catherine's Hospice. I'm having no treatment. I now have pain management by way of Morphine, and my usual cocktail of pills for other serious disabilities. But there's no-one to check on the progress of the Cancer or how far its spread. </div>
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All these listed above are emotional effects of Cancer.</div>
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There must be thousands of people out there in the wider world who feel exactly the same way. It would be wonderful to come together, to find out how each of us copes, or not, with feelings which create barriers to our everyday lives. I believe in Self-Help Groups. Sharing is an extremely positive way to identify new and innovative aids.</div>
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It has become an ugly word for a disease which can fester and grow like an unseen enemy, often snatching away life before a person has properly realised it's there, or then again, a short time after. Alternatively, it can linger, insidiously growing and spreading for years until an unexpected diagnosis makes it known.<br />
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This morning, on the BBC, it was announced that one in every two people will experience some form of Cancer during their lifetime.<br />
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Latest statistics produced by Cancer Research UK show the following:<br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 1.5em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">In females in the UK, there were around 177,000 new cancer cases in 2015.</span></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 1.5em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">Breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancers together accounted for over half (53%) of all new cancer cases in the UK in 2015.</span></li>
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The most common type of Cancer is Breast Cancer.</div>
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I've been living with Breast Cancer for at least two years, but then again, I knew before I was diagnosed. I wasn't shocked or surprised. The disease isn't new to my family. One year after my mother died of Cancer in 1996, (in her case not Breast Cancer); I was taken to hospital for an operation, suffering the same symptoms. A large growth was discovered on top of my womb. At the time, specialists decided it wasn't cancerous and nothing further was done. Meanwhile, others survived, or died after a relatively short space of time. So I was prepared to the extent I knew what it would mean, and my decision was already made when I said '<i>No</i>' to treatment. I'd seen the side-effects of Radiotherapy and Chemo and made up my mind then that I couldn't spend the time I had left recovering from one bout of treatment or operation only to have to go through the whole thing again and again and again. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">This is possibly the only time I took control without someone insisting on doing it for me ... choosing <b>QUALITY </b>rather than <b>QUANTITY </b>of Life!!</span><br />
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As a child, attending hospital two and three times a week, the choice was always with my parents, and despite wandering around like one of the walking dead following each visit, clearly traumatised, going through the motions, living on auto-pilot, there was no-one who said: '<i>No</i>' on my behalf, suspecting something was wrong. It wasn't until I was fourteen years old, when the good, kind, caring specialist died, leaving me in the care of the abusive one, that I finally found the courage to act for myself and go on strike.<br />
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Nothing and no-one could persuade me to return to that hospital again!</div>
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By then, I had other challenges in life taking up my energies ... school bullies, teachers colluding with an abusive one placing me more and more in his care. '<i>No</i>' wasn't an option. I didn't have a voice, or at least if I did, it wasn't listened to, investigated or understood. I was ignored. I became the invisible one, a shadow that people passed by without acknowledging the truth. When school was done, I had a toxic relationship which morphed into violence, and I became an endangered species. To understand why I stayed means understanding and knowing what it means to be '<i>Controlled', </i>to live in a '<i>Mindset</i>' of someone else's making, living by someone else's rules; not knowing who to trust, to tell, where to go, how to free myself of the invisible chains wrapped so tight around me they sucked the breath from my body. I was also living with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and for the first time, Death became an option.</div>
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But then, somehow, Life always found a way of slipping through. It carried me like a swollen river, around the boulders and seeming barriers, dipping into valleys, and on, following the journey of the waters of Life, filling my days with the Dream of one day finding the person I was always meant to be.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Eas Fors Waterfall, Isle of Mull<br />copyright: Janine Harrington</span></i></td></tr>
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<i><b>Everything!</b></i><br />
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In my 66th year, it is the prognosis of a terminal illness that totally alters my perception on Life.</div>
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When we're awake, we see what we need to see, but when we're asleep, we see what is really there! Our fears, our thoughts, our emotions usually hidden in a place deep inside, appear in our dreams. We remember. Memories are filled with Life. With Hope. With Dreams. Things we should have made more of, cherished when they came. In our Past, we had all the Time in the world ... a yesterday, a today, a tomorrow, and a future. Now, we are reminded over and over and over that our Time cannot come again. Everything we are, ever knew and can be flips and turns, pulling inside out and outside in. Suddenly, the diagnosis of Cancer comes to mean we're near the end. We don't know how much time we have left. No-one knows. No-one can say. But it is in that time, we must work faster, longer, harder, to get everything done before our Time runs out ... and we're gone.</div>
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When we have <i>less </i>time than everyone else, it matters more, and we must ensure that every moment counts!</div>
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It means for us, adapting to a world we can no longer take for granted.</div>
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The child swinging back and forth, on her swing in the garden of her childhood home, hands resting lightly on the built-in wooden beads in the frame that surrounds her, gazes up at the skies, watching fluffy white clouds pass gently by. This child was me once upon a daydream, right there among my first memories, the spool of Life-thread filled with so much she treasured and needed to do. Yes, the thread could unexpectedly break. But in her mind's eye she liked to believe it would go on forever ... with a '<i>Happy Ever After</i>' ending and the Prince of her Dreams right there at her side.</div>
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But then, Dreams don't always turn out the way we want them to be ... that's certainly true for me!<br />
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My book, published on 11 January this year entitled: '<i>Always Believe! - A Personal Journey of Faith'</i> is a book unlike any I have written before. There was a very real sense of urgency about writing it. I needed to finish it before my life's end. It is my Legacy, offering meaning to the Life already gone. If it can help even one person, then I will feel I've accomplished something vital. It became such a powerful book to write I never wanted to place that final full-stop. But then it had to come. As I hold a copy of that book in my hands now, it feels good to know I have shared on a level I hope everyone will understand, and many more identify.<br />
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This is now the End Game, and I'm trying to do it right.<br />
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Cancer overrides everything else in Life once you've been diagnosed and it becomes a constant Companion, the Reality you're left to live with. I wondered, as I approached Christmas, whether this was my final one ... in which case, I needed it to be Special, spent with those I love most. Is this my last New Year? My final birthday in July? There are Kindred Spirits who live a distance, in other countries, will I ever get to see them again? It means adjusting Life accordingly, never knowing when it might creep up to Final Days. I take high levels of Morphine as pain medication, and my chronic arthritis where bone builds on bone meshes with the Cancer making it impossible to know what pain belongs where. I have no treatment. I chose to put my Life in God's Hands. Faith has always been the strongest part about me. It is a Living Faith. In His Time I know He will take me Home. Until then, I continue putting my Life in order ... writing letters, saying things I should have said before, trying to make it easier for those I love after I am gone. There is always yesterday and the memories it brings ... and today. But no tomorrow. No chance to make plans. To have dreams. To look forward to a better, more positive, brighter future.<br />
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Unexpectedly, my soul fills with words needing to come through. They are like raindrops reaching for an open window. I create a portal and they flood the virgin page. Only when the waterfall stops do I pause to read, wondering from whence they came, who set them in my mind and for whom are they intended. But then, they are what they are ... and it is through them I discover more words and memories, pictures and paradoxes hidden in unexpected places:<br />
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<i>There is yet another journey waiting to begin,</i></div>
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Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-78490727521423918102018-09-28T00:05:00.000-07:002018-09-28T00:07:16.894-07:00WILLIAM CROMAN 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">WILLIAM JAMES CROMAN<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">1881 – 1918<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Commemorating</span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">100-year Anniversary of his death</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It
was 100 years ago, today, 28 September 2018, that my great uncle, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc;">William Croman</span></b>, was killed in
action during World War One. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">This
is written for him, in memory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Will’s
parents, <span style="color: #0000cc;">Mary and Joseph Croman</span>, had known one
another in childhood, living almost next door in Castor St. Poplar, Tower
Hamlet, London. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they married in
1879, they moved to the Parish of Stepney. Joseph was a Shipping Clerk working
beside his father at the docks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Just
two years on, 1881 was to prove eventful for the Croman family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It
began with Will’s birth on 9 May. He was Mary and Joseph’s second son. The
months would have passed happily as they watched he and his brother John Joseph
grow to know and love one another, playing happily together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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father, the children’s grandfather – was reported ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Missing’</i>, his wife Sarah and her children bereft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">John anglicized his name from Johanne Kromann when he came to England from
Dragos, Denmark, to marry sweetheart Sarah in April 1850, settling in London
as a Shipping Clerk and Dealer of Nautical Instruments. Meanwhile, an unidentified
body was fished out of the River Thames, off West India Dock Pier, on 16
November, having met death by ‘</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">violent
drowning’</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. The two events of a ‘</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Missing
Husband/Father/Grandfather’</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and ‘</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Death
of an Unknown’</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> remained seemingly unconnected, as an Inquest was held two days later on 18 November, the body laid in a morgue until it was claimed and/or could be
identified. For two years the body remained there, according to
official Records of the day, until, named as the missing John Croman, finally he was laid to rest. I still find it incredible that the unidentified man found in the
Thames wasn’t identified earlier. But it is proven that this is how history played
out, while I wonder how beloved wife Sarah and her children ever coped with
that event, with the whole family drawn into the trauma.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">John
William Croman was just 57 years old when he met his untimely and violent
death. A sad fate indeed for the boy from Dragos who set out from Denmark to
seek his fortune, initially working his passage as a sailor, familiar with
boats having helped his own father. Then becoming a Linguist, speaking several
languages, interpreting for a variety of passengers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">However,
the year of 1881 wasn’t yet done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">On
19 November, while the family were still reeling from Sarah’s missing husband, Will’s
older brother, John Joseph, died at just one year, ten months, from consumption.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Was
the untimely death of their child and Joseph’s father perhaps the reason the
family moved from London to Cheshire while expecting her fifth child, my grandmother? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Born
at the beginning of the year his grandfather, John Croman, went missing, later found
to have been murdered; Will grew up in London. Then following the death of
their fourth child, P. A. H. Croman in 1889 at three years old; the family
moved to Cheshire. However, Will’s roots seem to have been in London, because
he returned to become a Railway Signalman living in Limehouse, working in the
Bow area of London where, to supplement his wages, he joined the Poplar &
Stepney Rifles in the Territorial Army. On 3 October 1908, aged 27, he married
Eliza Healey. Together they had three children:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">William
Stephen Croman, 1909-1909, who died at birth,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Gladys
A Croman, September 1911, born at Mile End, London;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Doris
L Croman, June 1913, also born at Mile End.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the First World War broke out in 1916, as a soldier aged 33 years old, he
became a Lance Corporal (571685), 2/17<sup>th</sup> Battalion, Poplar &
Stepney Rifles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Following
training, his Unit proceeded to France with the 60</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (London)
Division in June 1916 where he served in the trenches on Vimy Ridge until
November that year when he moved with his battalion to Salonika.</span></div>
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remained in Salonika until June 1917 when they were posted to Egypt to take
part in the campaign in Palestine throughout the rest of that year, including
the capture of Jerusalem. However, in July 1917, as he learned of his younger brother Arthur Birkett's death, killed in action; Will was seriously wounded and
sent home to convalesce ... but then sent back into the fray to re-join his
regiment in Egypt in 1918.</span></div>
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May that year, with his Unit, he returned to France where they joined the 30</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
Division to take part in the fourth Battle of Ypes in August-September,
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">William
James Croman was killed in action on 28 September 1918 when, on this day, the
2/17<sup>th</sup> Battalion London Regiment advanced from Wulverghem to capture
Ontario Farm and the Kruistraat area, pushing on to the crest of the Messines
Ridge near Wytschaete. Given his place of burial and its proximity to
Wulverghem, it seems likely he was killed in the early phase or actual advance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Will's gravestone taken by niece, Celia Wilkinson earlier this year</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It was just
before Remembrance Day 2007, that I made my own personal pilgrimage to France and Belgium. I
wanted not just to see Will’s grave, but also to know and stand in the place
where he was killed, to better understand his experience. My Guide with Leger Company was very good in taking me to
both, including to Will’s younger brother Arthur Birkett Croman. Directly opposite, within Dranoutre Military Cemetery,
is a long white bench where I sat and, glancing up at the clock on the steeple,
saw it turn to 11 am. In tune with my thoughts, the clock chimed the hour. It
was a spine-chilling moment. I felt Will’s presence. He knew I was there. As I
sat, my eyes blurred with tears, these words came from a place
beyond …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lives snuffed out before their time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Set
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">standing
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">a
permanent reminder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">of
a country saved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Next
to each a stranger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">with
a story all his own<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">buried
deep within a field<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">a
long long way from Home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Remember how and where we died<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Please do not forget us,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">we didn’t die in vain.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Let our Life and Death have meaning:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">one day we’ll meet again.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Men
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">brave
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">each
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">left
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This year, 2018, is the 100th Year of the Royal Air Force.</div>
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2018 also marks the 75th Anniversary of the formation of a vital Group without which we would not have won the Second World War - RAF No.100 (Bomber Support) Group.</div>
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Today, this Group remains relatively unheard of and unknown, its activities still shrouded in secrecy stretching back over 70 years. Hundreds of men and women were involved, feeding and receiving information to and from Bletchley Park and the Y-Service, with airmen flying operations deep into the heart of Germany.</div>
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Too many veterans have taken their secrets to the grave, whereas these are people to whom we owe so much. Rather than letting them become forgotten we should be honouring their commitment and courage, respecting and remembering them, celebrating their achievements in this, their 75th Year.</div>
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By Autumn/Winter 1942, air battles over Germany were critical. Losses of RAF bombers had reached an all-time high against increasing effectiveness of the German Air Defence system. Something drastic and different was called for. It came in the form of this specialist Group, responsible for operational development, application and co-ordination of all Radar Countermeasure programmes from the air and from the ground.</div>
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Named RAF No.100 (Bomber Support) Group, it was formed in November 1943, based on airfields across Norfolk. While its people remained within the main Royal Air Force, they were set apart from it, specially chosen for unique visionary work and operations, which ultimately would lead to the defeat of the enemy, giving us the freedom we enjoy today.</div>
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This evocative book evidences the impact RAF 100 Group made in the global theatre of war, offering a unique and telling insight into what was happening prior to its inception, sharing the wartime journey of those who served under it.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">FRONT COVER</span></b>: one RAF 100 Group veteran comments: '<i>I think it was taken at Moncton, New Brunswick, showing NCO Graduates from an Observer School ... Rivers perhaps. Obviously, in the Canadian winter! We were issued with those caps with ear-flaps to stave off frostbite, which was common when the temperature dropped to about 50 below on the prairies. I did my Elementary Flying Training in Tiger Moths, fitted with skis instead of wheels in those conditions. Not pleasant!!'</i></div>
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The young man seated second from back without any head covering is William 'Bill' Foskett who went on to serve in RAF 100 Group, based at RAF Oulton, in 214 Squadron.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><i>Arthur Reid, 192 Sqn & Stan Forsyth DFC, both veterans of RAF Foulsham,<br />Bernie How, 199 Sqn, RAF North Creake; Andrew Barron, 223 Sqn, RAF Oulton</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">There are many events countrywide happening this year in the UK to mark the <span style="color: blue;">100th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force</span>. Meanwhile, RAF 100 Group, just as they were in wartime, remain in the shadows. Serving under Bomber Command, they never received official recognition, nor were they rewarded by way of a medal for the vital part they played to keep the enemy from our shores. <span style="color: blue;">Yet 2018 represents the 75th Anniversary of the creation of RAF 100 Group. </span>They are rightly proud of their heritage, proud they served their country, proud they became the Guardian Angels of bombers, flying above them while identifying and jamming enemy Radar using secret experimental equipment carried on board their aircraft. It was this hidden Group which gave birth to Electronic Warfare, working with Bletchley Park and the Air Ministry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">RAF 100 Group Association today</span> represents all airfields specially built for purpose in Norfolk which came under this Group in wartime, and the many Squadrons based here. For over twenty years we have gathered for our annual
May Reunion to commemorate and remember, with our programme covering many areas where villagers prepare teas in welcome. Villagers also take an active role in Memorial Services held during our stay as a heartfelt thank-you to airmen for keeping them safe in wartime, and in remembrance of many friendships made. Many airmen lodged with families, including Americans who worked with them. Others were invited to join them for Sunday dinners, or farms gave them eggs from their hens. Now the airfields, once thriving communities of men and woman in uniform; have returned to fields, ownership of land transferred back from the Air Ministry to farmers who originally owned them, while remaining Nissen huts are used as sheds for housing pigs or as storage facilities. Yet local people remember. Stories of the way life and landscape changed in wartime are harvested and passed down to children, grandchildren and on down the generations. While every May, from across the world we come to join The Gathering which so many of us look forward to each year. Many other such Associations have been forced to close because of depleting members, while from its beginnings, ours has been open to family and friends as well as veterans, and indeed, to anyone who has an interest or a passion to find out more about this unique Group. We therefore continue to thrive and grow worldwide. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Every year we meet in May, and every year is different. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Last year, was an historical Reunion</span> because for the first time since the Second World War, veterans from the original 36th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force, came from America to join us ... as did the current 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron bringing the historic wartime flag. It was something very special to see so many young men in blue uniforms throughout the weekend mingling among our own. They revere veterans, and take time with them to listen to their wartime stories. The words of Lt Col Tom Moore still ring in my ears as he spoke about what it meant to him: '<i>... we stand upon the shoulders of giants</i>!' His voice came strong and firm and sure. It is difficult to know what to say when asked why we don't do more for our veterans in the UK.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">This year,</span> what made our Reunion different were the many new members who have joined in recent months, making the journey for the first time - families of loved ones who served in RAF 100 Group coming from the States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia as well as the UK. Our strong connection comes from a shared passion that the Group's history and stories be preserved for the future, that these men and women are never forgotten or airbrushed from history simply because we never hear about them either on documentaries or in the news. They remain a secret entity, just as they did in wartime ... and it's wrong when they are taking their secrets, their stories, their moments of courage to the grave!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">We remain a worldwide Family of Kindred Spirits who respect, admire, and love these humble brave warriors who survived the war, ensuring that those who never made it home remain in our hearts!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Veterans: Arthur Reid & Stan Forsyth DFC, Bernie How & Andrew Barron </i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">In May, as I cross the border into Norfolk, it's like passing through a portal in Time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I have only to close my eyes to hear the air thrumming with the sound of Merlin engines, black shapes of aircraft darkening an otherwise clear cloudless sky. The once concrete runways and buildings of an RAF Base team with airmen and WAAFs, energised by the common threat of an enemy intent on invasion. It's a different mindset. One we cannot even imagine if we don't listen to people who were part of this story ... people working together for the common good. Each day for them then was a new beginning with fresh challenges ahead. Each night a possible end, when they would never see loved ones again, or get to pen the letter being written in their mind, waiting for the right off-duty moment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It is easy to close my eyes and almost become one of them having listened and learned so much from stories shared through the years, the pattern of lives changed forever by the death of a loved one, or another listed as '<i>Missing Believed Killed',</i> with no final resting place or known grave. There are many who join me on this annual Pilgimage carrying their own unique story, still seeking pieces of a puzzle which remain lost in Time, but which might provide a sense of closure, or at least explain what happened to someone they knew and loved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">The City of Norwich Aviation Museum at Horsham St Faith</span> is open
for 10 am to welcome early visitors through their doors, while during the
afternoon, in the New Frost Hall at Foulsham, the main Association Committee holds a two-hour meeting in preparation for the Annual General Meeting taking place the
following day. We then join the chattering, laughing throng gathering around the Foulsham village sign and
Memorial where wreaths in reverent silence are laid in memory of all who served in wartime at <span style="color: blue;">RAF
Foulsham.</span> It is here, especially here, where I swear I can hear the voices of Navigator/Special Operator Flight Lieutenant Vic Vinnell, Mum's wartime fiance, and his Canadian Pilot Jack Fisher, who both disappeared on the night of 26/27 November 1944 in Mosquito DK292 ... their deaths still a mystery to this day. Their final resting place remains unknown. One story is that they had engine trouble on the way home that night and made a forced landing on the coast of France, not knowing the beach was mined ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A reflective walk up the road takes us to the Memorial Plaque
commemorated last year in memory of the USAAF/RAF crash in 1943 where both crews
were killed, apart from two survivors of the B-17. The Rev Leslie Wilman presides over the Memorials, while Stephen Hutton lays a wreath in memory. Stephen represents the 36th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force in which his father Iredell served. They did the same work as RAF 100 Group in wartime, flying combined operations against the enemy, using the same specialised Radar-jamming equipment on board their aircraft instead of bombs with the aim of confusing the enemy. Today, the Squadron is still active, now flying under its true colours of the 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron. Many of their 'Gremlins' as they were known, I am proud to say are valued members of our Association.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to come together informally and simply relax and enjoy one
another’s company. Val and Roger Stock, Proprietors, always make us welcome,
and we share a wonderful meal amidst the renewal of friendships, much
laughter and conversation. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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held in the Mission Hall, Horsham St Faith, opposite the church, while those
choosing not to attend take the opportunity to meander around the grounds of
the Museum, intrigued by stories of exhibits. Many spent Friday travelling. This is their chance to catch up on latest developments here, especially as a circular maze of new roads can make for an interesting and unplanned
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lunch generously provided by volunteers of the City of Norwich Aviation Museum
provides time for fun and frolicks as this pair below reveal. Dear
<span style="color: #0000cc;">Stan Forsyth DFC </span>and good friend <span style="color: #0000cc;">Stephen Hutton </span>from the States, make the most of
the sunshine, sitting outside among an array of aircraft from times past. It’s a wonderful setting, with collections of memorabilia and photos inside of a bygone age, offering
the chance to talk and share with both Association and Museum members. People
wander at their own pace, until comes time to make tracks for Oulton and a veritable feast of delights awaiting us!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Through the
years, <span style="color: blue;">Oulton villagers</span> have provided a rich and tempting display of home-baked fancies, coupled with a constant supply of
tea/coffee. Many of us call this a ‘<i>Death
by Chocolate Experience’ </i>and this year is no exception. A Marquee has been set up
in a farmhouse garden where we are welcomed with smiles, quickly becoming part of new friendships forged, familiar faces remembered. Warmth and
love is almost palpable. I sit next to dear <span style="color: #0000cc;">Arthur Reid </span>who
travelled all the way from Edinburgh with his son and daughter-in-law. Arthur served with
Stan (<i>above</i>) in 192 Squadron, RAF Foulsham,
and he’s back for the first time! Chris Lambert, our Oulton Representative, counted
in excess of 100 people present in total, officially welcoming everyone, particularly those who
travelled from faraway places – Australia, Canada, USA and New Zealand. We
remember absent friends such as Phil James MBE (Association President) & John Gilpin in Ireland, and those no longer with us: Sidney Pike & Dr Peter Lovatt: a
constant presence in previous years. Chris then introduces and pays tribute to
our four veterans present: </span><i style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Andrew Barron, 223 Sqn.,
Stan Forsyth DFC, 192 Sqn., Arthur Reid, 192 Sqn. </i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-style: italic;">and Bernie How, 199 Sqn. North
Creake, </span>who each stand in turn to receive the honour they so richly deserve for their role in wartime.</span></div>
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actively participating in a United Act of Remembrance with the haunting notes
of a bugler, and wreaths placed in memory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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most of us present are family members of loved ones lost while serving in
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">‘<i>We, the villagers who live here, also
remember with you. We want you to know we also care and remember</i>.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">This y</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">ear is also the 75<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the ‘<i>Dambusters Raid</i>',</span> and
to commemorate the occasion, villager </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rob </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">reads an extract from Herr Clemens Mols’ Memoir. Herr Clemens Mols lived downstream
of the Mohne Dam in the town of Wickede. The words are taken from an interview during October 1945
about events which took place on 17<sup>th</sup> May 1943:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">‘When in the night from 16<sup>th</sup>
to 17<sup>th</sup> May, air raid was given by the horn. Nobody could guess what
hours of terror were to come for the lower parts of Wickede. It was about
11.30hrs, the sky was clear, the air was calm. I was with my wife on the way
from Wiehagen to Wickede/Ruhr when the horn set in. When back home (Post
Office) my wife, who manifested a strange restlessness, asked me to listen
where the English planes were. I could state this from a warning line which was
connected with the Post Office. The Report I listened to ran as follows: ‘Enemy
aircraft flying, low above Arnsberg and the Mohne Lake’. As Arnsberg lies not
far off from Wickede, I had the inhabitants of the neighbouring house wakened.
While my wife was doing this, I stood at the open window in the first floor
with sight to the Mohne Lake. The humming of the planes came from a distance.
Suddenly an unusually loud detonation was heard, and I saw in the direction of
the Mohne Lake a high column of water or smoke soaring …’ <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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</v:shape><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Veteran Stan Forsyth DFC of 192 Sqn</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> follows these poignant words by reading ‘<i>For the Fallen’</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘<i>They shall grow not old, as we
that are left grow old:<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At the going down of the sun and in the morning<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i>We </i><b>will</b><i> remember them’</i></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Robert Laurence Binyon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Into the silence then falls the haunting notes of the<i> ‘Last Post’</i> played by bugler <span style="color: #0000cc;">John
Landymore</span>. A two-minute hush follows, before ‘<i>Reveille</i>’ interrupts the mood. Faces gaze up expectant as <span style="color: #0000cc;">Veteran Andrew Barron of 223 Sqn</span> speaks the ‘<i>Kohima</i>’:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘When you go Home,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tell them of Us and say:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For your Tomorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We gave our Today.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bernie How, 199 Sqn</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, lays a wreath on behalf of RAF 100 Group Association, with another placed alongside on behalf of
Oulton Village. Elsie lays flowers on behalf of children of the village. While another wreath is laid by the
Witts family in remembrance of their father, Peter Witts, who served at RAF
Oulton.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A villager then reads a poem: ‘<i>When I
come Home’</i>:</span><br />
<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> WHEN I COME HOME</span></b><br />
<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Lesley Coulson</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>When I come home, dear folk o’mine,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> We’ll
drink a cup of olden wine;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
yet, however rich it be,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> No
wine will taste so good to me<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> As
English air. How I shall thrill<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> To
drink it in on Hampstead Hill<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> When
I come home!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> When
I come home and leave behind<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Dark
things I could not call to mind,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> I’ll
taste good ale and home-made bread,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
see white sheets and pillows spread.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
there is one who’ll softly creep<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> To
kiss me, ere I fall asleep,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
tuck me ‘neath the counterpane,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
I shall be a boy again,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> When
I come home!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> When
I come home from dark to light,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
tread the roadways long and white,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
tramp the lanes I tramped of yore,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
see the village greens once more,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> The tranquil
farms, the meadows free,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> The
friendly trees that nod to me,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> And
hear the lark beneath the sun,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> ‘Twill
be good pay for what I’ve done,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> When
I come home!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Finally,
concluding this moving ceremony, </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Roger Dobson (Association Chairman) </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">reads the words:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">‘<i>In friendship and in Service one to another</i>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">We are pledged to keep alive the memory
of <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Those of all Nations who died<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">In the Royal Air Force, the Air Forces
of the Dominions,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">And the United States Air Force.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">In their name we give ourselves to this
noble cause.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Proudly and thankfully we will remember
them.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">The
air around us is suddenly still, silent, sombre. Words we hear and share this day are
powerful, meaningful, moving. As I read them again here, they are enough still
to produce tears for The Fallen, names easily coming to my lips, held deep
within my heart. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Chris Lambert thanks everyone for sharing, including villagers, in this short bitter-sweet period of remembrance. With Time moving on
a-pace, we take our places for photographs to capture stilled images of these
precious moments together:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Pilot David Nock</span> explains about his
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1944, painted in the colours of the 353<sup>rd</sup> Fighter Group based at
Raydon in Suffolk during 1944-1945. Although the Harvard was only used as an
advanced training aircraft, many Fighter Groups utilised aircraft of this type
as a Station ‘hack’. I shall be overhead at Oulton for 5pm. It will be a great honour for me to do
this for the Association, not least for my long-standing friend Phil James MBE and 192 Squadron who were based nearby at Foulsham.'</span></i><br />
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Suite at The Holiday Inn</span>, decorated in red, white and blue. The atmosphere is
electric! Time to sit back and enjoy a medley of wartime songs
already wrapping us in a warm blanket of memories … I may not have been around during
the war years, but I still treasure times I played these songs for hours at a stretch on our piano at home, my parents dancing and singing to the music. It was my passion even in my growing years to collect the original music scores of old songs and melodies ...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Professional 1940’s Singer Heather Marie </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">brings her own unique and
very special style to this Saturday evening. She is a rare and talented Singer,
and she certainly inspired me to grab hold of my dance partner, Stan Forsyth
DFC for a waltz. This, for me, is truly a dream come true. Never in my life have I ventured onto a dance floor
until last year … yet here I am again, until midnight, Cinders at the ball,
dancing her little heart out, despite the growing pain as the evening wears on! The trouble is that once you get veterans
on the dance floor, they don’t want me taking a few gentle steps. Suddenly, they become nineteen years old again. ‘<i>If you’re going to dance, Gal, you need to learn the steps ... stay with the rhythm!’</i> More than once, Heather Marie joins in to
encourage my feet to go where they are supposed to, and it ends up with us
all laughing and singing as gradually the dance floor bursts into life, more and
more joining us for a variety of dances, while I went in search of new partners. Heather’s husband Matthew is Director
of Music for the Central Band of the RAF based at RAF Northolt, and makes a
marvellous job of taking charge of the backing music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">As the evening moves on, replenished from our three-course meal, we offer a warm welcome to our </span><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Speaker for the evening Major Gary Walker with two ATC
Cadets: Sergeant Adam Bocking and Corporal Erin McGonigle</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">. Our
programmed Speaker, Fl/Lt Pauline Petch, CO of Kings Lynn ATC Squadron, was unexpectedly
invited to the Royal Wedding in London. She could hardly turn down what promised to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Gary is taking her
place and outlines the Aviation Heritage Project in which they are involved, showing
a sample of one of the large model aircraft being made by Cadets in
fibre-glass, strategically placing them on BT telephone poles (</span><i style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">with BT’s permission!</i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">) linking all Norfolk wartime
airfields, including those under RAF 100 Group, Bomber Command. Aimed
at commemorating the 100</span><sup style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> Anniversary of the Royal Air Force, the
Project received funding to make it happen. It was excellent to hear from each
of the Cadets about what being involved means to them … in turn, bringing past,
present and future together!</span></div>
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meet again … don’t know where, don’t know when, but I know we’ll meet again one
sunny day …</i>’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i>both of whom served in 192 Squadron, RAF Foulsham, Norfolk</i></span></div>
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wake to glorious blue sky and a bright summer’s day, some of us more energised
than others! It was a late night … dancing sapped much of our strength.
Yet here we still are, in the beautiful land of Norfolk, where the portal
remains open into Times Past, and we scurry to join the throng entering
<span style="color: blue;">Horsham St Faith ‘St Mary & St Andrew’s Church</span>’, where Anglicans and
Methodists worship together.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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must be said that Peter, a dear friend for many years, felt daunted at
the challenge which lay ahead. He explained their new vicar had only
arrived a couple of weeks previous, and felt it unfair to presume on her
for this auspicious occasion. It was agreed therefore that Peter is the ideal person to
lead the proceedings, having shared this Special Service of Remembrance for many years … while I agreed to light one of three candles and
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Rod Vowler. They play throughout the service, accompanying hymns, providing a stirring performance at the end which is uplifting and memorable, just the kind of
note we need to set forth to our next destination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">It was a truly special service. Everything fell into place
beautifully, and Peter's words were moving, evocative and uplifting. Roger Dobson read words
of Scripture, and despite my own misgivings about fire … having recently set a
menu alight in a restaurant while inadvertently resting it against the candle
on the table … all went to plan. We came out unscathed to share tea/coffee
and biscuits with villagers, before making our way through sleepy villages,
down narrow lanes with high hedges either side, to Haveringland, known in
wartime as RAF Swannington.</span><br />
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secretly visited a relative in wartime, hence the change of name to Swannington where 85
and 157 Squadrons were based under RAF 100 Group, Bomber Command. The name
change was meant to confuse the Germans. Many families attended a Remembrance Day held in November last year, when an Avenue of Remembrance was
planted in memory of brave airmen who served here. Mike Hillier, now a member
of our Association Committee, instigated the Remembrance Day Event, and for today
put a great deal of time and energy into bringing together displays to denote
Swannington’s history and stories which became a valued part of its heritage.
We also share the joy of waiting, listening for and watching a bi-plane fly
across the still blue sky to honour those for whom this place became Home in
wartime.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Copyright: Stuart Borlase (Australia)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">It is an
extraordinary feeling, standing in a place caught in Time. No matter how many
times it happens, it still goes through my mind about in whose footsteps I
might be standing, what might be their story, what became of him ... or her. Questions to
which there are no answers. We can never know exactly the way it was. However,
gathered with us are families who attended the Remembrance Day in November 2017, relatives of loved ones who served at RAF Swannington, now talking and
sharing with others in a like-experience, wanting to know and understand more
about the kind of life their relatives led. The atmosphere is poignant, the
air still, almost holding its breath as we gaze across the scene, taking
in silent fields which once spoke of men and machines, the noise of engines
filling this now empty space in Time.</span><br />
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Church</span> is the only building still standing, and within we discover rich treasures
from the past … pictures, stories, paintings, books of a bygone age. So much
suddenly to see and then to hear as John & Chrissie who make up ‘<i>Timescape’</i> fill the air around us with
songs of the day.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">A team of villagers have laid on a wonderful tea, with so many home-cooked goodies to tempt us we can’t help but reach for a plate and cuppa. Both duly
filled, we take a ‘pew’ to enjoy a refreshing drink and cake, letting the rich
wonderful music wash over us.</span></div>
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windows, spying the bi-plane performing</span> <span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a flypast,
clearly outlined against a perfect blue sky. It’s a thrilling sight! Another
reminder of times past. As it passes from view, people gather outside for a brief
but poignant Memorial Ceremony led by Mike Hillier and local minister, Rev
Andrew Whitehead alongside the Memorial Stone:</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Rod Vowler (RAF 100 Group Association Standard Bearer)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">The sun is hot. The air alive with voices, sharing memories of
loved ones, exchanging details to keep in touch. Laughter and love are
tangible. These are precious moments. I’m not alone in feeling overwhelmed by
the emotion of the day. Final hugs and goodbyes are shared as people begin
moving towards their cars and for many a long journey home. Martin Rouse attracted
a great deal of attention and interest with part of the Merlin engine from Mosquito
MM677 (RS-U) he acquired in April last year which he brought with him. It was
from an aircraft of 157 Squadron, based at RAF Swannington. He continues to
research both the aircraft and its crew, while carrying out sympathetic
restoration of the engine, removing as much Norfolk mud and corrosion from it
as possible and re-assembling it using as many original parts as he can find.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gradually, the once-home of RAF Swannington empties of people. The Reunion is sadly over for another year ... but not quite yet for some.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">For Stuart Borlase from Australia and I this marks the beginning of a different journey as the ensuing
two weeks are spent exploring the countryside, driving further and further
afield, visiting veterans in their own homes, especially those who can never travel to join one of our annual May weekends. It's always a pleasurable and leisurely experience, catching
up with old friends, making new ones, the drive spent in deep and lively conversations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There is also the unexpected waiting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This year, we were able to find a new veteran wanting to share his wartime experiences, wishing he'd known about the RAF 100 Group Association before. Next year, for sure, he will be joining us with his son. We also got to put in contact two wartime
friends who lost touch through the years. Both were WAAFs serving at RAF Oulton. They were best friends. It was as Stuart gave her a DVD he had put together of last year's Historic Reunion when the Americans came over to join us, that Win took one look at the cover, and immediately sparked off names, including that of her friend. She then happened to mention her friend lived in a village not far from my home. Immediately
we made plans to visit, taking with us both wartime and present-day photos to
share with her on Stuart’s laptop. In turn, her friend was delighted to hear about
her friend, and Win’s daughter is arranging for the two of them to come together
for a visit soon.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A wonderful crescendo to our harmonious journey through Time!</span></div>
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normally peaceful ‘church in the fields’ was vibrant, resplendent with colour,
stained glass windows brought alive by the sunshine, brasses glowing in
candlelight, atmosphere enhanced by music from the 1940s, the sounds of people
coming together and sharing their stories.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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this added a human side to the facts and figures we already knew about the
history of the airfield surrounding our church. Here were people whose lives,
or the lives of their relatives, had been touched by our village during World
War Two. I found it particularly moving to see the broken engine from the
training aircraft which left RAF Swannington only to crash in another field in
Norfolk. Lives full of hope and expectation, extinguished before their first
battle with the enemy had even been fought. I enjoyed hearing stories from
those who had been stationed here, meeting the families of those whose names
had hitherto been part of a list, learning little details about life here in
the 1940s. The simple service brought real poignancy to the event. The Standard
Bearer, the laying of wreaths, remembering those who had served our country
during the silence that we can enjoy due to their war efforts.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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was great to see so many people at this event, and especially the three
veterans; two fine gentlemen and one Merlin engine that came from RAF
Swannington! You’d all be very welcome to come and see us again next year.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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me it was an honour and privilege to meet such a brilliant group of people who
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to say it felt wonderful to be able to give something back and to be part of
such a lovely day. Our little church is raising its profile and visits such as
these all help to put it on the map. Everyone who came spoke so highly of the
church, for some it felt like coming home. I feel these days are really
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It’s always difficult to answer the question: ‘<i>What is a Reunion like?’ </i>These words express so eloquently what it means to so many. But you really
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<br />Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-46911675208589806822018-03-29T06:57:00.000-07:002018-03-29T06:59:06.792-07:00SOUVENIR OF OULTON 1945<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The hedges and the trees which line the Aylsham road still wore the fresh green of summer when you left us. No doubt, you still picture the tall chimneys of Blickling against the bright blue sky of early morning as you waited for the bus. The kites bask peacefully on the airfield in the warmth of the morning haze ... do those days seem far off now as you sit by the fire at your comfortable peacetime Station?</div>
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Since then, the gales and fogs of winter have descended upon the wilds of Norfolk. The airfield is bare and desolate; the Control Tower is deserted. Not an echo of a clang disturbs the silence of the hangars. The Signals Block is locked and barred. The sites are swept and garnished. The Sick Quarters slumber quietly up the road, but the old Station dies very hard. An R.A.F. uniform is still to be seen in the village shop. The sound of a scratching pen may still be heard at S.H.Q. where an odd bod or two challenge the claims of the rats and mice to undisputed occupation. Occasionally, a Morris van limps by, and the hoot of the NAAFI wagon will evoke a surprising response at any hour of the day or night.</div>
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The oldest inhabitant staggers painfully around in his tattered uniform with the help of a crutch; and often his thoughts will turn to livelier and happier days of yore. Then Oulton was a place of life, vigor and laughter; of coaches and vans and sports cars; of whirring air-screws of taxiing aircraft; of snappy salutes and bright-eyed Waffies. He has bidden farewell to many an airman and WAAF since those days, as he pressed a parting gift from the safe into their reluctant hands. He knows that almost without exception, they left full of pleasant memories of the weeks and months spent on the Unit. All have agreed that Oulton was an exceptionally 'happy' Station. <span style="color: blue;">Group Captain Dickens</span> could not have failed to be gratified to hear the comments that were made.</div>
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Having an idle hour to spend whilst awaiting his own departure, the Oldest Inhabitant thought that an account of the gradual decline and final graceful expiry of Oulton might be of interest to some of her former inmates; while the setting down of the few of the memories which so often float through his mind might perhaps stir up similar pleasurable recollections in those of his readers.</div>
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We knew little of what was going forward; each man did his job and he asked no questions; each man and each woman had some share in those achievements. Big men lived among us, ate with us, played with us at Oulton. Some of them flew away into the night and never returned ... They were gallant souls. We mourned their loss, but we didn't talk about it much. All that is another and a far greater story. The O.I. is not the man to tell it. He was one of the 'chair-borne troops' whose task was glamour-less and unspectacular. Still maybe he experienced phases of camp life which were missed by some of the others. These too have their interest. Anyway, here are some random memories - no attempt at a history, just a 'Souvenir'.</div>
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On January 1st, 1944, I set off for Sculthorpe, Oulton's forerunner. Late at night I arrive at Kings Lynn and spent an hour in the crowded buffet waiting for the Peterborough train. What a line! Gosh, it was cold. Eventually, I reached Sculthorpe; even in the dark you could sense the flatness and bleakness of the place. Still, they were a jolly crowd that gathered in the Mess. G/C Dickens, Jean Woodman, F/Lt Martin, Sgt Wickenden and other pioneers had arrived from North Creake; Sigs Collins, the Adj., and F/Lt Brown had joined them. The next few days brought S/L Bradshaw, dear old 'Sado', the Catering Officer, S/L Howard, Doc Vyse, and sundry others; all set to with a will to get the place ready to receive 'the lads of 214' and the American Squadron. It wasn't exactly comfortable, but it was fun. The Officers in the Mess chiefly occupied themselves in the evenings with darts matches organised by G/C; while troops settled down as best they could with somewhat limited resources. There were plenty of wind and bags of rain; many an evening the Accounts Staff would foregather round the stove in the Section for warmth and dry off after the trek from office to site and site to Mess. There was much clamouring for coal, much searching for wood and the fires wouldn't light - ask the Batman - but those were good days. As winter relented and the sun broke through and evenings drew out, the bikes came out too and troops began to explore the road to Fakenham (egg and chips!), to Wells and Runstanton, and to Walsingham. Esna came to visit us. We had some working parades! The Accountants took to P.T. The kites were airborne; and rumours came of a move to the eastward.<br />
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Do you remember the long trek to Blickling in convoys from Sculthorpe? The '214 bods' who couldn't be found when it was time to start? The D.Rs who trailed us and rounded us up like watchdogs, and who turned up as if by magic at every signpost? The long wait up in the lane on arrival while they manoeuvred the Queen Marys? I shall not forget in a hurry the first view of Blickling Hall, flanked by the creeper-covered almshouses, and the great yew hedges; and the white 'Buck' with its red geraniums in window boxes, nestling among the tall trees. Did you see the gardens about that time? What a show of rhododendrons and azalea, of lilac and laburnum, of bluebells in the woods, of prunus and cherry blossom, and at the end of a long walk, the Solarium shining in the sun. The swans had nine youngsters in 1944 and they used to sail up and down the lake in convoy. We watched them grow as summer lengthened, until in time, they could all take off in formation and execute superb sweeps and dive-bombing operations. <br />
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The Lido at the head of the lake seemed more popular in those days than latterly. The rubber dinghies were very much in vogue until some silly fatheads got in them with spiked shoes. The WAAFs produced some very natty bathing ensembles and certainly appeared to enjoy themselves, if one could judge by the amount of screaming and shrieking which was heard in those regions. Remember the swimming sports and the jousting? In 1945, fishing was more popular. the more elderly gentlemen of the M.T. Section were usually to be found patiently waiting for pike in the evenings. I certainly saw a monster they caught one day. The Batmen had their successes too; one sometimes wondered whether they had really come from the lake though! The Met Officers were often to be seen on a raft, but I never discovered what they were doing there. The place was a real delight to lovers of nature. I wonder how many times some of us walked round in the course of the summer months ...<br />
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The dwellers in the Hall in former centuries would have been sorely shaken had they beheld some of the things which happened when the R.A.F. arrived. The ghost of Anne Boleyn must have been gravely disturbed. At first, she mildly protested by such time-worn efforts as swinging open the great wardrobe in Lord Lothian's bedroom in the middle of the night when the Group Captain was sleeping there, but within a few days, she grew more lively. At midnight in the Lothian passage such phenomena occurred as the flinging open of bedroom doors with resounding crashes; bundles of stair rods were precipitated violently inside. On opening one's door in the morning, fire buckets full of water would crash to the floor from the door handles. At all hours there were ghastly groans and shrieks - some of them strangely masculine. The inmates of the aforesaid passage celebrated their emancipation from the more restricted amenities of the <span style="color: blue;">Nissen huts</span> by some astonishingly light-hearted exercises. I shall never forget the sight of Brad and Sammy tumbled in a struggling heap among the coats and wellington boots, in a cupboard linking my room with Brad's. Brad was an entertaining neighbour. He had a most original vocabulary. The Padre used to say he had never heard anyone swear so charmingly as Brad, and he was usually the first in the bathroom in the mornings, full of irrepressible high spirits whatever time he had gone to bed.<br />
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The part of the Hall which was usually locked was extremely interesting, if you could gain entry. To do this, you had to make friends with the Custodian, Miss O'Sullivan, the lady in slacks with the fierce hound, who was so often to be seen walking round the grounds. She very kindly showed me round on one occasion. There was a magnificent library upstairs, with some very fine old books. There were rooms where royalty had been entertained in bygone centuries, and there was much fine old furniture and a number of interesting pictures and tapestries.<br />
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A noble feature of Blickling was the Concert Hall. It was only after the war began, of course, that the old barn was patched up, and a stage added to produce the really excellent hall that we knew. Many were the pleasant evenings spent here. The distinctive atmosphere of these entertainments could hardly be reproduced outside the R.A.F. the notabilities with their wives in the front rows, the welcoming whistles of the troops and the pretty girls, and the precarious tiers of seats at the back, crowded to capacity. Perhaps the most dramatic episode was the noisy interruption of the sirens and the doodle-bug at the crucial point of '<i>Gaslight'</i>. Then there was the gruesome hanging scene from Maria Whatsit. Do you remember the Canadian Show - '<i>cakes-wid-or-widout prunes</i>'? And the Ballet and '<i>Swinging on a Star'</i>? And the Russian concert at Sculthorpe, and Ann Casson in '<i>The Taming of the Shrew'</i>? The greatest success without a doubt were our own shows so excellently produced by Corporal Parish; and the dashing Ken May and dapper Corporal Gratwick.<br />
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No reference of Blickling would be complete without reference to the famous Brains Trust. S/Ldr Foster, F/Lt James and Cpl Griffiths certainly established a reputation that night and they compared very well with Professor Joad and Lord Winster. Leslie Mitchell as Question Master rounded off a tip-top performance, and if I remember rightly, Cpl Griffiths preceded the Trust with one of his famous quizzes.<br />
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One of the highlights, in the history of the Accounts Section at any rate, was the 'Sports Day' in Farmer Mitchell's field. Let it be recorded for posterity that, fielding a team including four old men approaching forty, and two determined WAAFs, urged on by the enthusiastic Sandford and the cheers of the crowd, they defeated a team of tough Armourers by 2 pulls to 1 and reached the Final. Pretty good going. My word, I shan't forget pushing old Webby in the wheelbarrow race, we didn't get very far! What other memories are there of Blicking Hall? The <span style="color: blue;">M.T. vehicles</span> neatly stacked row on row, the rush for buses to Oulton, the trek of Officers back to lunch led by those absurd Aberdeens, the crowd in The Buck every evening and the inexhaustible energy of Mr O'D in cutting sandwiches, the friendliness charm of little Susan Vyse and the cats!!<br />
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The Music Circle must have a paragraph to itself. In the earliest days,
we had the privilege of some masterly programmes given by S/Ldr Sutton.
Then we moved to Blickling and used the Solarium - a lovely setting for
music, but also for midges. With the onset of winter, attendances of 80
and more were reached. Those were the days of <span style="color: blue;">Jackie Furner'</span>s '<i>Bach to Baizy</i>' Shows, and the operatic performance of F/O '<i>Your tiny hand is frozen</i>' Darracott.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">T</span>hen came the purchase of our own records and two programmes were given weekly for nine months. In the bitter cold of January we would sit in comfort by a roaring fire, the less highbrow members writing letters or knitting according to their sex; and when summer returned Beethoven's 7th might be heard in the Tudor garden. A noble band of Compares came into being, the soothing Goddes, the pugnacious Crowson, the voluble Cpl. Snell, the calm Harry Blyth, the witty Scott and very many others. First class pianists like F/O Heal and Weaver revealed themselves (almost too late) and greatly added to the enjoyment. Nor must be forgotten the record short programme of LACW Haywood; the consistent production of 'wads' by Keen; and the faithful distribution of the same with coffee by LACW Gamble, Newton, etc. There were more unorthodox meetings of the Music Circle such as the midnight performance in the water tower in the days of Uncle Jo. I think, for years to come, the hearing of Bach's <i>Toccata</i> and <i>Fugue,</i> the 'Pastoral' <i>Peter and the Wolf,</i> or the <i>Dance of the</i> <i>Hours</i> on the radio will awaken vivid memories; and that many will have a greatly increased appreciation of good music as a result of those evenings. I shall, anyway.<br />
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(The filming of '<i>The Wicked Lady</i>' was something else to happen at Blickling, which caused quite a stir among the men particularly as they mingled among them, some fortunate to get involved in the actual filming itself.)</div>
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The silences of the passages and the empty offices at S.H.Q. are very strange after all the activity and bustle of the old days, and the queues of airmen awaiting casual payments, or a less attractive interview with the S.W.O. or C.O. they were a grand crowd at S.H.Q. S/Ldr Lowry, now in Civvy Street, had the most ferocious bark, but the gentlest and most benevolent bite that you ever met. S/Ldr Cox, ditto, ditto, was surely one of the world's hardest workers. Mr Norton, one of the most popular S.W.Os. There is no doubt we were exceptionally fortunate with our WAAF 'G' Team - Flight/O Wareham and '<i>Little Betty'</i>. Few would realise how many lame dogs were helped over the stiles by Padre Price. In P2 we had the smiling and competent Gamble and the obliging Sgt. Wickenden; in the Registry, the glamorous '<i>Goo-Goo</i>'. Corporate modesty forbids detailed reference to the efficiency of the Accounts Section - addressed so politely in public and referred to so scurrilously in private! Suffice it to say, it has been a great pleasure to work in their company for nearly two years and I shall miss them all.<br />
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Yes, I could go on for hours ... could tell of the official V.E. Day Celebrations, the unofficial V.J. Day celebrations in the Hall, the Savings efforts of the Signals Section, the gardening abilities of the Sick Quarters. I could say a lot about Pay Parades and the all-in salute-and-grab evolutions of the WAAFs. But you will want to hear of the last days of the Station.<br />
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It must have been about the end of August when most of the aircrew types left. Life seemed very quiet without them. F/Lt Wynne and some others remained for a time to ferry the kites away. They occupied their spare time in archery and other pursuits. A number of Officers continued in the Mess for a while awaiting release. In fact, the Release Section was working at high pressure for several weeks and the golden voice of F/Sgt O'Connell could be heard on the Tannoy almost continuously, urging prospective civvies to step up and see him some time.<br />
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By the end of September, about 400 bods were on the books, although we didn't see much of them. The dozen Officers moved into the fragrant and hallowed precincts of the Sick Quarters. Jack Clark still presided in the Little Bar there; <i>Crib</i> and <i>Patience</i> became in vogue about that time, but we did break out occasionally on more traditional lines, notably when the Sergeants visited us and the day when S/Ldr Cox returned from hospital. Then came a Blitz from Command. Press Gangs got to work. The troops were rounded up from local farms and the sites, and real progress was made. Equipment fairly poured into the Stores, and overflowed all round. Bods were hounded off the Station, and on October 29th, after many postponements, the Station was officially handed over.<br />
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In October, we fell below the 100 mark; all feeding together in the Airmens Mess. The cinema had closed of course, and the liberty runs had ceased. Even the NAAFI had shut up shop, but life was pleasantly informal, as it was no doubt in the earliest days of the Unit at North Creake in 1943. Six Officers moved into the hut formerly used as the Padre's Office, and thereafter, the story of the ten little boys was enacted. The WAAFs had to be transported from Group H.Q. each day. Evenings were pretty quiet, except on the famous occasion when my lonely slumber by the Mess fire was disturbed by the sound of female carollers about 9pm and our six WAAFs appeared, after having spent two hours losing themselves on the perimeter track, and demanded accommodation for the night! However, we coped. Smithy has gone and the pheasants breathe more freely. Sgt Wickenden has left us. The last two Orderly Room staff, Newton and Mountain, go in the morning. The remaining five Accountants leave at the weekend, and I go to Cheadle, Staffs, on Wednesday. Only Sgt Wright and three Stores WAAFs: Livingstone, Clark and Jones, will be left of Bomber Command. Otherwise, the C and M Party will be in sole possession.<br />
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And that is the end of my story.<br />
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Service life certainly has its bright side. Nothing has been said here of other aspects of the war - the separation from home comforts, the monotony, the danger and the loss. The Oldest Inhabitant is an incurable philosopher, and he asks will all this be allowed to happen again? If it does, the papers tell us the Atom Bomb will put paid to civilisation as we know it. Can this be prevented? He himself can see only one solution, ultimately, and that is a return to a vital, genuine Christianity - born out of giving, of respect, of laughter, of love. We don't talk about this much in the Services, but we think quite a bit about it.<br />
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Thank God the war is over!<br />
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We find ourselves living, nevertheless, in perplexing and somewhat irritating days. But they are days filled with opportunity. Let us make the most of them, and learn how to co-exist ... and live in peace!</div>
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<br />Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-45612608514007919242018-02-27T07:56:00.000-08:002018-02-27T08:47:17.366-08:00'RED FLAG OVER ENGLAND' A War Story<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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John 'Des' Howarth turns 94 years old on Wednesday February 28th. These writings are his own. I am including them with his permission in celebration of his birthday and to honour all he achieved as a USAAF Navigator on a B-24 Liberator assigned to one of the world's first Electronic Warfare Squadrons stationed in England - 36th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force, known as the '<i>Gremlins'</i>. He served in one of the '<i>Squadrons of Deception'</i>, their full story told in my firm friend Stephen Hutton's book of the same name.</div>
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Des served in Lt McCarthy's crew and was in Lt Boehm's B-24 '<i>Beast of Bourbon' </i>when it crashed on February 19th 1945 (see previous posting). In this story Des illustrates the stark reality of war and how those such as he woke to each new day not knowing if it might be their last ...</div>
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A yellow beam of light shot across my face. Half awakening from the fantasies of a dream, I imagined the dawn breaking over Lake Huron. It was pleasant to dream without a care in the world. But suddenly, with a sickening realization of the truth, I was fully awake. I knew this was not dawn. It was still dark. It was not Lake Huron. It was Cheddington, England, and I was going back to work. I wanted desperately to go back to the world from which I had just come and never return to reality.</div>
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I looked from the glare of the flashlight and into the face of my tormentor. I recognized it vaguely as that of the CQ.</div>
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<i>'Time to get up Lieutenant Chapman. Briefing is in 45 minutes,'</i> he stated without emotion.<br />
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Gradually, I remembered the red flag outside the Orderly Room last evening. Another mission! For a moment, I neither moved nor spoke. Hate was welling within me. I tried to hate the young Private who brought me these good tidings, for disturbing my serenity. But I knew I didn't just hate him. He was too insignificant. I knew I hated everything. Especially I hated reality. The thought of it was nauseating.</div>
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I acknowledged him without thanks. No matter; he had already moved on to the next bed. I glanced at my watch. Three minutes to five. In the opposite cot Mac, with whom I'd lived for almost a year now, had switched on his feeble light. For a moment, I reflected on the fates that had forced us together, he as Pilot, me as Co-Pilot.</div>
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In civilian life I knew our paths would probably never have crossed. We were of different types, background and interests. A couple of years older than me, he had been a machinist in civilian life, evidently with few outside interests. While he didn't fraternize with the crew much, even on 'Ops' he treated them with respect and '<i>chewed them out'</i> individually only when it was deserved. While he often seemed ready to let off steam towards the war, the Army, and its bureaucracy, he seldom used profanity and would not tolerate its use by any of the crew.</div>
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Being only Co-Pilot, it was hard for me at first to get used to the idea that it was Mac's show. But he could fly an airplane, handled the crew well, and had courage. He deserved to be sitting in the left seat.</div>
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Our Orderly was having a little trouble in waking Wally, our Bombardier, before moving on to Si's and Gordon's beds, both members of Sullivan's crew, before walking out into a foggy night with his torch cutting a path through the darkness. There were twelve of us living in these Nissan hut barracks. In seven beds the occupants slept on, a few restlessly. Wally rose slowly, muttering some epithets to no-one in particular. Like me, he had been in College when he joined the Air Corp and we had been together on Mac's crew even before leaving the U.S. Sometimes, when we had infrequent Leave, we went into London together. Luke, our Navigator, was one of those fortunately still sleeping. He wasn't going with us today, having been grounded for some respiratory problem. The fourth Officer on our crew and the oldest, he was pretty much a loner, but was a team player once we left the ground. His proficiency regarding his job was never in question.</div>
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<i>'Lucky Devils', </i>growled Mac, nodding to the other recumbent Officers in the hut. I didn't bother to answer. I dressed quickly, leaving on my sweater and socks in which I slept. It was too cold to sleep without them. Picking up my towel, toothbrush and soap, I hurried out into the blackness, sloshing my way through mud, heading for the wash room. It was barely visible by a crack of light slipping through the black-out windows. Inside, the glare of the dingy overhead light again made me wince. Wally was already washing. He muttered a curse about the temperature of the water. I turned the tap and drowned my face in the frigid liquid also. It bounced off the flat concrete basin and cascaded down the front of my pants to my disgust. I tucked a towel under my belt to catch the shower.</div>
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Mac entered, followed by Lt. Sandburg, Pilot of '<i>Rambling Wreck',</i> and Wally. Sandy attempted to be humorous, but failed.</div>
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'<i>Got your diversion kits ready, men? We probably won't get back to this field for a week!' </i>It was too early to be funny, and with the weather we'd been having, there was too much truth in what he said.</div>
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'<i>We'd better get back this week',</i> warned Wally, knowing there was really nothing he could do about the situation. '<i>I've got a date with a cute little brunette in London.'</i></div>
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<i>'We'll be back,'</i> exclaimed Mac in a threatening tone, '<i>if we have to come home by chute. Nothing's going to stop us from coming into this field!'</i> His remark was sarcasm directed at Sandy. They didn't get along very well. Mac wanted it understood who was the better Pilot.<br />
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We grabbed our bikes and peddled down the hill to the Mess Hall, four of us following Wally's light. Above us, stars appeared through a transparent haze like tiny pearls, although the horizontal visibility was less than twenty feet. The muteness of the sky was pierced by the increasingly loud drone of bomber engines overhead. Possibly it was one of the Mosquito Squadrons of the RAF which were returning from their nightly visit to Berlin. The Mess Hall was warm, but hardly cheery. My feelings toward the place were shared by all. The food was rotten. It had been ever since we'd been pushed out of the 'Grounders Office Mess' into the so-called 'Combat Aircrew Mess'. Their excuse was that this Mess would be serving better food and be open all hours. None of us had been gullible enough to believe it. We knew who would continue to eat steaks twice a week and chicken on a Sunday. The situation hadn't been helped any when a little runt - a former Infantry loouie - who was about as useless as a feathered prop, was put in charge of our menu.</div>
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Breakfast was lousy as usual. The powdered eggs tasted exactly like powdered eggs. I washed down the doughy pancakes with coffee - rancid as only G.I. coffee can be - and peeled an orange for dessert. We all ate in silence, too fed up with the food and apprehension of the mission to talk.</div>
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The three Officers of our plane '<i>Lady in the Dark', </i>Mac, Wally and I, parked ourselves in our allotted row of chairs in the Briefing Room. In spite of a capacity crowd, it was cold and hellishly damp. On the side, there was a stove, highly inoperative. Up front was a large map of northern Europe, stretching from Brittany to central Russia. Dangling from a point located just above London were several colored ribbons.</div>
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<i>'Where we going this time, Mac?'</i> asked Wally. '<i>Any ideas?'</i></div>
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<i>'Naw', </i>Mac growled. '<i>Luke will tell us when he comes in.'</i> Navigators always had a pare-Briefing before the full crews.<br />
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<i>'Luke isn't flying with us today. I thought you knew. Been grounded for a cold or something,' </i>I informed him.</div>
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Mac, never in a sociable mood in the morning - especially after getting in at midnight - was ready to blow his top. Under his breath he let out an oath.</div>
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<i>'Why don't those fools in Operations use their heads instead of fouling up things this way? Who in the hell is navigating for us today?'</i></div>
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<i>'Probably one of those new guys,'</i> guessed Wally, whose tone indicated that he had no confidence in any of them and was resigned to his fate.<br />
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One by one our enlisted aircrew entered the Briefing Room. Jerry, our Tail Gunner and Jackson, our Radio Man, sat down beside Wally. Jerry had sworn he was twenty-two, but his bashful grin and youthful actions still made him the kid of the crew. He would never be more than eighteen, even if he lived to be a hundred. In many ways, he was simple. The crew kidded him mercilessly about his capacity for beer, his love of money and his faithfulness to Peggy back in Cleveland. Everyone liked Jerry. Perhaps unknowingly, they saw in him all that their complicated lives lacked.</div>
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Jackson, now a Staff Sergeant, had always gone around with Wally and me despite his Army rank. He'd been in College too. Then he'd gone into Cadets, only to be washed out as a Pilot because the Instructors said his nerves couldn't stand the strain of flying.</div>
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<i>'Where we going? Lieutenant?'</i> Jerry asked, his boyish smile making him look drunk.</div>
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<i>'Marienburg in East Prussia', </i>Wally lied with sarcasm.</div>
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Lindy looked puzzled. His knowledge of geography was negligible.</div>
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<i>'That's near Russia', </i>explained Jackson, catching Wally's wink.</div>
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Sergeant Mike Gregory, our Engineer, who had been dozing; sat upright. He said nothing of his obvious fear.</div>
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<i>'Damn! We'd better not be going to Marienberg!' </i>snarled Mac. '<i>We're due for a milk run'.</i> Sergeant Waist Gunners Freeman and Bailey slid into their chairs as Major Kelly called Roll, read ship assignments, and gave out Call Signs. Adams, Turret Gunner, as usual was late and barely got into his seat beside the other Gunners when Kelly called his name.</div>
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<i>'That's the last time that's going to happen!'</i> threatened Mac, glaring at Adams. <i>'You'll be here when Briefing starts ... or else!'</i></div>
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Although Adams was somewhat of a screw-up, I personally winced at the rebuke. If I'd had to squeeze myself into that death trap of a belly gun, freezing my tail for several hours, knowing that if our plane got in trouble I'd be the most vulnerable of the whole crew; I probably wouldn't show up at all. I'd probably be a screw-up too.<br />
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The Navigators, busy until now making Flight Plans, entered the room. Ted Chavez, a rookie with fewer than five missions, came over to Mac.</div>
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<i>'I guess I'm flying with you today.'</i></div>
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'<i>O.K.'</i> answered Mac, unenthusiastically. <i>'Where we goin'?'</i></div>
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Chavez moved into a chair next to me.</div>
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<i>'Target's Magdeburg'</i>, he muttered.</div>
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Mac gave a slight shudder and swore softly. We all felt the same. Magdeburg was no damned 'milk run'. With a green Navigator, it would be even rougher. I could feel Mac inwardly cursing everything in general, and Operations in particular for saddling us with Chavez on a deal like this. Luke had flown 21 missions with us. He had even led the wing once or twice. Even though he might not have been the best Navigator in the Squadron, there were nine members of our ship '<i>Lady in the Dark'</i> who were ready to challenge that he was.</div>
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After he got through, Morris, Head of Intelligence, took over. Morris was a dapper little guy, just boosted to the rank of Captain. No-one ever knew how he got into Intelligence, but there were rumors. Wally let out the story that he'd seen Morris selling shoes in one of New York's smaller department stores, and Morris hated him for it. But Wally said he wasn't kidding and Morris did hail from New York City. Personally, I didn't like him. But at times I felt sorry for him because he wanted to be one of us. He was too stupid to realize that he never could be. He strutted to stage center of the Briefing Room and gave his well-lubricated hair an affectionate pat. His tone was that of a third-rate coach asking his boys to '<i>win this one for the Gipper'.</i> He spoke of us as '<i>we'</i>. After Briefing, he'd go back to the sack till noon.</div>
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<i>'Today's mission will probably be a little rough. Our target's an oil storage depot just south of Magdeburg,'</i> Morris stated in a matter of fact manner. '<i>Little rough'. </i>Translation: '<i>a lot of you guys won't be having dinner with us this evening, and for many others, you've probably had your last meal!' 'This will be an all-out effort for the Eighth today. We're sending up 1250 bombers and about 200 fighters. So you see, we'll get plenty of protection.'</i></div>
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There were a few smothered sneers from the crews. Morris made no recognition of hearing them.</div>
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<i>'Form over Ipswich at six-fifty hours. The route is from Clacton to Heligoland. Then you cross the enemy coast just below Cuxhaven. From there, your heading is 90 degrees to the IP which is the town of Oschersleben, fifteen miles west of the oil depot. After bombs are dropped, you return the same route, coming out at Cuxhaven and Heligoland, the same way you went in. You'll be screened until you're six degrees east. by that time, you should be at bombing altitude of 21,000 feet. You will probably still see fires burning from RAF raids last night. They sent 700 Lancs and Halifaxes to Hamburg. They also sent 80 Mosquitoes to Berlin. If you stay within five miles off course you won't have any trouble with anti-aircraft batteries. Any questions?'</i> </div>
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I wanted to ask him if he was kidding, but realized there was no point. Morris conveniently didn't make any mention of those damned Messersmitts and Focke-Wulfs who were a hell of a lot more of a problem than the flak!</div>
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Metro was about as encouraging as could be expected. There was a high pressure area centered around the Wash. That meant there was no chance of the fog getting blown off. We probably would be diverted to Scotland when we got back. That was always good for a laugh! After flying a mission for six or seven hours, you'd come back trying to get in. We'd often be sweating it out as to whether we'd have enough fuel and then would often have to jockey for landing instructions with five or six planes always in priority because of dead or injured crew or damaged aircraft. Diversion meant we'd fly another couple of hours to some Base in the remote regions of the British Isles. It would probably be an RAF Base - they always were - which meant we'd get their lousy food and go without sleep for another few hours.</div>
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Today's mission would have to be an instrument take-off. We all knew what that meant! That was getting to be tragically monotonous. Hardly a mission without a ship blowing up at the end of the runway. Hell, what a picnic! Upstairs, the weather was supposed to be good until we crossed into Germany. Then we'd probably catch the tail-end of a front. No matter what Metro said, we were always certain of flying in the soup all the way in December.</div>
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Outside, we threw our equipment on the truck and rode out to the '<i>Lady in the Dark'.</i> A biting wind whipped itself with fury against the canvas covering of the truck as if in protest at our disturbing the now-approaching dawn. We stood around smoking. Gregory and Jackson checked the ship while the Gunners tested their guns. Up front at his station, Chavez was already at work. It was still half an hour before we were to warm up the engines.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>'Lady in the Dark', courtesy: Stephen Hutton</i></span></td></tr>
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<i>'Bombs are all set',</i> said Wally to Mac, in a matter-of-fact manner. Deadly as our payroll could be, it wasn't something most of us thought about a great deal. Then he bummed me for a smoke.</div>
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<i>'This kid know anything about navigating?'</i> Wally asked, nodding to Chavez' compartment in the nose.</div>
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<i>'I dunno. Probably not,'</i> I answered. <i>'None of these new jokers are worth a damn. Hope to hell he can read that Gee-box.'</i></div>
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<i>'Can you?' </i>he asked, somewhat pointedly.<br />
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'<i>Sure, in a pinch. Luke checked me out on it. Nothing to it', </i>I lied. The Gee-box was accurate and could literally bring the plane within a few hundred yards if the Navigator knew his stuff. Unfortunately, I'd never taken the opportunity because it looked too complicated.</div>
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Overhearing our conversation, Mac muttered: '<i>Dammit, he'd better not foul up!'</i></div>
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It was seven twenty-eight when we got the green light from the caravan. Mac shoved the throttles forward. '<i>The Lady'</i> lurched ahead, gathering speed as it rocketed along the runway. From my window, I could barely see the wing lights. The runway lights were so engulfed in fog that I couldn't see from one to the next - a distance of about sixty feet. Gregory called out the airspeed. We were running out of runway. At 125, Mac pulled back on the stick, and we were in the air. How he pulled her off in time I'll never know because those engines were obviously laboring. We staggered to fifty feet and I saw the end of the runway below. Then for a nightmarish moment the ship leveled off. Mac hit the throttles again and I got the gear up. We resumed climbing and thankfully all four engines smoothed out to their usual cadence. I glanced at Mac. He was sweating. So was I.<br />
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'<i>Take her over for a while, Chappie', </i>Mac asked quietly. <i>'We're o.k. now.'</i> He sat back and relaxed.</div>
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We formed over Ipswich. At Clacton, we were at 17,000 feet. Metro for a change had been right. We'd been flying for almost an hour and a half and hadn't left England. Mac had taken the wheel again. We were flying number four position, in the slot above and behind Obenshane in <i>'P-Peter'.</i> Mac was welcome to the job of jockeying this boxcar behind that Wildman. I took it for granted that Mac would make no mistakes.</div>
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We altered course five miles west of Heligoland. Five minutes more we were almost over Bremerhaven. The formation was right off course. I pointed the fact out to Mac. He leaned over toward me to see.</div>
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<i>'Pilot to Navigator', </i>he called over the intercom.</div>
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<i>'Navigator to Pilot. Go ahead', </i>Chavez replied.</div>
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<i>'What town is that ahead?'</i> asked Mac.</div>
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<i>'Just a minute and I'll check.'</i> A pause ... and then, <i>'Yeah, I guess we're south off course a little', </i>answered Chavez without conviction. There was too much hesitation in his voice.</div>
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Another ten minutes went by without the formation changing heading. The undercast was now almost ten-tenths. Occasionally there was a break. Wally called out a town to our right.</div>
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<i>'What's that town, Navigator?'</i> growled Mac. There was no immediate answer from Chavez.</div>
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Wally finally answered. '<i>I think it may be Hanover, Mac.'</i></div>
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<i>'No, I don't think it was Hanover', </i>interrupted Chavez. <i>'I think we're just north of Munster'.</i></div>
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Mac just sat there, shaking his head without responding. There was no doubt who Mac would believe. Wally had been over Hanover before.<br />
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The argument was forgotten by the first puffs of flak. I remembered how fascinated I had been the first time I had seen the stuff. It was like tiny balls of black cotton bursting on a bluish-white background. Only now I realized it as grim and deadly, without beauty. At first, it was ineffective. Then it struck. One moment Thompson was on our wing, the next his ship was spiralling drunkenly towards the earth, half a wing torn off. I watched until it plunged through the billowy undercast. There were no chutes. I almost heaved.</div>
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We were first hit half an hour from the IP. Number two engine was knocked out and caught fire. I cut the switch, but she continued to burn and the prop was windmilling, so I had to feather it.</div>
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<i>'Everybody put your chutes on, but don't jump unless I tell you', </i>Mac shouted over the intercom, adding a few epithets for emphasis. His voice was calm, but his face belied it. <i>'Jackson, Bailey, help Adams get out of his turret', </i>he ordered solicitously. <i>'Jerry, get back in the Waist', </i>he added.</div>
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Surprisingly, '<i>The Lady'</i> aircraft was flying, even if we did start falling behind the group. Then, in a short few minutes, a second burst came up through the nose, cutting a hole the size of a pumpkin. My plexiglass shattered. I was sure we'd had it. Mac and I were both shaken up, but evidently uninjured. Then I thought of Wally and Chavez. Both probably had been hit. I hardly noticed that the fire in the engine had burned itself out.</div>
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Mac, getting his bearings, barked over the mike: '<i>Everybody o.k.? Anybody hurt?'</i></div>
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<i>'Yea, Chavez', </i>Wally replied. '<i>Somebody please come down here and help me with him. He's hurt bad and can't function.'</i> </div>
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Gregory grabbed a walk-around bottle and started for the nose. Then we got hit again, this time in the rudder. It was a losing battle.<br />
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<i>'Wally, do you have any idea where we are?' </i>Mac asked pleadingly.</div>
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<i>'Not a clue, and I think that damned Gee-box has been knocked out. Besides, it won't work this far east anyhow,' </i>Wally grimly admitted.</div>
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In spite of her wound, '<i>The Lady' </i>remained airworthy and Mac somehow kept her on course. I knew Mac pretty well. He wasn't thinking of turning back, but he wanted to. Without a Navigator, he had no choice but to stick with the formation. It wasn't easy to go on, knowing that Chavez might die if we did. He might die anyway. Mac sat there expressionless. I thanked God I was only the Co-Pilot. I don't know whether I'd have guts enough to keep on to the target if I were in Mac's seat.</div>
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We got to Magdeburg, but we'd lost altitude. Wally had missed the IP, but still salvoed the bombs with the rest of the formation. On the way back, miraculously we ran into little flak. Mac pushed '<i>The Lady's' </i>three engines to their limit, hoping we'd have enough gasoline to at least get to the coast. The aircraft kept dropping, however, and Mac and I together had to fight the rudder all the way.</div>
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Like a condemned man waiting for the switch, we staggered along, expecting fighters or flak to finish us. It seemed like we'd flown hours after leaving Magdeburg; actually it was less than one. On the horizon was the coastline. We crossed at 11,000 feet. I had prayed we'd get there. Now I swore because we were being allowed to escape. The North Sea in winter would be a worse fate than a Stalag Luft. Below, the black waves hurled their defiance at us. In those icy waters we might survive fifteen minutes if lucky.</div>
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We tossed everything we could overboard in an effort to retain altitude. It was useless. At 6,000, I called '<i>Mayday', </i>telling air-sea rescue that we'd have to ditch and gave them our approximate position. I realized that probably wouldn't help too much because it was only approximate, but they took a bearing. I begged the Lord that it might work this time, remembering how several members of the crew had scoffed at the chances of ditching a B-24. We all felt Mac was the one man who could do it.</div>
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While the Rear Gunners quickly assumed their ditching positions against the rear bulkheads, Gregory and Jackson went below to help Wally bring up Chavez from the nose, which was an almost impossible feat. He had to be passed along the nose wheel in its retracted position and then, without any of them falling off the bomb bay catwalk, hoist him onto the flight deck. I couldn't help them because Mac needed me to help him drop <i>'The Lady'</i> in the drink. Compared to what the three of them had gone through with Chavez, our job would be a piece of cake.</div>
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I envisioned either being killed when we hit the water or drowned in trying to clear the wreckage. Together we got the plane leveled off. I could see the waves almost lapping at the fuselage. Mac picked out a trough and set <i>'The Lady'</i> down. We must have still been doing a hundred when we collided with the seemingly immovable object. Then the roof caved in. I don't remember unlatching my seat belt, nor anything else in particular; but I was gasping for air as I must have floated to the top of the cockpit. Gregory and Jackson were pulling me up through the top hatch when I came to. Wally and Mac somehow had pushed Chavex into our yellow rubber which was already inflated. Bailey and Adams were swimming towards it. Finally regaining my bearings, I found a piece of wreckage and shivering uncontrollably, tried to hang on to it in the frigid water. Jerry, probably badly injured, floated around beyond anyone's reach. Gregory wanted to go after him, but to try was suicide. Wally swore at our inability to help Jerry. Jackson sobbed unashamedly. Moments later, Jerry simply dropped out of sight. None of us spoke. There wasn't much you could say when you lost a guy like Jerry.</div>
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In less than fifteen minutes, somehow air-sea rescue found us and picked us up. It was quick enough to save Adams and Freeman from exposure, and Bailey whose leg was broken. But Chavez died before we got back to England.</div>
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Early that evening, three of us: Mac, Wally and I, walked into the Interrogation Room. Captain Morris extended his hand like a Lodge brother in greeting. We all ignored it, but stood at attention, wanting to get the ordeal over with.</div>
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<i>'Heard you fellows had a pretty rough time. That was tough, losing those two boys',</i> said Morris condescendingly. Yeah, we could tell his heart was bleeding!</div>
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<i>'Yeah, it was rough',</i> agreed Mac.</div>
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<i>'Well, damned glad you made it. You had us worried', </i>admitted the Captain, attempting to be affable. I could see him worrying. At the bar in the Officers' Club he'd been sweating it out. I was sorry we'd worried him!</div>
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<i>'Let's see,'</i> he fumbled. <i>'You got to the target all right?'</i></div>
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<i>'Yeah', </i>snapped Wally.<br />
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'<i>What bombing altitude?'</i> He questioned us about bombing, weather, turning points. We didn't know most of the answers and didn't care. But we gave him a good story. Morris continued his questioning, but it was obvious he was becoming increasingly uncomfortable.</div>
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<i>'Where did you see the greatest concentration of flak?'</i> he asked, trying to conclude this most trying task.</div>
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'<i>From the time we crossed the enemy coast going in till we crossed it on the way out,'</i> Mac snarled.</div>
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Morris started to laugh, expecting another answer, but realized Mac wasn't trying to be funny. Mac glared at him in defiance. I felt foolish for forgetting to count the flak bursts every five minutes. It was the Captain who concluded with one final question:</div>
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<i>'I don't suppose you've got Chavez's Log, have you?'</i></div>
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Wally surprised us all. He reached into his flight jacket and produced a crumpled, blood-spattered sheet and tossed it on Morris' desk. The Captain's face discolored. He didn't like the sight of blood.<br />
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'<i>Thanks', </i>he mumbled. <i>'That's enough, I guess.'</i></div>
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We trudged slowly towards our Nissen hut. </div>
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These writings offer a vivid and clear insight into wartime conditions and the dark face of war. Des survived against the odds. Even reading this one experience out of so many clearly illustrates his courage and commitment, his sheer grit and determination, and the close connection of his crew. At 94 years old, I believe this is something we need to remember and reflect on. While I'm sure all readers will join with me in wishing Des Howarth a very special birthday.</div>
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by Des Howarth: Navigator, B-24 Bomber,<br />
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Ironically, this densely foggy English morning on which I was supposed to complete my tour of duty as a Navigator with the 36th Bomb Squadron, the weather was far worse - instrumental flying only - than the day before when we'd had only clouds, but we'd had to abort. I was seated on the bench behind our Pilot, Mac McCarthy, as was customary during take-off. Unfortunately, the new Navigator, who I was supposed to check out on his first mission, decided he'd remain in the tail section till we were airborne.</div>
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Because both the Navigator's and Front Gunner's positions on the B-24 bomber in which we were flying were in the nose section and thus highly vulnerable during take-off, we usually remained on the large flight deck until the aircraft had obtained some altitude. However, on this occasion, we didn't gain any altitude. Whatever the cause, we never really got off the ground; our '<i>Beast of Bourbon'</i> just collided with Mother Earth and churned up the ground for what to me seemed an eternity.</div>
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On the flight deck I bounced around with the Radio Operator and Flight Engineer, both of whom also were stationed there; until the aircraft came to a halt. I remember calling to McCarthy to <i>'cut the switches'</i> to avoid possible fire, but he had already done so. He and our new Co-Pilot who was getting a check-out ride were fortunately unhurt. Howard Hailey, the Front Gunner, who had been standing behind me, was tragically thrown into the bomb bay and killed on impact. Waist Gunners Lindquist and Becker riding in the rear of the aircraft met the same fate. Lt Foreman, who was Lt. Victor Pregeant's Navigator and flying with the crew to get his pilot's check ride from Lt. McCarthy at the time; suffered a broken hip, and was laid up over six months. He never did get to fly any mission before war ended.</div>
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In spite of the encumbrance of our heavy flight suits, the five of us on the flight deck pulled ourselves up and out of the top hatch, dropping to the soft ground ten feet below, and scrambling to safety in a nearby ditch. While our plane carried no bombs, it did carry hundreds of rounds of ammunition since we had five gun positions on '<i>The Beast</i>'.</div>
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Evidently, I was the only one of the surviving crew who suffered any injury. It was only a dislocated shoulder - not qualifying for a 'Purple Heart' since it wasn't received at the hands of the enemy. I was given credit for the mission, meaning I had finished my Tour (300 combat hours required). I had 296, but would have been out of action until VE Day anyhow. I stayed in the Base hospital only a day or two before being sent north to join hundreds of other aircrew being sent back to the States after completing their Tours. Actually, I remember little of the time between being discharged from hospital until reaching my disembarking Base in Lancashire. Ironically, I believe this was the time when my Cheddington Base was being moved to Alconbury.</div>
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After one more week in England, I finally boarded the U.S. West Point to sail home to Newport News, Virginia. From there, it was on to Ft Sheridan where I got a three-weeks Leave before reassignment to Santa Ana. Because of the crash, I was sent to Ft. George Wright for R and R (rest & recuperation), which was the best assignment in my Service career ... and then, because of V-J Day, I went next to Santa Ana and honorable discharge. It was just in time for me to again return home and re-enroll at the University of Michigan where I graduated a year later.</div>
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(I had originally enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in January 1943. After receiving a Commission as a Navigator in December, I was sent to England where I had the opportunity to transfer to the U.S. Army Air Corp. In June 1944, I began my tour of duty with the 36th Bomb Squadron, a secret outfit of about a dozen planes, doing Radar reconnaissance from Cheddington Air Force Base just south of London. Our planes contained no bombs. We jammed enemy signals with electronic devices ...</div>
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The 36th Bomb Squadron (today, continuing to operate under its true title: 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron) lived and worked alongside RAF 100 Group. Both carried secret, specialised equipment in their aircraft designed to identify and jam the enemy. Flying deep into the heart of Germany it was dangerous work, especially when flying day and night operations, and when they flew above the bombers as their '<i>Angels in the Skies</i>'. They were so secret, the main force never even knew they were there!</div>
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Today, we need to honour and respect their memory ... both the 36th Bomb Squadron as it was known then, although in truth they carried no bombs; and RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group, made up of Squadrons of dedicated men and women based on built-for-purpose airfields in Norfolk, England.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>'Squadron of Deception'</i>, by Stephen Hutton, Schiffer Publishing,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">'<i>RAF 100 Group - Kindred Spirits</i>', by Janine Harrington, Austin Macauley,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><i>'RAF 100 Group - The Birth of Electronic Warfare', </i>by Janine Harrington, Fonthill Media. </span></div>
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Stephen and I remain passionate that the history and stories of these people who did so much to turn the war around towards a successful defeat of the enemy, be preserved that their legacy live on.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Book Title</b>: JUST AS I AM</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Published by</b>: </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">FeedARead Publishers</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Publication Date</b>: </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">15 January 2018</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>ISBN</b>: 9781788762502</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Price</b>: £7.99 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Available from main bookstores, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: blue;">and from Amazon in 6-8 weeks.</span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">'Being broken shouldn't make us ashamed
of who and what we are ... We need to stand up amidst the brokenness, with
praise, in prayer, knowing God accepts us with unconditional love, just the way
we are.'</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This
is a refreshingly open and honest book, deeply personal and moving. The
author's relationship with God was forged in the fire of Experience, and in
sharing, emulates the beginnings of what we know today as The Salvation Army.
With a PhD in Life, she offers an inspirational journey of faith, including her
own hymns, prayers, paintings and pictures, demonstrating God as the strongest
influence, the one constant.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">William
Booth, Founder of The Salvation Army worldwide, with Catherine his wife, began
their ministry in the London slums, discovering people listened and identified
when experiences were shared. It brought people together, opening their hearts,
allowing God into their darkness and pain - a powerhouse of liberating Love,
calling them to become one of His own.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The
legacy of William and Catherine Booth is celebrated at Filey Salvation Army,
where the author is an Adherent. This book is written in gratitude to them for
life's greatest gift - to love and to be loved, and to belong as one of the
Family of God ...</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This was a very different, challenging, and deeply personal book to write, sharing my journey of faith. It began unexpectedly, one warm Summer night at three o'clock in the morning when I awakened and felt the strongest urge to place myself in front of the computer. I had no idea then where that act might lead, nor the words channelled from some other place, flashing across the screen as my fingers skimmed the keyboard, hardly able to keep up with the flow. I had no thought or plan for this book. I was actually working on another, but immediately set it to one side as the research began, widening the story, stretching back in Time to another era, and other like-minded people who began something they could never have envisaged. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The book was inspired ... the only way I can describe it is that I felt 'Called' to write. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Now, as I hold the first copy of it in my hands, turning the pages, I know it was brought into being through love ... a Love without a beginning or end, a Love that remains eternal, consistent, unconditional, drawing me in as I hope Readers will be drawn through the portal by curiosity and expectation, to discover a Gift beyond words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">If it were to be the last book I ever wrote ... I would feel fulfilled, complete!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It was born out of a strong need to give something back to my spiritual Family here in my spiritual Home at Filey Salvation Army. I have been attending here each Sunday, becoming more and more involved in various groups through the week, finally committing myself to them as an Adherent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Now the book is published, all monies from sales will go to Filey Salvation Army to further the different ways in which they work in the world, helping, supporting, enabling, empowering, listening, meeting and being with people from all walks of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">They were there for me in my brokenness ... and they are here for me now with prayer, in praise. Wonderful people who don't judge or demean anyone, welcoming everyone regardless of their experience and need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This book is dedicated to all at Filey Salvation Army ... with thanks, with Love xx</span></div>
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Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-5879491569101571182018-01-05T08:51:00.001-08:002019-01-03T13:36:50.392-08:00RAF SWANNINGTON REMEMBERED<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">TO ALL MY READERS!! </span></b></span></div>
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1st April 2018, will mark the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force.<br />
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Leading up to this historic occasion, previous posts here have shared the history and stories of RAF 100 Group who served under Bomber Command during World War Two. Based in Norfolk, the Group was made up of hand-picked men and women who worked with electronic warfare in its early stages, carrying secret experimental equipment on aircraft, with a Special Operator in each crew to use this equipment aimed at identifying and jamming enemy Radar. This was their primary function.<br />
I remain passionate about preserving their history and stories. As a Group, they received neither recognition or reward. Yet so many paid the ultimate price, while surviving veterans today say they remain '<i>forgotten heroes'</i>. Not even family and loved ones are aware of their vital role in wartime. For more than 20 years, it has been my pride and joy to work with them and their families, sharing their experiences and understanding the important work in which they were involved ... including picking up and dropping S.O.E Agents, linking with the 'Y' Service and Bletchley Park, passing on and acting on coded information, working with the Resistance, and much more. It was they who brought the war to an early conclusion. Yet 70 years on, the name of RAF 100 Group is not widely known, even by the main Royal Air Force, due to the secrecy of their work. It is the reason I continue to campaign on their behalf, and write books aimed at giving them a voice, sharing their experiences, making known their Norfolk airfields now abandoned and neglected which once teamed with life.</div>
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Further knowledge and insight can be found in my books, both available through Amazon: <span style="color: blue;"><i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>RAF 100 Group - Kindred Spirits, voices of RAF & USAAF on secret Norfolk airfields during World War Two </i><span style="color: black;">published by Austin Macauley.</span><i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>RAF 100 Group - The Birth of Electronic Warfare, </i><span style="color: black;">published by Fonthill Media.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>RAF SWANNINGTON</b></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Haveringland Hall pre-war</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><br /></i></span></td></tr>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">RAF 100 Group's airfield at Swannington is of particular significance as it was highlighted on Remembrance Day, 11th November 2017, by an historic event marking the 70th year of its closure. However, before re-visiting that historic day and the reasons behind it, with Mike Hillier, the Event Organiser; we first </span></span><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">need to explore its origins and roots to explain why the site was chosen in Haveringland.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Its story begins in an area of outstanding beauty at Haveringland Hall Estate, the ancestral home of Lord de Ramsey and his family. When the Second World War broke out, Haveringland Hall
and its beautiful surrounding parkland was requisitioned by the Air Ministry, with outlying
cottages and farms being offered for sale, first to tenants, then by public
auction.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Haveringland Hall pre-1945</i></span></td></tr>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Local people must have wondered what would become of this beautiful
place. John Kett in his ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Haveringalanda
Booklet’</i> describes that time well, with shocking revelations:</span></span>
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<i><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">'</span>Looking at the Church today, sentinel-like in the bare landscape, it
seems incredible that a few years ago it nestled in the shelter of a great
forest of trees, oak, chestnut and beech, themselves the glory of a great park
stretching through massive wrought iron gates on past the lodge which housed
the village post office, through a majestic avenue of horse chestnut trees,
beautiful in Spring with their pink candle-like blossoms. A wall some miles in
length encompassed the whole. Further afield deep hollows by the wayside
concealed a wealth of primroses … while a group of pine and spreading woodland
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<i><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">All of this was levelled to the ground as an aerodrome took shape. A
gap of a mile was torn in the wall, the lodge gates were removed and the lodge
itself blown up without ceremony. As runways crossed and re-crossed the
greenwood, each primrose hollow was obliterated with rubble brought by
countless lorries from local gravel pits. The trees were carried off in
mournful procession. The Hall survived for a time, useful for billeting the
flying men, then that too was demolished. Gaping cellars and a few outbuildings
are all that remains of the great mansion. The church, however, survived as it
continues in its mission. The days are gone when its upkeep was attended by
carpenters and builders, no more are its floral decorations supplied from
hothouses in the Hall gardens, or the altar frontals and cloths stitched by the
leisure ladies of the Hall. The dozen or so parishioners left somehow do cope
with all the needs. The women by organising sewing parties and social events
have paid for a modern heating system. The church is kept clean and the
graveyard tidied. So, although the Squires have gone, the church continues to
thrive ...<sup>'</sup></span></span></i><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Hence, things were set in motion for a Fighter Aerodrome
to operate from Haveringland, with two Squadrons in residence: No. 85 and No.
157 under RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">RAF No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group</span></b></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The airfield was completed in early 1944. Haveringland
Hall became the Officers’ Mess with most of its remaining Station crew housed
in huts on the Hall’s parkland. </span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> RAF
Swannington as it became known, officially opened on 1 April 1944 as part of
RAF 100 Group. It became home to 85 and 157 Squadrons, equipped with Mosquito
aircraft, which provided 100 Group with long-range capabilities throughout 1943-1945, supporting Bomber missions over enemy
occupied territory. These two Squadrons arrived during the first week in May 1944, immediately transferring to the
RAF’s No. 100 Group to intercept Luftwaffe night fighters while
accompanying the main RAF bomber force, and intruding over German night fighter
airfields. They first went into action on the night of the D-Day invasion.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, from
late July 1944, 85 and 157 Squadrons dispatched large detachments to West
Malling in Kent for over a month to combat the threat from German V-1 missiles
at night, destroying 70 of them in the process.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Once back at Swannington and fully operational, both
Units resumed their primary bomber support duty and by the end of World War Two
had shot down 71 enemy aircraft. Luftwaffe intruders, in retaliation,
bombed the airfield on the night of 16/17 March 1945 in what proved to be one
of the last attacks on a British airfield during the conflict.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>85 Squadron
moved to Castle Camps in June 1945, while 157 Squadron disbanded at Swannington
the following August.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">From October 1945, the airfield became home to No. 274
Maintenance Unit, many Mosquitoes either being stored or scrapped here until
both this Unit and the airfield closed in November 1947. North Creake went on
to serve as a Sub-Storage Site for the Unit, along with Little Snoring.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tentative
plans to retain and upgrade the airfield for post-war RAF operational fighter
use came to nothing and the site was sold in 1957. The site is now used for
agriculture. However, the village sign for Haveringland portrays a Mosquito, a
lasting memorial perhaps to all who once served at RAF Swannington.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Officers asleep in the Mess</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><u>NOTE</u>: </b>New information has just come in showing that this photograph above, which is depicted in so many places as being taken of 157 Squadron, RAF Swannington in wartime was, in truth, taken at RAF Benson, and comprises of:</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sitting left to right</span></u></b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flt Lt Peter Harding</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> bailed out of Spitfire after his engine stopped working and
became PoW in Stalag Luft III.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flying Officer, later Squadron Leader Roy
Whitehead</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, crashed on take-off at Benson in 1944 due to
strong cross wind. Crashed into a dispersal hut killing his best friend, Flight
Lieutenant Brian McMaster and Leading Aircraftman Bedford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Flt Lt John ‘Chris’ Chisholm</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #0000cc; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> killed 15 September 1944 in Mosquito TA 396 RS-W in the Kiel
area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>157 Mosquito II refuelling</i></span></td></tr>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>RAF SWANNINGTON (Haveringland)</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">REMEMBERED</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">On the 16th August 1947 came the closure and decommissioning of what had been known as RAF Swannington airfield. Before becoming fully operational on 28th August 1944, it was to have been called RAF Haveringland. However, at the intervention of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the name was changed from Haveringland to Swannington, even though the land on which it was built housed the villages of Haveringland and Brandiston. The reason was that Churchill's Aunt lived on Haveringland Estate. He visited regularly, but didn't want the enemy associating these family visits to the very place on which one of the very secret RAF 100 Group airfields was built.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As has already been mentioned, two Squadrons were based at RAF Swannington, the first: 85 Squadron from West Malling.</span></span></div>
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<b> Motto</b>: '<i>We hunt by day and night'</i></div>
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The hexagon was No. 85 Squadron's World War One identity insignia</div>
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while the ogress signifies the night</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 150%;">WWI</span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">No. 85 Squadron was formed at Upavon on 1 August 1917. The Station was home to the Royal Flying Corps Central Flying School. Shortly after, the Squadron moved to Mousehold Heath near Norwich under the Command of Major R. A. Archer. During November 1917, the Squadron transferred to Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, and in March 1918, Major William Avery Bishop VC, DSO, MC, took command, carrying out orders to prepare and train for Front-Line duties in France. </span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> On 1 April 1918, No. 85 Squadron was transferred into the new Royal Air Force. Following this period of training, during May 1918, the Squadron deployed to France. Equipped with Sopwith Dolphins and later the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A, it flew fighter patrols and ground attack sorties over the Western Front until the Armistice was signed.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> On 21 June 1918, there was a change of command and training methods following the arrival of a new Commanding Officer, Major Edward 'Mick' Mannock DSO, MC. Rather than fight as individuals, the Squadron was taught to act as a Unit during combat. However, during a patrol on 26 July 1918, accompanying Lt. D. C. Inglis over the Front Line; Major Mannock failed to return, thus depriving 85 Squadron of its leader. On 18 July 1919, Major Mannock was awarded a posthumous VC.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> No. 85 Squadron amassed 99 victories during its short involvement in the conflict and returned to the UK in February 1919 to disband on 3rd July that same year.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">WWII</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">On 1st June 1938, 85 Squadron was reformed from re-numbered elements of 'A' Flight, 87 Squadron, and placed under the command of Flight Lieutenant D. E. Turner. The Squadron was based at RAF Debden in Essex, and commenced training using the Gloster (the RAF's last bi-plane fighter). On 4th September, the first Hawker Hurricanes began arriving:</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">At the outbreak of WWII, the Squadron moved to Boos as part of the Air Component of the BEF 60th Fighter Wing, and their Hurricanes were given the role of supporting Squadrons of Bristol Blenheims and Fairey Battles.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> By 1st November, 85 Squadron's Hurricanes were moved to Lille Seclin. 85 Squadron scored its first victory of the Second World War when Flight Lieutenant R. H. A. Lee attacked a He 111 which crashed into the Channel, exploding on impact while on patrol over the Boulogne area. The Heinkel He 111 was a German aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Gunter in the early 1930s in violation of the Treaty of Versailles:</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Heinkel HE 111</i></span></td></tr>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">December 1939 saw a Royal visit from his Majesty, the King, accompanied by the Duke of Gloucester and Viscount Lord Gort, while the onset of winter proved an additional challenge as bitterly cold weather prevented flying, causing damage to aircraft and taking its toll on the health of airmen living in primitive conditions.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> When the German invasion (<i>Blitzkrieg</i>) commenced in May 1940, 85 Squadron became locked in a bitter contest with the Luftwaffe, and with attacks on its aerodromes commonplace, there was no respite from operations. In an 11-day period, the Squadron shot down a confirmed total of 90 enemy aircraft; although there were many more unsubstantiated claims. The final sortie saw the Squadron giving fighter cover to Allied Armies until its bases were finally over-run and three remaining aircraft retired to the UK.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> During intense battles over France, the Squadron lost 17 pilots - two were killed, six were wounded, nine failed to return, marked as '<i>Missing'</i>. This figure included their new CO: Squadron Leader Peacock, but once again, the Squadron acquitted itself well in the face of many adversities.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">85 Squadron re-equipped and resumed full operations early in June 1940.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">After taking part in the first half of the Battle of Britain over southern England, the Squadron moved to Yorkshire in September, and in October, following a change in role, commenced night fighter patrols.</span></span></div>
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<span class="normal-c-c2"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">No. 85 Squadron transferred to RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group on 1 May 1944 with a history of successful operations. However, now they were tasked with flying bomber support missions, intruding over German night-fighter airfields, and intercepting enemy fighters by accompanying the main bomber force.</span></span></div>
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<i>I first took an interest in Meteorology when, as a youngster at the beginning of the war, I joined the Women's Junior Air Corps.</i></div>
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<i> After surviving heavy blitzes on Merseyside - at one stage watching the famous Argyle Theatre burn down - and having passed exams; I decided at the age of sixteen to join the WAAF.</i></div>
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<i> In due course, I presented myself at Renshaw Hall in Liverpool, my local enlisting office. Naturally, I was asked for my birth certificate. Convincingly, I told the Recruiting Officer we had been bombed out the night before and none was available. I cannot remember how I told my parents I had enlisted. My mother had no objection as she was an ambulance driver and did the same thing in World War One. My father wasn't sure, as my two brothers had been called up at the beginning of hostilities. However, I passed all procedures, eventually landing at Innsworth to be kitted out and moved on to Morecombe where I did 'Square Bashing' ... </i>what a rude awakening<i>!!</i></div>
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<i>My training was in a famous furniture store building in London, where we learned to teleprint c/o GPO Hendon, how to read temperatures, do slide rule calculations, recognise clouds, etc. plot charts, read barometers, sort out the Stevenson Screen and code up Reports. At this time, Meteorologists were civilians. Having passed the Course exams, the time came for Posting. I was asked where I would like to go. My Posting was 250 miles from my choice, to No. 9 Group, Royal Canadian Air Force - Middleton-St-George, Co Durham. They were flying Wellington Bombers on ops. My colleagues realised I was still only a youngster, took me under their wings, and I had a good initiation into life in the Met Office. The weather wasn't always suitable for flying, but we still had to report it. There were nights when I went on duty in fog so dense that one time I was lost on a dispersal point and finished up on my hands and knees crawling around the edge until I got to the office! That was one time I wished I hadn't joined!</i></div>
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<i> From Durham, I had three other short postings - Croft (now a car racing track), Liverpool Speke (now John Lennon Airport), and Sealand. At Speke, we were contacted by N.W Army HQ nightly to give wind readings for the upper air, this apparently was to enable them to set their guns correctly - I was never quite sure how this worked, but I often wondered if my slide-rule calculations would enable them to sort out any German invasion of Liverpool! I had my uses there too - Irish planes would come in from Dublin and I looked forward to these for they brought gifts of sweets. Nevertheless, I still had to sit on weather charts the Forecasters didn't want pilots to see.</i></div>
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<i> Life was different at the MU Unit at Sealand. Different aspects of Meteorology were used as there was no flying. One of these was to fill huge white balloons with hydrogen and tie a gondola underneath with a lighted candle, release and follow the light with a Theodolite to work out the upper winds. How I managed not to blow the office up never ceases to amaze me! Nevertheless, I was gaining experience all the time, particularly how to get home without a Pass.</i></div>
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<i> From Sealand I was posted in 1943 to a new Station - RAF Swannington, where I stayed until 1946 with Mosquito Squadrons 157 and 85. There I met up with my WAAF colleagues and by this time RAF Meteorologist Officers. F/O's Ernie Dearing, Laurie Rendell, Corrigan, and A.N.Other. The WAAF contingent was LACW's Joyce Dobb, Barbara Jeffries, Sylvia Cheeseman, Pam Watson and myself, Dorothy Howard.</i></div>
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<i>As far as we Observers were concerned, we worked a three-shift system, 7am to 3pm, 3pm to 11pm and the night-shift: 11pm to 7am. The latter, unless there were Ops, or circuits and bumps, I used to dread. Why? Well, having no running water, we were supplied with a water bowser outside and filling a kettle meant running the risk of rats. There were also the odd occasions when we had tremendous thunder and electrical storms which lit up the whole of the countryside. All at Flying Control were snoring their heads off, and I had to go outside to 'do' the weather! I can be lyrical now when I say that I loved the starlit nights and, dare I say, the 'Bomber Moon' nights. This wasn't a romantic streak in me - it was easier to calculate vision and report weather, which had to be done every hour. Sometimes I might have nodded off if there was no flying, and if I had a phone call from Group, quickly I repeated the last observation, with a slight variation, giving some excuse why I was late!</i></div>
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<i> Plotting charts became skillful using two pens together, one black and one red, from coded messages received from ETA via the teleprinter. They usually took 3/4 of an hour as speed was often of the essence for the Forecaster. We also had to encode Weather Reports and send via teleprinter back to ETA for the next chart. It was almost an art form! I think we all took pride in producing neat and tidy charts every three hours.</i></div>
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<i> The office was pretty hectic before Ops, especially on the eve of D-Day when I was on night duty. We were always glad to hear the telling drone of the Mosquito engine when we knew they were safely back. There were sad times too, when any failed to return. They were brave men and my little bit was nothing compared to their efforts.</i></div>
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<i> Times were helped when we played mixed hockey with the Air Crew. I remember playing a team with F/Lt Chisholm (Chris - his dog lay on the side-line). '</i>Get back, Howard. I'll play Forward ...<i>' and they used to knock seven bells out of one another. Then off they'd go on Ops. There were also trips into Norwich via the Liberty Bus, one shilling (five pence in today's money!) return. It was good camaraderie and times on reflection I would not have missed.</i></div>
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<i> I was often posted around the Group to stand in when they were short staffed - but always managed to get back to Swannington. I'd made so many friends and I didn't want to miss the jollifications down at the Ratcatcher's or the King's Head in Cawston.</i></div>
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<i>I still look up at the sky and work out the clouds and amounts, often thinking of the days, some good, some bad, and long gone, but happy to recall; and I am pleased that there is an Association to keep them alive.</i></div>
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<i> If this epistle seems frivolous in any way with regard my duties, please disregard it, for they were taken in a very serious way, which I was proud to do. It also meant I grew up very very quickly!</i></div>
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Sopwith Snipe fighter, but with an armoured forward fuselage to protect the
pilot and fuel system from ground fire during low level operations. It was
ordered in large quantities for the RAF, but war ended before the type
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Mosquitoes started to assemble here in great secrecy for test flying with 157
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Squadron replaced them until February 1944, when Spitfires arrived, then
Typhoons, then 486 Squadron RNZAF Tempests, all leaving quickly. The
Canadian 410 Squadron again flew Mosquitoes from Castle Camps until April 1944.
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida bright" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">WARTIME
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida bright" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">by Byan Gale, 157 Squadron</span> </span></b></span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I joined 157
Squadron when it first formed at Castle Camps in February
1943.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was previously with 534 Squadron
at Tangmere, a turbinlite Squadron where my Navigator and I were one of the
Havoc crews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We served at Camps for a
month before the whole Squadron was relocated to Bradwell Bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were the first Mosquito-equipped Night
Fighter Squadron in the RAF and the AI equipment was MK4 and MK5, which
was severely limited by height above the ground - the first thing radio
waves struck, generating a carpet of ground returns which smothered anything at
greater range. </span></i></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the Squadron moved to Hunsdon in defence
of London, the Squadron formed a third Flight using straight MKVI
fighter/bomber a/c in an Intruder role without any Radar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this time, the Battle of the Atlantic was
hotting up. We were re-deployed to Predannack, on the tip of Cornwall close to
Mullion Cove; where we were employed in an operation called ‘</span></i></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Instep<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’, which really was us looking for Ju88s which were looking for
Sunderlands, etc. which were looking for the U-boats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> We flew in ‘</span></i></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Finger 4<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’ formations at 30 feet above the Atlantic down as far as Cape Ortugal
on the north coast of Spain, which was Fascist controlled and not very friendly
towards us. We were assured that any fishing vessels we saw there were
reporting our position to the Germans, so fair game for attack!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a fair amount of success at this,
getting several 88s and a 177 which my Flight Commander and I dispatched. But
one of our formation, determined to get a shot in, struck the water and hit the
sea, forcing him to ditch, which he did successfully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We returned to refuel and re-arm at
Predannack, before returning to the area to find our downed comrades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We returned to Base and went back to the area
yet again, in company with an airborne lifeboat successfully dropped. We saw two
Mossie crews scramble into the lifeboat in which they sailed back to the Scilly
Islands in four days, being awarded the DFC and DFM for the Sergeant Navigator.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> In March 1944 the Squadron moved to Valley
to re-equip with Mossie 18s, equipped with new centimetric Radar which was not
so badly affected by ground returns, and gave much improved range up to over 10
miles at 20,000ft. Eventually, we moved to Swannington, just outside
Norwich, in May 44 in time for D-day as we were not allowed to take the new MKX Radar out of the country until then. </span></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">My first raid as an Intruder with 100
Group was on June 7, to the airfields of Lesquin-Chievres in France in support
of the D-Day landings. We continued to fly in this role until we were withdrawn
to West Malling for operations against the Doodle-Bugs; as we were the only
thing anywhere near fast enough when refuelled with 150-grade petrol. These
were called Anti-Diver Patrols and involved flying just about 10,000ft to be
above the target, parallel to the coast, to watch for one flying out of
France and turning towards it, well above, while applying full throttle and rolling
onto one’s back, pulling through at speeds in excess of 400mph to match them
up and shoot them down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, in
those days, flight instruments were all air-powered Gyroscopes which didn’t
have full freedom of movement in all planes and were toppled by the A/Cs inversion,
forcing you to fly on ‘</span></i></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">limited panel’<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
for the recovery and subsequent kill, which, with 4 cannons, was inevitable</i></span></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> In September, we returned to
Swannington and our role as Bomber Support acting as long range Night Fighters
for the Bomber Stream, flying above and below and to either side of them,
looking for anything attempting to cross into the stream. This was quite good
fun, if ever war can be; with the superior speed of our aircraft we could watch the bomber
stream set off and arrive over the target simultaneously, patrolling for about
an hour, and still leave with them. I completed more than 40 of these Sorties,
completing my Tour just before VE day, before going to Bomber Support Training
Unit at Great Massingham as an Instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I was released in May 1946 to go to
Edinburgh University (paid for by the Service, on the understanding that if
they wished, I would return afterwards); and in 1952, I was recalled, as I
thought, for the Korean war with thoughts of Meteor and Vampire Night Fighters,
which is where all my experience had been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, no, it was to Control Flying School, then at Little
Rissington!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the next 14 years, I was engaged in teaching people to fly, including the first All Through
Jet FTS at Hullavington with the Jet Provost, which I was to meet again at The
College of Air Warfare at Manby, before starting my last tour in the RAF with
99 Squadron at Lyneham.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I have worked for Airworks in Saudi Arabia
at Rhyadh and for CAA, then the MOCA in London and BAA at Heathrow, before
becoming Director of Operations at Birmingham Airport, from where I retired to
live in Lincolnshire.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><i><b> </b></i></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">It’s been a bit of a mix up, but I’ve
enjoyed it, except for getting older, which we can’t avoid.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Both 85, and 157 Squadron (originally based at RAF Valley) were equipped with De Havilland Mosquito aircraft to support bombing operations as part of RAF 100 Group, Bomber Command. On quite a few occasions, the airfield was strafed by enemy aircraft, and one such event was recently told by a local resident who, at the time, was working at the Hall, shaking crumbs from a tablecloth. An enemy fighter flew overhead, firing bullets all around her. Luckily, she was uninjured and lived to tell the tale!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> On the night of 16/17 March 1945, Luftwaffe Intruders bombed Swannington in what proved to be one of the very last attacks on a British airfield during the Second World War.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> On 27 June 1945, 85 Squadron moved to RAF Castle Camps and shortly after, on 16 August 1945, 157 Squadron disbanded. RAF Swannington had by now been passed over to RAF Maintenance Command and became Headquarters to No. 274 Maintenance Unit. Those Mosquito aircraft that were not serviceable or could not be sold off to foreign powers, were taken to sites nearby and burned. Certainly not a fitting end for any aircraft, especially one which took such an important role in bringing peace to Europe, and was hated so vehemently by the Germans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">All this happened over 70 years ago. Most concrete runways and dispersal points that once shuddered with the roar of Merlins have been torn up, the land returned to fields. What little remains is cracked and patched with grass and moss. The Hall, once the Officers' Mess, is now demolished, making way to accommodate Park Homes and Holiday Cabins. Time marches on, while all that remains of wartime are memories whispered in the wind, and the still solid, dependable Parish Church of St Peter, which stood beside one of the aircraft dispersal points. It still stands proud today, like a ship in a sea of fields. As the Church is all that is left of RAF Swannington, then this surely had to be the place where those with a reason to remember would gather, harvesting memories as minds drifted back in Time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: blue;">Parish Church of St Peter, Haveringland</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">It was at the beginning of 2017 that the idea was first mooted - to create, not just a short period of remembrance, but rather, a living memory to all who served at RAF Swannington, those who flew, those who sadly never returned. With most work carried out by RAF 100 Group Squadrons classified '<i>Top Secret</i>', some still under a 100 Year Rule; it was going to take many many hours of research to identify information relevant to those who served at this Station, especially those who never came back. A challenge then! Those who joined Mike Hillier in that challenge produced in time a list, with the task now being to search out living relatives in addition to veterans, to inform them of the Plan for a Remembrance & Commemoration Service to take place at the very Church which was, in itself, a legacy of wartime, and which had overseen activities on the airfield through wartime and beyond. Dozens of emails were sent out, inviting representation from Groups associated with this airfield, in the hope they would attend this Service, parading their colours, laying wreaths of remembrance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">As people gathered for the service, it was realised that numbers exceeded anyone's expectations! Approximately 300 people packed into the small Parish Church which had been prepared for the occasion. In addition to families of those who served at RAF Swannington, also attending were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk as Her Majesty's Representative in Norfolk,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Corporal Philip Zandona of the Australian Defence Force,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Major Ryan Schiffner from the American Base at Lakenheath. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Lt Col. Tom Moore, Commander of the 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron, 8th Air Force, had attended the RAF 100 Group Association Reunion in May 2017, but unable to fly over again from the States, Major Ryan Schiffner kindly agreed to represent those of the USAF who served alongside RAF 100 Group in wartime.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Standard Bearers also attended from: </span></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Royal Air Forces Association,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">100 Group Association,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Royal British Legion,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Royal Engineers Association,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Royal Naval Association,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Air Training Corps Squadrons from Norwich and Kings Lynn,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Norfolk Constabulary,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Norfolk Fire & Rescue Services,</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">East of England Ambulance Service, </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Wreaths were also laid by relatives of those who died in Service at RAF Swannington, joined by Cadets from two Air Training Corps Squadrons representing 85 and 157 Squadrons who placed wreaths in their honour. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> Two pupils in Year 6 of the local Primary School in Cawston, spoke movingly the words of the Kohima Epitaph: </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">'When You Go Home,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Tell Them of Us And Say,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">For Their Tomorrow,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>We gave Our Today.'</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958) is credited as the author of these lines, and in nearly all instances the origin is cited as being the <i>Kohima Epitaph</i>. However, it is worth noting that the words actually predate the inscription on the WWII Memorial, although it is agreed they are some of the most moving words ever written about veterans - stating what it is that each veteran gave to his fellow citizens. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">The children also recited Robert Laurence Binyon's famous words from his poem '<i>For the Fallen</i>':</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>At the going down of the sun and in the morning</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>We will remember them.'</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">This created a powerful and purposeful message to all who listened to these words, which somehow had more meaning and poignancy being spoken as they were on this occasion by young children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the closure of RAF Swannington airfield in 1947, trees were planted to create an Avenue of Remembrance leading to the Church of St Peter. Two of these trees were planted by relatives in memory of Aircrew and Ground Crew of the two Squadrons in which loved ones served, and for the many supporting Ground Staff in wartime. A further tree was planted by Cpl Zandona of the Australian Defence Force in memory of Australian aircrew members who flew with 157 Squadron:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">A Flypast of De Havilland bi-planes dropped poppies as they flew over the Church, in salute of the fallen. These poppies were specially made by local Primary School children on which they wrote the names of those from surrounding villages who never returned home. On the following Monday morning, the farmer in whose field the poppies had dropped, took up the crop and turned the poppies into the soil as a fitting gesture of remembrance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Mike Hillier was the main organiser of this Event, and I thank him on behalf of not just everyone who attended and who became involved, but also on behalf of RAF 100 Group veterans and their families for giving them recognition, together with a fitting Memorial which will last the passage of Time ... a place to remember ... to return ... and for future generations to reflect on the many lives lost, and the courage, pride, determination and commitment which once filled RAF Swannington airfield.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Our heartfelt message to Readers is that what you read here needs to be shared that others might come to know of these people, so their names live on, their acts of bravery are never forgotten, and veterans living today can know their legacy will live on long after they are gone. It is so important that they are <b>not</b> <i>'the forgotten heroes'</i> they believe themselves to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">During our May Reunion this year, we have been invited to Haveringland and St Peter's Parish Church, to view for ourselves the Avenue of Remembrance, to enjoy an afternoon talking and sharing with villagers over tea and cake, while admiring the displays which will be put back on show. I am also assured that, weather permitting, aviator friends will again take to the skies in our honour and in welcome, to produce a unique flying display of De Havilland bi-planes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Thanks Mike, for everything you have achieved, and all you continue to do on behalf of RAF 100 Group and more specifically, RAF Swannington. I hope to see you soon.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">no longer used, so bare inside.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">that once took off return no more,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">now looked upon another day.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">in days gone by, to keep alive</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">gone forever, but not the memory.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">for to forget them would be so wrong,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">for the heart may have stopped, but the soul lives on.</span></span></i></div>
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As we enter the season of Winter and begin the countdown to Christmas, I can't help wondering what was going through the minds of those caught up in the Second World War. How could they listen to carols without being haunted by faces of those they loved, waiting anxiously for them to come home? <i>'Peace on earth ... goodwill to men ...</i>' the carolers sing. Yet there was very little rest, or hope, or merriment as the war continued to rage around them. As they took to the night skies in fragile crafts, frantically trying to avoid being 'coned' by the enemy which would light them up like a Christmas tree, stark and bright, held where the enemy could see them and shoot them down; their minds would focus on the operation in progress, and the role with which they were tasked. Yet I can't help thinking that, in a small pocket of their mind, they would have carried with them a picture of Home, family gathered around the fire, gifts wrapped under the tree ... waiting ... hoping ... unable to truly celebrate until those they loved returned and they knew they were safe. Only then could their hearts reach out to touch, to feel, to celebrate in love at Christmas.</div>
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It's impossible for those of us who have never been caught up in war to imagine that awful aching loneliness which crept in and through people like a cancer, eating them up inside. Those in RAF 100 Group, serving under Bomber Command, based on secret airfields built for purpose in Norfolk, worked together with the 8th Air Force's 36th Bomb Squadron. Both had inside their aircraft specialised and very secret electronic warfare equipment that a crew's Special Operator used to identify and jam enemy Radar. </div>
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Through Christmas 1944 and beyond, air operations continued in a strong determined pace. The bloody Battle of the Bulge was raging in the Ardennes, while Hitler's vengeance weapons, the V1 and V2 rockets, continued to rain death on Britain. It's difficult to understand, much less fit into the mindset of those on active duty during those horrific days. Yet we can at least catch a glimpse of life as it was then through their words caught in a time out of Time, which reflect their inner strengths. </div>
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In reading them, we should be proud of their service and sacrifice.</div>
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Well-known entertainer Bing Crosby delivered an especially moving radio broadcast that Christmas:</div>
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<i>'On our fighting front, there are no silent nights. But there are plenty of Holy nights. I'm sure that all of us are offering up prayers to the gallant gang of American kids to whom anything that has to do with peace still seems very far away. My own thoughts are a lot humbler than they were last year. I've talked and lived and chowed with these boys - boys, whose courage and faith are something that beggars' description. Seeing those GIs kneel in a muddy pasture in France brought back to my mind the lines of an old familiar prayer that I'd heard somewhere along the line back home:</i></div>
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<i>'God grant unto us an early peace and victory founded on justice, and instill into the hearts and minds of men everywhere a firm sense of purpose to live forever in peace and goodwill toward all'.'</i></div>
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<i>'Sack (Andrew Sturm, Hutton's buddy and Radio Operator on the aircraft nicknamed 'JIGS UP') came over and told us that Bing Crosby was over at Alconbury tonight. So we took the Liberty run over to Alconbury about 7pm. Got there about 7.45. Bing came in about 8.30. He had two of the most beautiful girls with him I have ever seen! He had a Comedian with him also. His name was Joe de Rise. He was very good. Bing sang a lot of songs. He signed off by singing: 'White Christmas'. He said that he hoped we were all home by then. Bing's hair is about all gone. He is still a good showman.'</i></div>
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Lt Robert 'Bud' Thomas, the 36th Bomb Squadron co-pilot for Flying Officer Bert Young's crew who flew 42 jamming missions in total, wrote of his scary Christmas Day 1944 take-off from Cheddington:<br />
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<i>'A cold morning that started as usual - dark as hell with a 300ft ceiling! Morgan, our Engineer, and I checked the wings for ice. A little frost build-up, but not too bad. The wings and tail section had already been de-iced. We taxied out, Chief (Flying Officer Young) was flying instruments, and I as co-pilot was observing visual. Morgan was standing between us as he usually did on take-off and landings. Just as we got to airspeed and began our lift off, I could see by the runway lights that we were in a bank to the left. About that time, Chief shouted that the flight indicator had toppled. When I glanced over and saw it, I was positive we were indeed in a steep bank to the left!!!! I screamed to Bert to fly the needle and ball and racked full ailerons and rudder to the right. We fought with the controls for a few seconds, until Chief realised that we were in a bank to the left. By then, we were also in fog, of course, and at about stall speed. In what seemed to be a long time, but was really only seconds, we got our heads together and Chief took back the controls. We were then well off course, and I think we both realised we were dangerously low and heading for the hills to the left of our runway. As we regained air speed, I really sweated and prayed that we would clear that ridge. We shouldn't have, but we did!! We cleared out on top of the cloud bank at about 8000ft. We headed south-southeast out over the Channel into a beautiful sunlit morning. Chief and I both agreed that there must have been ice on that left wing. I leaned back and lit a cigarette, then I tuned in to Armed Forces Radio. A bunch of British soldiers were singing: 'God rest ye merry Gentlemen, let nothing you dismay ...' That has been my favourite Christmas carol to this day.'</i></div>
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<i>'One of the most heart-warming sights I ever saw was at Christmas time. We had been orbiting over the Bulge area and were returning home. It was the first day with good flying weather and it was crystal clear. All the planes in the area had been primed and were ready to go. Everywhere I looked there were airplanes, not single airplanes, but large groups. They were flying above and below, heavy bombers, light bombers, and fighters. You name it, and it was there. There will never ever be an assemblage like that again!'</i></div>
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<i>Christmas ... and my 28th birthday. We have been loafing around, getting familiar with the area, equipment, etc. The day dawned with all the trees and buildings covered with hoar frost, no snow. We were fed extra good chow today, visited a few pubs near the Base, had a few beers, felt a little homesickness, and that was Christmas ...'</i></div>
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Undoubtedly, many airmen found comfort in fellowship with their buddies on the Base, in local pubs, with villagers, as well as in nearby churches. However, at this particular time during the Winter of World War Two, peace remained still very illusive as the destruction and bloodshed of war dragged on interminably, while the losses suffered both by the RAF and the 8th Air Force escalated still further.</div>
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Both Stephen Hutton - a firm friend, and author of '<i>Squadron of Deception'</i> - and I remain passionate about preserving both the history and stories of these brave men and women, committed to keeping their memories alive, together with the wartime experiences they endured.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">A WONDERFUL & VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS</span></span></b></div>
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My sincere thanks to my firm friend Stephen Hutton for use of his photographs and writings.</div>
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Stephen Hutton's father, Iredell Hutton, seen above with buddy Andrew Sturm, flew with the 8th Air Force's 36th Bomb Squadron. This was a Squadron which, in truth, carried no bombs, but was a cover name given the secret specialised Radar-jamming and other electronic warfare equipment carried on board their aircraft.</div>
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Stephen is author of the book: '<i>Squadron of Deception</i>' and represents the 8th Air Force Historical Society on our RAF 100 Group Association. To learn more, his website is:</div>
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On the night of 26/27 November 1944, Mosquito DK292 became one with the darkness as it took off from RAF Foulsham in Norfolk, England on a course which would take them into enemy-occupied territory. Its two-man crew, Canadian Pilot Officer Jack Fisher and Navigator/Special Operator Flt/Lt Vic Vinnell, were serving airmen under No.192 Squadron, the lead Squadron of RAF 100 Group, Bomber Command, their Headquarters at Bylaugh Hall, Norfolk.</div>
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Jack and Vic were valued airmen of this secret Group during World War Two, which was made up of hundreds of people, men and women, stationed on airfields built for purpose across Norfolk, together with a variety of aircraft. 192 Squadron went out in all weathers, gaining valuable insight and information used to plan future operations, working direct with Blechley Park and the 'Y' Service. They each had a role, with specific orders. Each was given separate Briefings and De-Briefings. They had their maps and tools of the trade, a destination and approximate time of arrival and return. Amidst the shroud of secrecy which covered RAF 100 Group, Jack and Vic were a small yet significant part of a much greater plan ... one which would ultimately change the world, and help bring the war to an early and successful conclusion. The work of RAF 100 Group as a whole was aimed at identifying and jamming enemy Radar, diverting enemy aircraft away from where attacks would really happen, confusing enemy Controllers by intercepting communications between them and their German pilots, using special experimental equipment with strange-sounding names such as ABC Cigar, WINDOW, Jostle, etc. generally producing as much mayhem and confusion as possible for the enemy, hence the Group's motto: '<i>Confound & Destroy</i>'. The Group was also involved in dropping and collecting S.O.E. Agents, and working with the Resistance.</div>
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On the night of 26/27 November 1944, Jack and Vic were focused on the task in hand, going through the usual motions of ensuring their Mosquito was up to the task as they lifted off from Foulsham airfield, their sights set firm on the target. On their return, they were due to land at Ford in Sussex. But for now, their heads buzzed, their hearts beat faster, they were psyched up, adrenaline flowing, their eyes ever-watchful, peering into the blanket of darkness surrounding them, while maintaining radio silence.</div>
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Born Henry Victor Alexander Vinnell on 21st September 1922, 'Vic' as he became known, was an only child. Prior to joining the RAF, he was employed as an assistant salesman in a wholesale grocers. But it was his keen interest in photography and radio which would have brought him to the attention of those secretly identifying and recruiting likely candidates into RAF 100 Group, and thereafter into his role as a Special Operator. In July 1942, he had already completed 13 sorties, and been transferred to No. 1 Radio School at Cranwell, before being posted to RAF Wheaton Aston pending a further posting to RAF Foulsham where Canadian, Flt/Lt Jack Fisher, became not only his Pilot, but a good friend. Their Mosquito, DK292, was named '<i>N for Nina</i>', after Vic's fiance Nina Chessall - my mother. They met at the Christmas Eve dance of 1943 at RAF Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, where Nina was stationed as a WAAF. Before Vic left for RAF Foulsham, they pledged their love for one another in a country church at nine o'clock one evening, using letters and Leaves to plan their wedding due to take place a short while following this operation on 26/27 November 1944. Jack Fisher was to be Vic's 'Best Man'.</div>
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Jack Glen Millan Fisher was born on 30th August 1923 on a farm homestead in Canada. He was the eldest of seven children ... and the only son. His father had served during World War One in France and Belgium. Jack shared an interest in writing, reading and poetry with his friend Vic, and was always scribbling in a notebook verses which came to him through childhood and beyond. He took several jobs to qualify and finish High School, his first job following Graduation being with the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act, a Government Agency set up to improve farming methods. He joined the RCAF in 1940 in Regina, Saskatchewan, the same day his father rejoined the Army. Jack loved every minute of his Air Force training, joining 192 Squadron, RAF 100 Group, in August 1944.<br />
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The night of 26/27 November 1944 was the last time Jack and Vic were seen. Nothing was heard from them again. They have no known resting place to call their own.</div>
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This year, to mark the 73rd Anniversary of their deaths, Paul Bolsvert of the Gravelbourg & District Tribune, interviewed Gloria, Jack Fisher's sister. With a population of around only 900 in her local town, the newspaper is closing and at Gloria's request, they felt it fitting this year for Remembrance Day to include Jack and Vic's story:<br />
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<i>It's something Gloria Douglas will never forget.</i></div>
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<i>'I still remember the day the Telegram came', she said. She was only 15 years old. The message was about her brother, Jack Fisher, who was listed as 'missing believed killed' while on a secret operation into occupied Europe. It was the night of November 26/27 1944. Pilot Jack Fisher and fellow Pilot and Navigator/Special Duties Operator Victor Vinnell, left in their Mosquito DK292 named 'N for Nina' and never returned from a mission to Munich.</i></div>
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<i>He was the only boy with six sisters and he had ambition.</i></div>
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<i>'He wasn't going to farm like his dad. He was going to come back and go to University', said Gloria. She said it was just as well he had made up his mind to leave the farm since they soon found out it was located on an alkali flat. It was near Shaunavon, Sask, at a village called Instow.</i></div>
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<i>Jack Fisher was a member of a Group known as RAF 100 (Bomber Support) Group, based at Foulsham, Norfolk. His story lives on in a book entitled: 'RAF 100 Group - Kindred Spirits', by Janine Harrington, published by Austin Macauley.</i></div>
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<i>Janine Harrington is the daughter of the woman Victor Vinnell was going to marry the week after his fateful mission into Germany. Gloria Douglas was interviewed and her comments appear in the book.</i></div>
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<i>Here is how the events of the flight were explained many years later:</i></div>
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<i>'Mosquito DK292 took off at 02.58 hours on 27 November 1944, accompanying a Bomber Command attack on Munich, Germany. The aircraft was due to return to Royal Air Force Ford at 07.00 hours, but nothing was heard of it after take-off. The two crew members were: Pilot Officer Glen Millan Fisher (J88232), a Canadian; and Navigator, Flight Lieutenant Henry Victor Alexander Vinnell (123505). Information was later received that Mosquito DK292 crashed on the French coast at Vassonville, north of Le Havre at 6.30am on 27 November 1944. The wreckage was covered by the sea at high tide, but by the direction of the aircraft, it was assumed that it flew into a cliff and exploded on impact. The air-frame was completely disintegrated. As the beach was most probably mined, attempts to salvage the wreckage were impracticable. No vehicles could gain access to the beach. The only items recovered were a sock marked NBA Vinnell and an Officer's cap marked P/O Fisher 232.</i></div>
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<i>Although Jack Fisher is recorded on the Runnymede Memorial, he is today one of the 3800 Servicemen named after one of the many bodies of water in northern Saskatchewan. The 3800 lakes, rivers and rapids were named after fallen Saskatchewan Servicemen by the province in the 1950s and 60s. Fisher Creek was named in memory of Jack Glen Fisher of Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. Location is 59*17'N, 106*30'W. The framed certificate held by his sister Gloria in the photograph includes the following wording:</i></div>
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<i>'Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Officer, J88232 On Active Service To His Country, Killed in Action, November 27, 1944. Age 21. Le Havre, France. </i><i></i></div>
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It is by no means certain that the official verdict of what became of DK292 and the Mosquito crew is actually what happened.<br />
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One official document has them shot down in Germany 'over Coesfeld'. Another story is that they had engine trouble which occurred in March that same year with that aircraft, and made an emergency landing on the French coast, not knowing the beach was mined.<br />
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However, the important thing is to remember them, to speak their names, to share their stories that their deaths were not in vain.<br />
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Vic wanted to become an author when war was done, and made his fiance Nina a promise that he would write their Love Story to celebrate peace in the world after so much destruction, chaos, killings and fear. Sixty years on from the date of their death, I had a book published in their memory which shares their love story through letters they wrote to one another, set against the background of World War Two. It took ten years to research and write, and my mother and I wrote it together, although she didn't live to see it finally in print. We also became founding members of the RAF 100 Group Association, and after fifty years, she was able to talk and share with those who had known and served with Vic, her wartime fiance.<br />
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A signed copy of '<i>Nina & Vic - A World War II Love Story</i>' is available direct from the author, priced £12 + postage and packing:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">RAF 100 (BOMBER SUPPORT) GROUP</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">No. 23 Squadron, RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk, UK</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Left to right</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: F/Sgt Ikin, F/Sgt Hammond, F/L B Hastings, Mary:
‘Ops’ clerk</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">23 Squadron returned to England from
operations abroad in June 1944 to serve in the newly formed RAF No.100 Group,
Bomber Command. Based at Little Snoring, Norfolk, UK, it was an Intruder Squadron, targeting
German Night Fighters over Western Europe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Station had a new Commander, Wing Commander
B.R.O.B. Hoare DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar. As with all Fighter Stations there
were a permanent ‘skeleton’ staff which administered the site, manned the Control
Tower and performed functions that Squadrons did not provide, with personnel to
augment these operations for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Aircrew grew
accustomed to hearing last words spoken from the Control</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tower on</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">returning unscathed - ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good night old boy</i>’ signalling they were ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Home</i>’. It brought a feeling of safety treasured by all Intruder
crews after yet</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">another operation … and yet it was a team effort
always.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Canadian Pilot F/O</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">George Stewart is today a firm and
valued friend and gifted writer. Keen that readers understand what it was like
as a young man, leaving his home in Canada the first time just 19<sup> </sup>years
old, arriving in a strange land with eyes wide open, soaking up each new
experience, he offers this unique insight into what life was like here in
wartime: </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">23 Squadron: Saturday 4 November 1944</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;">Courtesy: George Stewart</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Welcome
to RAF Station Little Snoring! </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
is home for two 100 Group (BS) Squadrons (No! It means ‘Bomber Support’).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>23 Squadron is led by W/C A.M. (Sticky)
Murphy, DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, Croix de Guerre and Palm, and Chech
Medal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>515 Squadron is headed up by W/C
Freddy Lambert DSO, DFC, (Canadian). Our Station Commander is G/C Samuel
(Sammy) Hoare, DSO and Bar, DFC and BAR, (nephew of Sir Samuel Hoare (of The
Home Office). </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">W/C
Murphy was famous for dropping off and picking up, agents (spies) from occupied
Europe in Lysanders, landing at night in the dark with only three flashlights held
by people on the ground, forming an L, indicating where the landing strip was located.
I picked him up one day from his Lysander base and he showed me around. I was impressed!
There was nobody lower in rank than Flt/Sgt, a very special organisation.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">G/C
Hoare is recognised as one of the original ‘Night Intruders’ in WWII, and written
up in the Rolls Royce Annals for his remarkable return one night from an
Intruder operation over Germany. His Mosquito was hit by ground fire, damaging
his oil lines; however, he kept flying, alternating from one engine to the
other. Just as one would overheat from lack of oil, he would feather its prop, switch
to the other, then back again, a truly remarkable feat of airmanship! I knew
him when I was at High Ercall, the Night Intruder Mosquito Operational Training
Unit. He was the Commanding Officer.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I am
the only Canadian pilot here and acting as your host today. This is our
Briefing Room, located behind Station Headquarters - the ‘nerve-centre’ of our
base. The Intelligence Section and its Library are next door. Crews flying ops
tonight are waiting there to be called in for Briefing, which will start
shortly.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
you see, this is laid out like a classroom with long tables and chairs. Behind
me, on the back wall is a large map of Europe with ribbons taped to it. It’s made
with identical maps Navigators use when flying ‘ops’, so we plot our trips on
the same scale. The ribbons show tracks the Main Force will follow to their
‘Target For Tonight’, and back home after dropping their bombs.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">W/C
Murphy our CO, and S/L Charlie Price, our SIO (Senior Intelligent Officer) are
going over details of tonight’s operation before Briefing begins. I’m told
Charlie went on many heavy bomber raids as Observer to get the ‘feel’ of
operations, making him a more informed Intelligence Officer. That took courage.
We hold him in high regard! 515 Squadron, our ‘Sister’ Squadron has the night
off. (‘Stood Down’).</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
covered easel over to my right, holds our Crew-Allocation Board, where individual
patrol areas are listed. We are extremely anxious to know where the heck they’re
sending us tonight! It won’t be uncovered until after Charlie shares the
overall operational picture, involving the Main Force, and supporting roles we
provide.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You’ve
been given top security clearance, to be a ‘fly on the wall’ during our Briefing.
This is new to us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please don’t talk
about it beyond this room. We don’t want the enemy knowing any surprises we
have in store. Briefing begins at 1400 hours; but first, I’ll freeze time, and
explain about Little Snoring, our Squadron, our aircraft, and our role.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m
sure during your drive around the airfield this morning, the Orderly Officer
pointed out things of interest.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
arrival, you must have been surprised how suddenly you were at our main gate,
turning a corner in the middle of our tiny village. Little Snoring is about
three miles from Fakenham. Don’t you just love those English place names? Was
it a ‘bedroom’ community for Fakenham years ago? Like many wartime aerodromes,
we snuggle up against the north edge of town, our main runways stretching a
mile over adjacent farmland. Two longer ones are angled to bracket prevailing
westerly winds. A short one is only used for taxiing or emergency purposes.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
I first came, it was strange to see aircraft widely scattered around the
outside edge of the airfield, unlike our neat arrangement back home, trainers neatly
lined up in a row along the tarmac in front of the row of hangars, a more
efficient layout, and ‘user friendly’ I’m sure you’ll agree. This ‘dispersing’,
as it’s called, is well planned, our aircraft present poorer targets when under
attack from the air.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Station
buildings too, are located just outside the north part of town, positioned a
short walking distance of one another (Station Headquarters, Intelligence
section, various Messes, Sick Bay, Motor Pool, etc). The COs and Flight offices
are at the nearby edge of the airfield, as are our personal flying lockers. The
few hangars either side of the airfield are also dispersed. You may wonder why
we have so few hangars. Our aircraft stay in the open, except when brought
inside for inspections, or maintenance, (that can’t be done at dispersal
positions).</span></i></div>
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must seem messy with wooden chips strewn over their thresholds; but they ease
the shock to tyres as we touch down about 120mph. In wartime we must save rubber.
Tyres are also covered with tarps when aircraft are parked in their dispersals,
protecting their natural rubber from harmful effects of engine and hydraulic
fluids dripping on them from above.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">That
funny little van (with the turret on the back of it), sitting by the
runway-in-use, houses the ACP (Aerodrome Control Pilot), a very important job
in our line of work. He signals aircraft departing on operations - flashing a
green light for permission to take off, or red to hold, because we maintain
radio silence day and night. All other flying is controlled by radio contact
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Mosquito crew has an assigned parking spot for their aircraft, out at the
dispersals, and the aircraft sit on hard standings.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Little
Snoring: red dot marks George Stewart’s parking spot</span></i></div>
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Crew Chief has a small office and servicing hut nearby where we sign our
aircraft’s L14 before and after we fly, noting anything needing attention
before the next flight. An Air Raid shelter trench near his hut is home to a
stray rooster and our pet pig which somebody won in a bond rally. I certainly
wouldn’t want to jump in there, even under attack!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We’re
billeted in half-round corrugated steel Nissen huts, grouped together in rows
(we call this area our ‘Site’) a mile down the road. Each houses ten people
(five crews), sharing a washroom hut with one next door. We have a ‘Batman’,
Charlie, who brings tea in the morning, tends our two tiny stoves, and keeps
things neat. He has a small ‘Scottie’ dog called ‘Angus’, who has adopted us
all.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">‘Charlie’, Batman for George Stewart’s hut</span></i></div>
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can imagine transportation problems this kind of base layout presents,
everything so widely scattered. Well, a bicycle is the answer. Each of us is
issued one (and you thought we fought the war in aeroplanes!) Remember bicycle
clips? Our COs and Flight Commanders get an automobile! But bikes are great,
except when it’s pouring rain, or on a day like this in a cold, strong wind. (It
makes you want to be a Flight Commander!)</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Paul Beaudet, George Whiteman, Bill Austin cycling towards the site</span></i></div>
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life is quite civilised. It hardly seems there’s a war on as we go about daily
life. We get four meals a day - breakfast 7:00-9:00am, lunch 11:30-1:00, (not forgetting
Tea Time) 4:00-5:00, and dinner 7:00-8:00pm. All appears so peaceful. We fly
happily around during the morning, doing our NFTs, then relax in the Officers’
Lounge, reading newspapers, ‘Flight’, ‘The Aeroplane’, or ‘Tee Em’, visit
Squadron mates, open mail, play billiards, until lunch is served (very
gentile!). However, all is not as it seems, as you will find shortly.</span></i></div>
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of lunch, did you enjoy that lovely RAF ‘Cuisine’? Those steam tables!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s nothing like Mother’s cooking, but they
do their best during wartime, with many shortages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HOWEVER, I swear; if I survive the war, I
WILL NEVER, EVER, EAT ANOTHER<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>BRUSSELS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SPROUT! </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s
spooky at night in the ‘blackout’, like a setting for Sherlock Holmes. They
even drive on the wrong side of the road. Thank goodness runways don’t have two
lanes! How about those English expressions? They call flashlights ‘torches’,
gas ‘petrol’, tires are ‘tyres’, batteries ‘accumulators’, crashes ‘prangs’,
‘Wizard’, (Wizard Prang), pounds are ‘Quids’, halfpenny, a ‘Haypenny bit’, a
quarter penny, a Farthing, the three-penny coin ‘Threppence’, the two-penny
coin ‘Tuppence’, ‘Upon my Word’, ‘Jolly good Show’, ‘dear- dear-dear’,
‘my-my-my’,’ ‘Bad Form’, ‘What’s the Form’? , ‘Not Arf’, ‘ Popsie’, ‘Bird’,
‘Goodness Me’ ‘goody- goody’, ‘I say old chap’, ‘knock her up’, ‘I’ll knock you
up at seven’, ‘everything’s in a flap’, ‘Cheerio old boy’, ‘Chiddleeoo’, a
‘Cuppa’, ’Struth’ ‘Spirits’, a ‘Pint’’ a ‘Brew’, ‘Gin and It’, ‘Pim’s Tin Cup’
(with cucumber), “Time Gentlemen Please”, ‘Scrubbed’, ‘Went for the
Chop’,‘Bought It’,’Bought the Farm’ ‘Batting on a Sticky Wicket’,
‘Dicing’(Dicing with Death) ‘Cream Teas’, ‘Lorry’, ‘Tram’, Trailer (Caravan),
‘what a clot’, ‘Ta Ta for now’, radio is ‘Wireless’, the flying radio is the
‘R/T’, ‘BBC English’, ‘King’s English’, ‘Colonials’, ‘UK’, ‘Tea dances’, the
‘Hun’, ‘Boche’,‘that’s a bit Dod-gee’, ‘dim view of that’, ‘poor show’,
‘Guvner’, ‘Stand-up Fight’, ‘Wot Cheer Cock’, (Wot Cheer me old ‘Cock-Sparra’),
the Cockney stairs are ‘Apples and Pears’ etc..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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have a bar with a fine selection of drinks, but they don’t have the soft drinks
we do back home. Did you see the little scrub brush hanging down above the bar,
a single dice on the other end of the string? When the scrub brush is lowered,
it means flying is cancelled and the bar open. If the dice is pulled down, the
bar is closed, indicating operations are being flown tonight, so nobody drinks.
(We are Dicing!)</span></i></div>
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Squadron dates back to World War I. Many famous pilots (such as Raymond
Collishaw), served with it. Over the years, 23 has been equipped with various
new types of aircraft as technology and tactics developed. We’re now operating the
renowned de Havilland Mosquito MKVI Fighter Bomber, a truly remarkable
aircraft. It’s one of the best designs of WWII adapting to a multitude of
roles, from high and low level, unarmed Photo Reconnaissance and bombing
activities, to rocket-firing anti-shipping strikes, torpedo attacks, and in our
case, a fighter bomber, carrying guns and bombs. </span></i></div>
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do you like our beautiful little aircraft?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Aren’t they awesome? Hard to believe they’re made of wood, and the
fastest aircraft in the world. Not only that, they weigh over eleven tons. Not
even a strong wind like today can force them to remain on the ground. Mind you,
we have to lock our controls so they won’t keep banging against their stops and
cause damage.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our
Mosquito has a deadly sting - four 20mm cannons, four .303 machine-guns, and
two 500lb bombs, a formidable fighting machine, feared by the enemy! The machine
guns are visible. You can see them sticking out of the nose; however cannons
underneath are hidden by fabric. This material covers the troughs in which their
barrels are located, and replaced each time the cannons are fired. Besides keeping
foreign objects out of cannon barrels, the fabric improves the streamlining of
the fuselage, and contributes to our speed.</span></i></div>
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two 500lb bombs are carried in the bomb bay under our cockpit behind the
cannons, with specially designed short fins to accommodate the cramped space
available in its slender fuselage. The bomber version of the Mosquito is modified
with a swollen belly, making room for the 4000lb bomb (‘Cookie’) it carries.
Our exhaust stacks are shrouded to make us less visible at night.</span></i></div>
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Squadron Mosquito<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">:</b> YPE PZ187 </span></i></div>
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Little Snoring Autumn 1944</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our
major role is Night-Intruding. We operate alone deep inside enemy territory,
patrolling German Night-Fighter bases, (for a period of one hour), making our
presence known; making things difficult for them. We’ve been told if one of
them manages to shoot us down, it counts double. This is flattering, but it has
its downside, because they would just love to ‘get’ us! Arriving home from
harassing our bombers, low in fuel, out of ammunition, on finding us waiting
for them, they divert to another airfield, even at the risk of running out of
fuel. So we also inflict psychological damage.</span></i></div>
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finds other tasks for us as well as Night-Intruding, under the general heading ‘Bomber-Support’.
We can operate as a Spoof Force, drawing German Night-Fighters away from our
bombers, or provide daylight escort, or Ranger patrols, (day or night), to find
targets of opportunity, (usually trains and planes). Our role is flexible! One
particular example was when our two Squadrons flew a ‘ground-strafing’ ‘Dawn-attack’,
on Leeuwarden aerodrome, an important German Night-Fighter base. We were
briefed to do this, but at the last moment the operation was cancelled,
considered too dangerous! We all agreed on this point. We could have had many
losses.</span></i></div>
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was particularly relieved, because I was selected to be last aircraft to
attack!</span></i></div>
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Canadian Airmen have a two-tour commitment; the first, (in night intruding) is
35 sorties, after which we be ‘tour-expired’ (screened), and have a rest tour
for 6 months, instructing at an ‘OTU’, (Operational Training Unit), followed by
a second tour of 25 trips; before being sent home to instruct or assigned other
duties.</span></i></div>
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British counterparts have no such luck. They keep on going, operating then
instructing, operating then instructing, until war ends or they are lost. We
lost S/L Raybone on his 6<sup>th</sup> tour. He was noticeably tired from so
many operations, (he had a nervous facial twitch).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He should have been taken off operations a
long time before that fateful trip. We all felt bad when he didn’t get back. He
was a great guy!</span></i></div>
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let’s get back to today, Saturday, November 4,<sup> </sup>1944, from start to
finish.</span></i></div>
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woke us this morning at 7:00: ‘Good morning gentlemen, it’s a cold windy day. You’ll
need this hot cup of tea, believe me!’ We jumped out of bed, and put on
underwear and socks we’ve had in bed all night with us, to keep them warm and
dry. After a quick wash and shave, we put on ‘Battle-Dress’ and cycled to the
Officers’ Mess. (I’d already hurried out on hearing my Flight Commander’s car
start up, asking to put us on the ‘Roster’ for tonight’s ops.) We fly
operations two nights ‘on’, one night ‘off’, changing with weather and
operational requirements which interrupt the cycle. We are also granted a
week’s leave every six weeks, during operational service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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the Bulletin Board, Briefing has been called for 1400hrs. Glancing briefly at
‘DROs’, (daily routine orders), we go in for breakfast. It is 0800hrs. There is
a general hubbub of conversation, with usual questions about last night’s
operations. Anybody missing? Who? How? Where? Enemy aircraft shot down? Any
other action? In a small group like ours, it’s more personal. We know one
another, and some are close friends.</span></i></div>
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regular fare is on display on the steam table, as we go along the cafeteria
line, reconstituted scrambled eggs, fried ‘spam’ (really delicious) sausages,
toast, jam, tea and coffee. It’s not the ‘Ritz’, but it’s here, with choices,
so we dive in!</span></i></div>
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The CO and Flight-Commanders stand up and leave for the Flight Offices. It’s a
signal to follow, to find out if we’re operating tonight. Off we go to cycle
there. Sure enough, on the Status Board, seven crews are required for
tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F/O Stewart and F/O Beaudet are
assigned Mosquito YP-J (PZ448) our current aircraft. Mom’s nickname ‘Toots’ is
painted on the nose. The flight sheet is on the desk. I sign out for our ‘NFT’,
(Night-Flying Test). Then we walk to our lockers, pick up parachutes and
helmets, standing by for a ride across the airfield to our dispersal point,
where our aircraft is parked.</span></i></div>
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our WAAF driver arrives with her 1500wt truck. We hop in, and make around the
airfield. Golly!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a strong wind!!
And cold! Once there, I put my stuff on the ground, and walk over to Chiefy’s
office to sign the L14, making sure our aircraft is serviceable; then back to
our aircraft, do a quick walk-around, including unscrewing U/C locks, wrapping
them to stow in leather pouches inside the wheel wells, climbing onto the
horizontal stabilizer, reaching to remove the Pitot-Head Cover from the top of
the vertical fin. (Usually ground crew does this, especially at night). Paul
settles on board. I climb up the tiny folding ladder, pushing my heavy
parachute ahead, and strap in ready to start up.</span></i></div>
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a short pre-start check. Gas On, Brakes On, Throttles Set, while George our
ground crew, plugs in the battery cart, he primes the starboard engine, and
stands by, waiting to give it more prime if needed. I flip on the mag switches,
calling out: ‘Contact Starboard’. George, replies: ‘Contact Starboard’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I press the starter button and booster coil
together. The Merlin roars to life! The noise is deafening; after I catch the
engine with throttle and settle it to idle smoothly at 1200rpm, I’m ready to
start the port engine. I wait for George to screw in and lock the primer pump,
close and lock its little flap. He goes under the fuselage to prime the port
engine. He has to let me know he is ready for start. Because of the noise of
the starboard engine, voice doesn’t work. He raps on my side of the fuselage,
signalling me to start the other engine. I start up the port. Again George
secures the primer. He unplugs the battery cart, and comes around to the front
left of the aircraft where I can see him, waiting for my signal to pull the
chocks. Both engines are running smooth. I turn on the generator switch and
radio, and open my radiator flaps. I do my post-start check, and call the
Tower: ‘Hello Exking, this is Cricket 34, Radio check and taxi clearance for an
NFT, please. Over’. He replies: ‘Roger 34 you are loud and clear, and clear to
taxi to runway 24. Call us when you are ready for take-off. Over’. ‘34 Wilco.
Out’.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
signal George to remove the chocks. He waves us out onto the perimeter track. I
move slowly forward and stop to check the brakes; then carry on around the
perimeter track to runway 24, ‘holding-short’, to do our Pre Take-Off (‘Vital
Actions’) check, and Run Up.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
run up each Engine to zero boost, and check the Magnetos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re set to go. I look around, and on the
approach to see all is clear, then call the Tower.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">‘Hello
Exking Cricket 34 is ready for take-off. Over.’</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">‘Roger
34, you are clear for take-off. Out.’</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
taxi onto the runway, roll forward a few feet to straighten the tail-wheel, and
gently squeeze the brakes until we stop. After re-setting the directional gyro
to 240, and un-caging it, I move the throttles forward to zero boost;
(balancing my power on both engines). In one smooth motion, releasing the
brakes, I advance the throttles quickly to the ‘gate’, at the same time pushing
the stick fully forward. Automatically, I apply the anticipated right rudder to
counteract torque and any cross wind. Our Mosquito moves quickly forward,
rapidly gaining speed. The tail comes up at 70mph, (very soon in this wind), now
with full rudder control we keep accelerating down the centre-line of the
runway. At about 120-125mph, the aircraft feels lighter and I lift it gently a
few feet into the air.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
keep it down to about 50ft; give a short squeeze of brakes to stop the wheels
turning, and select ‘Undercarriage-Up’. Meanwhile, the airspeed keeps building
as we near the end of the runway. At 180mph, I gently ease into a climb and
throttle back to climb-power (+6lb boost & 2650rpm).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, I do my post take-off check, Temps and
Pressures, U/C –Up, turn off fuel ‘Booster-Pumps’, and we climb away to about
1000 feet, close my rad flaps and turn away from the aerodrome. Now the thrill
of flying begins, the Mosquito being the ultimate recreational vehicle!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
purpose of the ‘NFT’, is to ensure our aircraft is serviceable for our
operation tonight. This we do; but that doesn’t stop us having fun. I often
have mock dog-fights with other aircraft; or do low flying; perform extreme
‘wingovers’, attack aircraft we might find, as well as creeping into formation
with other aircraft (like a Fortress). One time, after taking a pass at a
Lancaster and rushing past, I saw the pilot had long red hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a lady ATA pilot delivering it
somewhere. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Incidentally, that’s how 23
Squadron received its first Mosquito, delivered by a lady ATA pilot. ‘Good for
you, Girls!’</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rejuvenated
and happy, we return to Little Snoring, land, taxi back to our dispersal and
shut down. When George signals the chocks are in place, and I feel the elevator
and rudder external locks going in place, I release the parking brakes, and put
on the internal control locks to keep the ailerons still.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
know next time we climb in it will be dark, so I leave parachute and Sutton
harness straps ‘just-so’ ready to find by ‘feel’. I drape my helmet over the
control column, and leaving it plugged in, set the trims for ‘take-off’, making
sure all switches are where they should be. The rudder pedals were adjusted
when I got in the aircraft to do my NFT. I climb out and walk over to Chiefy’s
Office to sign the L14, and report any ‘snags’. I see the NAAFI van coming
around the perimeter track to stop by ‘Chiefy’s’ hut. Time for a welcome mug of
hot tea and see our pig and rooster have come for a treat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What ‘Moochers’! </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Later,
we hitch a ride back to Flight Office to sign in on the flight sheet, and cycle
back to the Mess. Meanwhile our aircraft will be refuelled and armed for us
tonight.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lunch
is being served. We relax in the billiard room, read, visit or open mail, then
head on in to the dining room. We have plenty of time for a leisurely meal.
With Briefing called for 1400hrs, we know we’ll have to leave about 1330hrs;
ride over to the Intelligence Section, and wait in the Library until we’re
called in.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1330hrs.
‘Okay Paul, let’s go.’ We cycle over and assemble with other crews wondering
what tonight will bring. We would choose some targets, over others! </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
will now unfreeze time. S/L Price is about to speak. A hush settles over the
room.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Orderly
Officer, will you please ask the aircrews to join us”. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Yes
Sir” He opens the door, and motions us enter, closing the door after.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We file
in and sit down. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I
will call the roll” </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
does this: “The roll call is complete. Briefing will now begin. Orderly
Officer, please lock the door”. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Yes
Sir”.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Briefing takes place. S/L Price gives a general overview and our role; then
uncovers the ‘Target Allocation Board’, reading each crew’s target and patrol
times which they acknowledge in turn. The Met Officer has his say, followed by
Flying Control, CO, Padre. Finally we synchronise watches. It takes about an
hour. When<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>finished, each crew pairs off
to sit and plan their trip.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">My
Navigator, Paul Beaudet, spreads his maps across the table. We look at possible
routes to Ardorf and return. That agreed, he lays in the tracks and continues
calculations. I walk over to the Intelligence Section and draw out ‘Escape
Kits’ - enemy aircraft cockpit checks (fat chance!), maps, European Currency,
concentrated food rations, first-aid supplies, Benzadrine tablets, water
purifying tablets, our phony passport photos, small compasses, etc. I draw out
enemy ‘Colours of the Period’ (ESNs), which we call ‘Sisters’. (This
information comes to us from the Underground by radio, amazing!). We don’t know
how they get it. All this stuff goes into Paul’s Nav bag. I wander over to the
Intelligence Library where I pull files on Ardorf, Marx and Varel. I want to
know about aerodrome heights, obstructions, types of aircraft, any significant
factors like runway configuration, defences, station buildings, ammo dumps etc.
which might affect our visit tonight.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul
has plotted his tracks to Ardorf, marked them and distances in his Log, and,
using the winds provided at Briefing, worked out courses and ground speeds so
he knows how long it will take to get there. By subtracting the total time to
get to Ardorf from our time on target (2115hrs) as briefed, he knows we take
off at 1900hrs, leaving us a few minutes to spare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also checks out Marx and Varel in relation
to Ardorf. Now we examine it from start to finish, noting ‘check points’, and
‘turning points’. At night, the only visible features we can rely on are
waterways, lakes, rivers, canals, etc. They are always visible no matter how
dark it is, especially tonight with no moon and the sky overcast.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul
may have to make minor changes when he gets a wind update just before we leave;
but it won’t make much difference to his initial calculations, judging by the
Met Briefing, and we are flying fairly early. Everything goes into his ‘Nav’
bag, by now quite heavy. He places it on a shelf in the Intelligence Section. That
done, we go back to relax in the Mess. ‘Tea’ is about to be served, for me the
best meal of the day.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
will miss dinner because of our early take-off, so we’ll fill up at ‘tea-time’,
and won’t eat again until after we return from our trip. (That is, we hope we
return!) It’s almost 1600hrs. We have time to think about the night ahead.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">With
mixed emotions we contemplate the night before us. ‘Death’ is top of the list,
followed by ‘Joy’, ‘Crashing’, or ‘Parachuting’ into the black windy night and
evading capture; (it’s so cold out there!), ‘POW’, or, even worse, just
‘disappearing’, our families never finding where or how we died, never having
‘closure’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our ‘job’ is a pretty lonely
one!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
you see us calmly sitting around, and later, with red goggles on to protect our
night vision, you wouldn’t imagine these thoughts going through our minds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are just fleeting shivers we don’t share
with anyone. So much worse on a Bomber Base with their high losses! I mentally
tuck my heart and soul into my bunk for the night, and send my body off to do
the trip, then join them back up when we return. It works for me.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1700hrs.
Full from ‘tea’, we put on our red goggles; leaning back to relax. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1745hrs.
Paul and I ride over to the Intelligence Section; put personal valuables in a
bag, (sent home if we don’t return).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
gets the latest winds, retrieves his ‘Nav Bag’, and we make our way to our
lockers. He always complains how heavy his load is. I joke about it before
stopping at the Flight Office to sign out for our trip, re-joining him to put
on our Escape Boots, and ‘Mae-Wests’. I loosen my tie, wrapping my silken scarf
around my neck to protect it rubbing against my ‘battle dress’ tunic (which is rough,
as I constantly look around outside while we fly an ‘Op’). Paul is lax about this.
It’s always a ‘Bone of Contention’.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
are then driven around the airfield to our aircraft in the 1500wt. I walk over
to sign the L14, then back to our aircraft where Paul stands shivering in the
cold. We have only a few minutes until 1845 to climb aboard. It’s not unusual
to be cranky and short with one another. He’s always reluctant to loosen his
tie and this is my moment to remind him about the danger of strangulation if we
end up in the drink. Our last ritual is christening the tail-wheel, before climbing
in, making certain we’re upwind on a night like this. Our Mosquito has no
bathroom facilities. (PRT)</span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1845.
I climb aboard and do up my straps in the dark, pulling on my helmet as Paul
follows and receives the folding ladder from our ground crew. He stows it in
its rack on the door (after George closes and locks it). The pre-start ritual
is complete, the battery cart plugged in, and George has primed the starboard
engine and awaiting my call to start.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1852.
Eight minutes before take-off. I call out: “Contact Starboard”. Our ‘Op’
begins. I follow the same starting routine as we did this morning, except for
turning on our U/V instrument lights and our ‘Downward Recce Light’. With both
engines warming up and radio coming to life (I can hear Paul breathing, and
tell him to turn off his mike), things immediately start feeling better. George
waves us out to the perimeter track where I taxi to runway 240 following the
dim blue taxi lights that guide us. After my checks and run-up are complete, I
flash my downward light, (leaving it off), to get an immediate Green from the
ACP, for take-off.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1900hrs,
I taxi to position on the runway, roll forward to straighten my tail-wheel, and
line up for take-off, rolling forward to begin our 38<sup>th</sup> operation.
The aircraft seems heavy with full fuel and two 500lb bombs. Night seems even
blacker as we thunder down the runway ahead.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">At
last we lift off, climbing into the dark to 1000ft, making a wide left climbing
turn to set course over Base at about 5000ft. Overhead, I signal ‘V’, with my
navigation lights, leaving them on until we reach the coast. I am indicating
240mph, (260mph ‘true airspeed’ at 5000ft). With this strong tail wind, Paul
tells me our groundspeed is 310mph. We are going like a ‘Ding-Bat’. Our ETA at
the coast is 1906. We steer 102o Magnetic.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1906.
At the Haighsboro Light on the coast, Paul gives me a heading of 103oM, for N.
Egmond, and ETA 1937. I switch off my ‘Nav Lights’, and dive to 500ft over the
water. At 500ft, we are under the German radar. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Wow
Paul; look at that phosphorescence it’s so bright!” We race on to Nord Egmond
on the Dutch coast.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">1933hrs.
I open up to Climb-Power, and pull up sharply to 6000ft. Then at 1935hrs we
dive and weave, crossing the coast to enter enemy territory to the tune of
their scanning - an insect-like whine in our ear-pieces. Soon it stops, and we
continue on inland. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Steer
085o George, and we’ll be there in 26 minutes” (the turning point on the Leda
River).</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
see a rotating beacon in the distance, as well as the odd searchlight, and over
the Zuider Zee below we see the riding lights of small boats.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“LOOK
BACK PAUL!” I say every few minutes as I pull up sharply.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
looks back for enemy aircraft (we did see one once, right beside us ready to
move behind and shoot us down).</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">At
the east coast of the Zuider Zee, a slight course correction to the Leda River,
we fly on.</span></i></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“LOOK
BACK PAUL!”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“There’s
Zuidlarder, George, we’re right on track! Let me know when you see the
Dortmund-Ems Canal”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
spot it and we arrive at our turning point on the Leda River.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2010hrs.
“OK George, turn left to 005, the Jade Canal is coming up in 5 minutes, then,
Ardorf is 4 minutes at 299. You can drop down to 500ft. now”.</span></i></div>
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Arriving at Ardorf we find their VL (Visual Lorenz) is lit. There is activity.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
a few minutes into our patrol: “THERE’S ONE PAUL!” I see an aircraft challenged
by a searchlight, an answering flare in return. Quickly, I turn my gun switches
to ‘Fire’, and race around the circuit, catching up with him on final approach.
I attack. He is silhouetted in his own landing lights. It’s a JU88. I fire
about a four-second burst, seeing strikes all over his nose, and cockpit area.</span></i></div>
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the aerodrome is plunged into darkness as I pass over him and race across at
low level, turning sharp left, climbing to avoid possible return fire.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pulling
up into the darkness, I see a Heinkle III flying in the opposite direction
down-wind, and, amazed at a second sighting so soon, I zoom up behind his tail.
In a sharp wingover to the left, I turn back towards him. (My NFT hi-jinks are
now paying off!) As I curve in to attack, and come into range, I open fire,
seeing strikes on the fuselage, bits falling off. Huge sparks trail behind him.
All goes black. He is gone from view.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
fly away a few miles to make them think we are departing. Returning 10 minutes
later, we catch a glimpse of a 111, but lose him in the dark. The VL is lit. We
are challenged. We fire off a ‘Sister’. Searchlights go out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continue to circle, just out of earshot.
There is a howling gale about 60mph going on down there, in our favour. We
continue our patrol, check out Marx and Varel then return to Ardorf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hour is almost up. Having quietly climbed
away a few miles we return just as quietly, to dive in and drop bombs on their
nice runway at 2115hrs.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Turning
sharply away after releasing our bombs, we see an extra row of lights laid out
beside the runway in use suggesting the main runway is obstructed. There is
also a confusion of lights and activity by the threshold where the JU88 must
have crashed. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“OK
George, steer 293 for our spot over the North Sea. We’ll be there in 22
minutes, at 2137.”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
set course.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2135.
At our invisible turning point, I alter course to 293 towards home. With this
strong headwind, it will take 61 minutes to get there, our ground speed being
only 200mph.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’m
tired Paul. Hold on to this while I rest my eyes?” </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It
is tiring, staring into the dark like we do, over enemy territory. H<span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;">H</span>e reaches with his left hand on the
control column. I put my head back to relax for five minutes. (There were times
when I wondered how I’d be alert enough to land after getting home!) I take
over again and get ready to call Largetype.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">40
miles from the British coast, it’s time to check in.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Hello
Largetype, this is Cricket 34 identifying, and my Cockrell is crowing,” (turned
on). This is our IFF, (Identification Friend or Foe, A small transmitter which
makes a distinctive blip show up on their radar screen) “Over.”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Hello
Cricket 34, we have you, please call as you pass overhead. Over”. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Cricket
34, Wilco. Out”.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">2245hrs.
“Hello Largetype, Cricket 34, I’m drying my feet, and switching to Exking,
Over”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Roger
34 Good night.” At this point I change frequencies to Exking.</span></i></div>
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“Hello Exking. This is Cricket 34 overhead, please turn on the flarepath.
Over.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(They go on instantly).</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Roger
34, you are clear to land on runway 240, and the wind is from 270. Over.”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Thank
you Exking, 34 Out.”</span></i></div>
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enter the circuit and land, aware of the crosswind from my right. As I turn off
at the end of the runway to taxi back to our dispersal, I say: </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Cricket
34 is down and Turning Off, Good night ‘Cobby’”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Roger
34, Good night ‘old man’.”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Arriving
back at our dispersal, we are guided to our parking spot by George.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shut down, and after he puts the chocks in
place and the external control locks on the elevators and rudder, I put on the
internals, and release the brakes. He opens our door, reaching up for the ladder
from Paul. As we climb out he asks: “Any luck?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I tease him: “A bit”, then tell him about our trip. It’s tail-wheel time
again, (after four hours in the air, we need to). I walk over to sign the L14,
sharing words with Chiefy about what we did with ‘their’ aircraft, (they’re
just as pleased as us when we’ve had ‘Joy’) and walk back to re-join Paul waiting
for the 1500wt to come and pick us up. It sure is cold and blowing a gale
(almost 60mph.)</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our
faithful WAAF, ‘Pip’, arrives to drive us back to our lockers. Now safely home,
we’re in a lovely state of euphoria, laughing at anything and everything on the
way around the airfield. There is another crew riding back with us. We are
totally relaxed, but tired.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We put
our Parachutes, ‘Mae-Wests’, ‘Escape’ Boots, and Helmets in our lockers, I sign
in on the flight sheet, and we cycle back for de-briefing. Over a welcome cup
of hot tea, the Duty Intelligence Officer takes down our report, we hand back
our Escape Kits, retrieve our personal valuables, and ride over to the
Sergeant’s Mess for our post-op meal of eggs and chips. Nothing ever tasted so
good - one of the greatest rewards we look forward to after flying an
operation.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Other
crews are there. We swap stories about our trips, then fatigue kicks in and we
ride down to our ‘site’ and crash into bed, exhausted but content. The time is
now 0010hrs. It feels so good!</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More of the same tomorrow! We have just
completed our 38<sup>th</sup> ‘Op’. We requested and were granted an extension
of 15 trips over the 35 trips Tour requirement. Only 12 more to go, to become
‘Tour Expired’, (Screened). What then?? Who knows?? We’ll see!</span></i>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Courtesy:
George Stewart, sits astride nose!</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">23
Squadron, Little Snoring, 28 October 1944</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Left
to Right</span></u></b><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Wg Cdr<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A M ‘Sticky’ Murphy, Flt Lt J Curd, Fg Off J
L Joynson, Flt Lt D J Griffiths, Sqn Ldr Phil Russell, Fg Off A C Cockayne, Flt
Lt T A ‘Tommy’ Smith, Fg Off E L Heath, WO<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>K V ‘Scarper’ Rann, Flt Lt R J Reid, Flt Lt W ‘Bill’ Gregory, Lt J H
Christie NAF, Plt Off G S ‘George’ Sutcliffe, Fg Off D J Atherton, Flt Sgt F D
‘Freddie’ Howes, Fg Off J R ‘Paul’ Beaudet RCAF, Plt Off R Neil RNZAF, Flt Sgt
J H Chessel, Fg Off A L Berry RNZAF, Flt Sgt Alex Wilson, Flt Sgt Don Francis,
Flt Lt ‘Buddy’ Badley, Flt Sgt T ‘Tommy’ Barr, Fg Off K M ‘Kit’ Cotter RNZAF,
Flt Sgt J W Thompson, Flt Sgt P H ‘Jock’ Devlin, Flt Sgt J ‘Jimmy’ Weston, Fg
Off J E Spetch, Flt Lt T A ‘Tommy’ Ramsay RNZAF, Flt Sgt E C ‘Benny’ Goodman,
Flt Sgt J ‘Jimmy’ Gawthorne, Flt Sgt S F ‘Sid’ Smith.</i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">On
nose of aircraft</span></u></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">: Flight Officer G E
‘George’ Stewart RCAF</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">At
the time of this photograph:</span></u></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Flight Officer A R
de C Smith, Flight Sergeant C Lewis </span></i><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">on night vision course at RAF Great Massingham.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
is our Squadron photograph. The aircraft is PZ-448, YP-J, named ‘Toots’ after
my mother. Photo is taken after our 36<sup>th</sup> trip, starting an extension
of 15 trips to the Paderborn area, strafing two trains and severely damaging
one locomotive when three of my cannons jammed; then I bombed the railway.
Sadly, Johnny Joynson, pictured third left, and his Navigator went missing that
night. They towed this aircraft out of the maintenance hangar, following a
regular inspection. I said: ‘That’s my aircraft! I’m climbing up on the nose …’
Some guy closed the door. Sticky Murphy, standing off to the left, said: ‘Just
shoot the damned thing!’ We lost Sticky a few weeks later, 2 December 1944, on
a trip to Guttersloh (where Ken Eastwood was lost 18 September when, as ‘spare
crew’, he took my trip. I’d crashed my Mosquito on landing with a blown tyre doing
my Night Flying Test). I was sent to Guttersloh on my 49<sup>th</sup> trip, to
see if I could find what caused those two losses, but there was no activity
other than the usual scanning we heard on our headsets.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">IN HONOUR OF A VALUED FRIEND</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An Experience is never
finished until it is written’</i></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">(</span></b><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Quote accredited to: Anne Morrow Lindbergh</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">)</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Flying
Officer Paul Beaudet and Flying Officer George Stewart, Hamilton 1945</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul
was a ‘straight-shooter’. A devout Roman Catholic, he was strong in faith and
true to his beloved. He married just before going overseas and was surplus from
the previous course of Pilots and Navigators graduating at 60 Operational
Training Unit, RAF Station High Ercall, Shropshire, England. This imbalance
between Pilots and Navigators wasn’t unusual. On completion of each training
course, depending how well particularly Pilots coped during conversion to the
Mosquito; a Pilot could be re-assigned to a different type of aircraft and job
if the Mosquito proved too much. Some candidates didn’t make the grade and were
washed out. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Mosquito is a handful, with its high wing loading, stalling speed, power, and
approach speed. It has nasty tricks displayed during landing and take-off,
particularly in a cross-wind. We trained on light, slower aircraft, and this
was a huge jump. Navigators don’t have problems converting, except occupying
small space, sitting on the main spar slightly behind the Pilot, with no
plotting table to spread maps and Logs. They make do with the dim light of a small
hand-held flashlight making entries on small ‘Pilot-type’ Log sheets, so as not
to degrade their Pilot’s night-vision. Along with the Pilot, over hostile
countryside, time is spent looking for enemy aircraft, as well as land or water
features in the black European night flying over enemy territory.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">On
16 September we were still at 60 Operational Training Unit, training on de
Havilland Mosquito Night Fighter Bombers. Paul came to the flight-line to ask
for a ride in a Mossie, hoping to team up with a Pilot and become a ‘crew’. I
had a total of 10 hours on type and recently gone solo. I told him, but said he
was welcome to come along. He said: ‘No problem!’</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">At
19 years old, I was five years younger than Paul, but like a naïve 14 year old.
I didn’t drink or smoke, inexperienced about dating. Paul smoked, but didn’t
drink much. We spent time playing English billiards instead of going in the
Bar. I envied buddies boasting of conquests, wondering how they go about it, too
shy to ask. They seemed so sophisticated, so worldly. I was terrified of
getting involved. If the young lady became pregnant, what would happen to her
and our baby if I was shot down and killed? More frightening, should I survive,
how could we exist in civilian life on my meagre earnings? My attention was
taken up flying the Mosquito. I didn’t want distractions complicating my life.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Learning
to fly the Mosquito was a daunting task for an impulsive 19-year-old, low time
(249 hours) Pilot like me. Those early hours in that eleven ton, high
performance beauty, terrifying! It was the fastest aircraft in the world at
that time, still on the ‘Secret List’. I adored it!!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
flew, and that was our beginning. We became ‘Crew’ flying together from then
on. The Pilot traditionally was Captain of the aircraft, but as a two-man ‘Intruder
Crew’, we shared equal status. Crewing wasn’t a casual choice. It was an important
relationship. Each relied totally on the other. It could mean the difference
between life and death! We needed confidence in one another’s skills, agree
equally, share difficult decisions, react instantly to threats over enemy
territory, be highly vigilant of potential danger - enemy Night Fighters could
at any time be after us. We were a perfect fit!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul
loved flying. We worshipped the Mossie, taking advantage of every opportunity
to fly one, to the point of volunteering to go to the Middle East because we’d
likely get more ‘Mosquito Time’. Did we ever!! The Mossie was a real handful.
One little move beyond its limit, and it’ll bite you!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
flew the aeroplane, fired the guns, dropped bombs trying to avoid any visible
threats. I was responsible for managing fuel to have enough to get home after
our patrol, or if in trouble, deep inside Germany. Paul told me what pinpoints
to look for as we flew each leg of our Op. He even anticipated my tendency to
be to the left of our track, prepared to correct headings starboard as I
wandered gently and moved up and down to present a difficult target for
fighters to follow, staring out into the night sky. I operated the VHF radio. </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul
guided us along his planned tracks and others as needed. He operated the Gee
Box (over the UK) keeping a sharp look-out with me en-route for ‘hostiles’. He calculated
new headings, telling me when to turn onto them. He always had an approximate
heading home if suddenly it was needed! Paul monitored fuel supply, changing
tanks for me as I directed. We had to use it in sequence to have mains
available if we lost an engine. We used the outboard and drop tanks first,
leaving main tanks available to cross-feed to either engine. The outers could
only feed the nearest engine. This was important!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Over
the English Channel, on our way home, I would ask Paul to reach over and fly
the aircraft with his left hand so I could lean back and rest my eyes for
moments. It felt SO GOOD! This was an enormous help.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">His
energies, like mine, were sharply focused on our job. We enjoyed every minute!
Yes, there were nervous moments. Meanwhile, at O.T.U he learned special
intruder navigating and crewing techniques. We flew as a crew during this
training, including day and night cross-countries, practice intruder trips to
Limavady and Long Kesh in Ireland, using the Irish Sea as the English Channel.
We took a gunnery course at Chedworth in Wales and did lots of low flying. Yet,
with all that, he still had to keep up with navigation and make course
adjustments on the go. He was great! In our operating period, we had no radar,
relying on night vision to spot the unlit enemy in the black sky around us. The
last ‘Cat’s Eye’ Intruders! And wouldn’t you know, they started fitting 23 with
ASH after Paul and I became Tour-Ex! I flew some Navigators around in Ansons to
practice ASH awaiting our posting home.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
prepare our night vision for an Op, we wore red goggles for an hour in the Mess
before going to fly our trip. Once outside, we avoided having it spoiled by
white light. I told ground crew to turn off their ‘torches’ until we were in
the aircraft! Then, just before climbing on board at fifteen minutes to
take-off, we’d have a quick ‘christening’ of the tail-wheel (downwind). Climbing
into our Mossie in the dark, we’d strap in, put on our helmets, etc. As our
instrument needs were lit, in a pale ‘beige’ shade by ultra violet light, my
ring sight was projected onto the windscreen in red to protect my night vision.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
kept ourselves fresh with our conservative lifestyle. It may have been a factor
in our favour … who knows? We survived! ‘Hail Caesar! We who are about to die,
salute you!’ shouted Gladiators in ancient Rome. No thanks! We had no death
wish. We had everything to live for. Paul and I would discuss our role at
length, agreeing that ‘Surprise’ would be a big factor in our favour in
attacking planes or trains. We decided together that, when attacking a target,
I would make one really good firing pass and not go back for a second run,
thereby achieving total surprise! Hit and run! Gone!!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bombing,
however, was no surprise, as it happened at the end of our patrol. Sneaking
away and climbing to about 7000ft, then returning, and diving in quietly,
worked for us. Tommy Smith with Navigator ‘Cocky’ Cockayne, were shot down on
their second pass on 15 January 1945. Tommy Smith survived but horribly burned.
Cockayne died having jumped too low for his parachute to open. They only had
two more Ops to go. God only knows how many others were lost like that … so
sad!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paul
and I tried to evaluate operational risks with their importance, and acted
accordingly. Pressing on regardless to Guttersloh with a blown gasket on our 49<sup>th</sup>
trip was one for us. Luckily we got away with it. Ken Eastwood and our C.O
Sticky Murphy, with their Navigators didn’t return. We were sent to see if we
could find out why. In our 50<sup>th</sup> Op Tour we never had one aborted
trip … they called us ‘Regardless’!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Amiens Prison attack and the Dam Busting were such cases where a ‘Do or Die’ Op
was considered worth the risk!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">23
and 515 Squadrons were briefed one afternoon to undertake a Dawn Attack and
strafe Leeuwarden airfield in Northern Holland, an important German Night
Fighter Base (Lord knows who dreamed that one up!). Up to 30 Mosquitoes were to
be sent there. Paul and I were chosen to fly the last aircraft in to attack!
Imagine how we felt knowing that enemy gunners would have the most time to be
ready for us, last one in! It was terrifying to contemplate. Saner minds
prevailed as the whole insane operation was called off, considered too dangerous.
We slept soundly that night.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Crewing
could have been a casual partnership based on the wrong parameters. In the case
of Paul and I, we used wisdom beyond our years in deciding to fly together. For
that fortunate choice, I am thankful and proud to have shared those incredible
times with him. He was outstanding!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">‘Who
is this man I’ll never forget?</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">He
is my Navigator – Paul Beaudet!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">May
he rest in peace!’</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">WHY?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sometimes
I call to GOD above.</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Why’d you do this
to one we love;</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Who tried so hard
here, to provide </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>A lifetime
dream, you’ve now denied?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>GOD said: “My son,
let me explain;</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Perhaps I can
stop, or ease your pain.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>What
you know as ‘Life’, is short; </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Up
here in Heaven is the ‘Soul’s’ Resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>I know it’s sad to
lose your friend,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>He’s up ahead, around
the bend.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Life on Earth is just a
whim,</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Where he is now you’d
envy him.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Do you think I
waste my time on you?</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>I’ve got better
things up here to do.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>A Genius here, a Poet
fair, they</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Live forever, not
just down there!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>I have your friend safe
in my care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>He’s loved up
here as he was down there.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Bless you for
caring, and never fear</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>My line is open; I’m
always here!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>Go on with life; be what you
can, </span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> and remember:</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>‘FOREVER,’ is
my ‘PROMISED LAND’!!</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Thanks for your call.”</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #0000cc; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 12.0pt;">George E. Stewart</span></div>
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This is just one voice, one story of so many, which illustrates why it is vital we remember all those who didn't return home after the war, and presents the strongest reason why those who served in RAF 100 Group should not remain forgotten heroes, which is how they see themselves today.</div>
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I remain passionate about preserving both their history and their wartime experiences, and further stories can be found in my book, with George Stewart sitting astride his aircraft on the front cover. He went on to write the Foreword for the book which follows this one, published by Fonthill Media, in which many of his operations during 1944 are shared:</div>
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I couldn't let the month of September slip away without marking the beginning of World War Two, when the Royal Air Force came into its own. As families gathered around the wireless to listen in awe and dread to the words of the Prime Minister, young men of the day would have had no knowledge at all of the part they were to play, and vital roles waiting for them in RAF 100 Group, under Bomber Command. Through ensuing years, boys quickly became men ... ordinary people doing extraordinary things they never dreamed they could do. History was in the making, and they were a valued part of it, showing tenacity, wisdom, courage, strength, which went way beyond their years. As the 100th year of the R.A.F. approaches in 2018, I remain passionate that these heroes are not forgotten, but remain remembered in gratitude and love for giving us the freedom we have today.</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">'I
will always remember the day when war was announced.</span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
is a memory that stays sharp and clear in my mind'</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jean May, veteran</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The day yawned into wakefulness. A new day
– yet a day like no other. People were to remember this day
for the rest of their lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
young girl stirred as a golden ray of sunshine slipped between the curtains to
fall soft on her face. The breeze crept in through the open window, swishing folds
of material this way, then that, mimicking the girl’s thoughts: ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shall I … shan’t I</i>?’ The idea of keeping
her eyes closed, catching back hold of the dream was a sweet one. Yet, even as that crazy idea
caught hold, she couldn’t stop a snake of fear slithering into this perfect
day.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘What if …?</i>’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peeking
through the dark lines of lashes, eyes blurred with sleep, her gaze fell on the
diary she kept at the side of her bed. Within, lay a myriad of emotions, secret
thoughts, private fears, sweet memories to cherish. She was reminded of another
lazy hazy Sunday not long ago, erupting into a joyous explosion of
excitement as, crying with joy she celebrated her 21<sup>st</sup> birthday. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet
even as the month of April played out, filled with unexpected surprises, dark shadows were already creeping in to eclipse laughter and happiness
with uncertainty and foreboding as unfamiliar phrases spilled across
the news:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Conscription
has come!</span></i></div>
<i>
</i><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">All
men between the ages of 20-21 years …</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>War?</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>It
sounded like a death knell. Who would dare strike against the people of a country
she loved? Great Britain wasn’t a divided nation. Countries admired and
respected its freedom, its standing in the world. Her thoughts wrapped around
her family, wanting to hold and protect them. What would it mean for
her two younger brothers? Without a father’s guiding hand, they had no-one to
talk with and share. She needed to be the strong one, not just for them, but
for her widowed mother who wasn’t in the best of health.</span>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two
days later, she noted in her diary that more men were being ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Called up’</i>, and ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Correspondence Course started between Hitler and Chamberlain’</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the interceding months life became increasingly uncertain. Everyone had a
hunted look, speaking in whispers, eyes looking furtively around as if
expecting to sight an as yet unknown enemy. Paranoia was setting in. <i>Who was
friend? Who was the enemy?</i> No-one was certain any more. Life was changing.
People were changing. Yet nothing of any substance had happened. Her fervent
hope was that everything would return to normal and life go on as before. But it
was impossible to ignore news leaking from newspapers, wireless broadcasts, the
mouths of people she’d known most of her life.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thrusting aside the bed covers, she grabbed
the curtains, dragging them apart. As the sun’s rays caught the outline of her
face, her mother’s voice downstairs diverted
her attention, urgently rallying the family into action. Sunday morning. They
were meant to be preparing for church. Her mother rarely missed a service. </span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But something didn’t feel right. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
a gnawing sense of foreboding, she slipped on a dressing gown to join her two brothers.
They were grouped around the wireless which, instead of the usual soothing
strains of music, listeners were advised to stand by for an announcement
of national importance. The house stilled. Her mother’s hands clasped the worn
black covers of her Bible. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Waiting was the worst, not knowing what might come.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every
fifteen minutes, listeners were told the Prime Minister would be making an
announcement at 11.15. All eyes swivelled to the clock on the mantle, then slid
around each familiar expectant face. At least they were together to share this
dramatic moment marking an ending and a beginning of … something they didn’t
yet know.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Music
interjected at fifteen minute intervals. Presenters urged listeners to stay
tuned. There was no mistaking now the urgency of what was to follow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More
music.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
talk: ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How to make the most of tinned
foods’</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>At exactly 11.15 on 3 September 1939, a date and time marked indelibly
on their hearts; the BBC Home Service relayed words spoken quiet and firm into
thousands of homes around the country: </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="color: black;"><i> </i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><i>'I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room
at 10 Downing Street.</i></span></span><i></i><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This morning, the British Ambassador in
Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that, unless we hear
from them by eleven o’clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their
troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you
now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently ... this country
is at war with Germany.'</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The words droned on, while, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">following these words of Prime Minster,
Neville Chamberlain; King George VI spoke to the Nation from Buckingham Palace:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <i><span style="color: black;"> '</span></i></span><i><span style="color: black;">In this grave hour, perhaps the most fateful
in our history, I send to every household of my peoples, both at home and
overseas, this message, spoken with the same depth of feeling for each one of
you as if I were able to cross your threshold and speak to you myself. For the
second time in the lives of most of us … we are at war ...'</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The King’s delivery was calm, dignified,
measured and heartfelt. There was no trace of his renowned stammer. He held the
respect and admiration of his people. No-one doubted the sincerity and emotion
with which both the King and the Prime Minister had spoken.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
the words died, their echo repeating in the minds of listeners, the first air
raid sirens of the war began to wail … a steady rising and falling signal
acting as a warning of imminent danger. At 11.30, an unidentified aircraft had
been sighted passing over No. 1 Observer Group at Maidstone flying at 5,000 feet,
moving north-east into Kent. Areas were on Red Alert (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">it should have been yellow!</i>) The
aircraft was identified as French. It had no required Flight Plan filed. Only
when this was confirmed did a second siren sound at 11.50, a single, continuous
note heralding ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All Clear’</i>.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
approximately 11.35, an air raid wailed in the Northern Region of Britain. More
than one aircraft had been reported off Berwick moving in a south-westerly
direction. At 11.39 the ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All Clear’</i>
sounded. A further Alert sounded at 11.40 covering parts
of Scotland, with the ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All Clear’</i> shortly
after.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Following the news broadcast on the wireless and dreadful
wail of sirens, the family stood quiet, still, silent, holding one another
close for support. As they separated reluctantly, the young 21 year old girl
broke free, unable to contain a swelling tide of conflicting emotions,
threatening an outpouring of grief for England’s ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">green and pleasant land’</i>. In a daze, she thrust the back door open
wide, reaching for the fields beyond, running through lush meadows awash with
colour and movement. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hadn’t Nature heard
the news</i>?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She tried desperately to outrun the news and what
might follow after, collapsing in a heap on a grassy bank. The sky was a
perfect powder blue. All around her was tranquil and still. Yet everything
suddenly seemed so much more … colours became vibrant, the
air more pure, birdsong sweeter, smells deliciously poignant and strong. Thoughts and fears were at odds with the world. Life was surreal. As she sat
under the same sun that spilled through her window earlier, she knew with absolute
certainty that the world was in a state of flux. W</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">ar was inevitable. On a public and private basis, already it was striking at
the heart of the country - its people, their homes, everything and everyone
they knew and loved.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During
the nine o’clock news that evening, a well-known announcer, Bruce Belfrage, came
on air, offering a reassuring presence in an effort to dispel the fears of the
people:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: black;">'The following advice is given: to keep off
the streets as much as possible; to carry a gas mask always; to make sure all
members of the household have on them their name and address clearly written;
to sew a label on children’s clothing so that they cannot pull it off …'</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bruce had started his career as an actor, later becoming a broadcaster
in the early days of 2LO at Savoy Hill, joining the BBC in 1935 as a casting
director and later a news reader and announcer. He was present just over one
year later as Broadcasting House was first bombed at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>eight o’clock on the evening of 15 October
1940. A 500 pound delayed-action high explosive bomb destroyed the BBC
switchboard before the gram library on the fifth floor was hit. Staff tried to
move the bomb, but it exploded. Seven BBC staff were killed. Parts of the fifth
and sixth floor frontage of Broadcasting House were blown into Portland Place and studios were demolished. However, although the explosion was clearly
audible to listeners, amidst the carnage and covered with plaster and soot,
Bruce continued to read the news as if nothing had happened.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On 3 September 1939 his voice came as a familiar, reassuring
presence, although his words belied his manner.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already
it had begun. Freedom was restricted. Rules and regulations were set for the
future and the enemy hadn’t yet reached their shores. This was the first day of
many … yet a day like no other. People around the world would remember this day
… where they were, who they were with, what they were doing … for the rest of
their lives.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">John Beeching, 18 yrs old</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>John
Beeching, a veteran who went on to serve under RAF 100 Group in 169 Squadron at RAF Great Massingham;
lived in a semi-detached bungalow in a large, lower middle-class housing estate
called Elm Park:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> '</span>I was born in Lambeth, well within the sound
of Bow Bells which, in 1941, the Germans decided were superfluous
and removed them with explosives. We were close to the airfield,
part of 11 Group Fighter Command, frequently coming under the attention of
Herman's Luftwaffe, and finally the recipient of V-2 rockets which were nasty
and upset Mum because you could never hear the damned things coming, being
supersonic, unlike the V-1s, which sounded like a motorbike. I left
elementary school the day I was 14. People adjusted to a wartime
environment; we knew stuff we were used to just wasn't there any more so in the
end, we stopped complaining and got on with life. I left Britain in 1947 and
went back to Canada. In doing so, I missed bread rationing and so forth,
because thanks to the U.S. Lend Lease policy, Britain was flat broke with
enormous debts which took many, many years to recover, sort of. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day war was first announced, it was one
of those moments I’ll never forget. I was sitting on our back doorstep on a
sunny Sunday morning, 3 September 1939, when I hear Neville Chamberlain quietly
inform us we were at war with Germany. We Beechings are a fairly
phlegmatic lot and there was no wailing or beating of chests. About an hour
later sirens went for the first time, which turned out to be a completely false
alarm; they didn't sound again in anger for eight or nine months. In that
time, Dad and I dug a large regulation-sized hole in the back garden, and
installed our Government issued Anderson shelter. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember my dear old Dad saying: ‘<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What a waste of time this is going to be</span>!’
Little did he know we were destined to spend nearly every night in it for
months during the blitz which necessitated him building five bunks into its
confined space, until one night, Mum said: ‘<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I've
had enough of this, I am going to sleep in my own bed and if we get hit,
we might just as easily get hit here.</span>’ We accepted her cold logic and
all trooped back to more comfortable sleeping arrangements, although we did
have a couple of pretty hairy occasions, particularly when Mum woke us during
the night as the wind could be heard undulating through a parachute mine coming
down near us. It never went off. This was towards Autumn 1941 and I
enlisted in the RAF in August that year, although I wasn't called upon to
serve until April l942. By that time we had all become pretty
acclimatised to wartime conditions; black-outs, no petrol, clothing
rationing, everything rationed in fact. No coal in the winter, poor
old Mum queuing for hours at the shops for our meagre bit of meat - six
pennyworth a week on each ration-book. It was quite a business, I can
tell you, and an environment which cannot be adequately described today, or for
that matter, even imagined. Before enlistment, I was working a 72-hour
week and elected to stay on permanent night-shift rather than chop and change
all the time. Not much of a life for a seventeen-year-old. But we got
through it, although, inevitably, it changed us.<sup><b>'</b></sup></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></sup></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Roy Smith, a veteran who served under Bomber
Command in RAF 100 Group, 199 Squadron, based at North Creake; remembers:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'Although the </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">possibility of a
second World War was often featured in the national press several months prior
to 1939, it was not taken very seriously by a large percentage of the
population until 1939 when Germans sent troops into Austria and Poland and, in
spite of our efforts to persuade them to abandon their actions, this had no
effect.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first positive indication that we, the
British, had to face the inevitability of a Second World War was on 3 September
1939 when we declared war on Germany.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On that day, I was at the home of my special
school friend at Hornsey. An air raid
shelter, known as an Anderson Shelter, had recently been delivered to all
houses with gardens in the area and we, Len, his father Bert, and older brother
Ron, were in the process of excavating a hole in which the shelter had to be
erected. The hole was approximately six foot, six inches long and three foot,
six inches wide. It needed to be about two foot, six inches deep. The heavy
gauge corrugated galvanized iron sheets were bolted together to form a housing
with a back panel and two narrow panels located at the front, leaving a narrow
space in the centre for access. The earth from the excavation was then
shovelled over the top.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Halfway through the building operation, the
air raid siren sounded, which led everyone to increase their efforts,
anticipating we were about to be bombed. In fact, a considerable period elapsed
before any serious raid in Autumn 1940.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In early 1941, my friend Len and I decided
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually we presented ourselves at a
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type of work was considered to be important to the war effort and as such I was
told the only way of getting into one of the Services was to volunteer for
aircrew. Len was accepted for service in the Navy and called up after a short
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure now if I had to go before a
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">On the day war was declared, Hugh at
eleven years old, was walking near St George’s Church where he and his brother
Jimmy were members of the Boys’ Brigade and played in the Bugle Band. A young
girl of a similar age ran out of her house shouting to them: ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We are at War</i>!’ To Hugh it didn’t mean very much. After all, nothing around
him had changed. He continued with the rest of his day as he would any other
Sunday:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'Early on in the war, my brother Jimmy at eighteen years
old joined the Home Guard. They met in Stalybridge, Lancashire (now Greater
Manchester). One night, they came to collect him from home and he was gone for
three days. I learned after, he and the rest of the Home Guard Platoon were
issued with rifles and live ammunition and taken to Salford. The area had been
bombed. Windows of shops had been blown out. They were ordered to guard against
looters and to ‘shoot on sight’. It isn’t known if they had to carry this out
or not!'</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Soon after, brother
Jimmy volunteered for the RAF and commenced initial training at Blackpool. His
memories were always of immense pride for his brother who didn’t talk of his role
in Bomber Command or where he was stationed. The only hint the family had about
his whereabouts came unexpectedly in a letter<i>, </i>where the words unexpectedly appeared: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>'See a fine lady upon a white horse.'</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Speaking about it after, the family
assumed the implication was to the well-known nursery rhyme: ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ride a cock
horse to BANBURY Cross …</i>’ Maybe Banbury then?</span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
morning, he woke to find his brother sitting on his bed. He had arrived home on
Leave and immediately Jimmy was throwing his arms around him, he loved him so
much. Always, he made time for him during their brief time together during
Leaves. They would go to the cinema and Jimmy would howl with laughter at comedy films they saw together, no doubt a welcome release from the nightmare
of missions and war.</span></div>
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</span>Stalybridge is at a higher level than Manchester, in the foothills of
the Pennines. Hugh recalls standing outside at night, watching searchlights
pierce the sky during bombing raids later in the war. Even though no bombs dropped on Stalybridge, two fell near, one in Hurst between
Ashton and Stalybridge, another in Glodwick, Oldham, the next town to Ashton.
Hugh and his friends would go collecting small pieces of shrapnel which he kept
in an Oxo-cube tin.</span></div>
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</span>An air raid shelter was built behind the house where Hugh’s mother and
sister lived, his father having died earlier. They spent nights in the shelter
when the siren sounded. To Hugh, it was exciting. He didn’t have to go to bed.
Enamel buckets filled with hot tea would appear for everyone. It was an
adventure which went on and on, not knowing what might happen next. In time,
their next door neighbour built them an Anderson shelter in their own garden so
they had one to themselves … their own private den!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'I think it was about 1942 when a young evacuee named
Donald McCrill from Surrey came to stay for the duration of the war. He was
eleven years old. I being fourteen or fifteen by then tried to be ‘Big Brother’
to him. When Jimmy came home on Leave, he and his friend Walter Collins who had
joined the Navy, took Donald out in a rowing boat on the boating lake at
Stamford Park nearby, pretending to fall about in the boat to cheer him up.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During ‘War Weapons Week’, a parade was
held, collections made. Stalybridge Old Band, one of the oldest in the country,
struck up a rousing March and the Home Guard made up of elderly men, marched
smartly and proudly behind.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also remember Ladysmith Barracks at
Ashton, once home to the Manchester Regiment, housing Italian Prisoners of War<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> …<sup><b>'</b></sup></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hugh’s
wife, Eunice, remembers she was just eight years old when she heard Chamberlain’s
announcement on the wireless. She is unable to recall now how she felt,
probably being too young to realise the implications. Like Hugh, her day
continued as usual. What she does remember, however, is her mother’s
instruction:</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><i> '</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Go somewhere safe in the event of an air
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
shelter was built in the next street, but the family never actually went there.
She wondered as her mother gathered all the ‘peg rugs’ in the house – rugs she
made herself from scraps of old clothing – to lay over coal in the ‘coal hole’,
a cupboard under the stairs. They only spent two nights there, but a very
cramped and uncomfortable couple of nights she remembers, trying to sleep on
lumpy piles of coal!</span></div>
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raid sirens and the ‘<i>crumping’</i> sound as bombs were dropped on Manchester and
Salford Docks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
an operation to remove her appendix, her bed was brought downstairs to the
living room and as she recovered, she knitted tiny vests for war-orphaned
babies and children, the white wool and knitting needles having been sent to
her from school.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'I still remember the pattern even now, all these years
on: knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2 … As I moved on to Lakes Road Secondary
School, my ‘war work’ continued. Along a wall in a classroom was a camouflage
net in the process of being made. Again there was a pattern to follow and
different colours of wide fabric strips of brown, green and beige to be woven
in a set way. The girls who chose to do this in their lunch hour or any other spare
time were awarded merit marks. I came top of that Merit Award Chart twice with
merits of 90+. Once one net was complete, a new one would appear to be worked
on.'</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Eunice’s family
didn’t have much money. Her mother had a warm winter coat made out of a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘very nice blanket’</i>, made by a local
lady known for her ability to make nice coats in this way. Her father was in
the Territorial Army and he was called up at the start of the war. Eunice
recalls visiting him in Birkenhead, standing at the side of the Mersey on a
cold winter’s day, not feeling the chill due to her lovely warm coat.</span></div>
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went towards the war effort. I would collect all the small, spare amounts of
money from my Aunties and take that and all their individual books to school to
be paid in.</span></i></div>
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in a local greengrocers shop, working every Friday after school and during
school holidays. It lasted for three years. At the end of the war I was given
two precious bananas, and I remember so well my mother making one last for three
meals for me, giving me a third with bread before carefully putting the skin
back in place each time!<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><sup><b>'</b></sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></i></div>
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Drewitt was to become a veteran of 23 Squadron, stationed at RAF Little Snoring, serving under RAF 100 Group, Bomber Command; who moved to live in New Zealand after the war. He was 14 years old when war was declared on 3 September 1939. His home then was in
Sutton-on-Trent, eight miles north of Newark-on-Trent. Eric’s father had been
recalled to the RAF one week previous which proved something significant
was happening; and posted to 93MU Swinderby, later to be re-named 93MU Norton
Disney. It was a bomb dump.</span></div>
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September, was seeing a flight of Wellingtons roaring over our house – very
exciting, especially for a boy who had already made up his mind to join the RAF
on leaving school. (I spent many hours cycling to Cranwell, sitting on the
roadside, watching Tiger Moths doing ‘circuits and bumps’, the grand old
Vickers Armstrong Valentia of the Wireless School and most of all the wonderful
Empire Air Day display held there.) How differently things turned out!</span></i></div>
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were obliged to do, including digging a hole in the garden for an air-raid
shelter which promptly filled up with water! I was a keen church-bell ringer
and was most put out when we could no longer ring them; they were to be rung
only in the event of an invasion which, thankfully, never occurred.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most significant effect of the war on me
was the interruption and curtailment of my education. I left the school I was
attending at Newark in August and began a two-year course at Newark Technical
College. However, my father’s Air Force pay was insufficient for us to continue
living in our rented house and in May 1940 I was required to go and work on a
farm with one of my brothers so our family could occupy a tied-cottage on a farm at a much lower rent.</span></i></div>
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RAF. Father’s C.O gave me a reference (no doubt based on my father’s character)
and I went to Lincoln for a Medical. Unfortunately, by this time, farm work was
classified as a reserved occupation and I could only be accepted for pilot or
navigation training. Sadly, I failed the Medical, so my limited education was
not exposed. I was very disappointed and remained disgruntled for the duration
of the war.</span></i></div>
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limited opportunities for advancement, I immigrated to New Zealand in 1953. New
Zealand has been very kind to me. And it is worth noting that approximately
1,000 airmen received their Initial Pilot Training on Tiger Moths here in
1942-43.<sup><b>'</b></sup></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The first days of the Second World War were making their mark. Even
as people took on board changes to lifestyle, there were those who couldn’t
help looking back, wondering what life might have held for them if war hadn’t
come along when it did. Others had questions no-one could answer - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How long will war last? What will it be like
after? </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yet amidst the questions, there were those who were already on an unexpected journey which would lift them out of the ordinary, placing them in the extraordinary life of RAF 100 Group as it evolved under Bomber Command at the end of 1943.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div>
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Janine Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10077591768881517845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007026572415040571.post-55895765409697383562017-09-11T03:05:00.001-07:002017-09-11T03:07:01.655-07:00THE AIR GUNNER'S ROLE<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Rear
Gunners were known as ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tail End Charlies’</i>,
their main task being as a look-out, and to defend their aircraft and crew when
under attack. Looking at the Rear Gunner's position, it’s difficult to imagine how
a grown man could even fit into such a small, cramped, confined space, let
alone spend up to eight hours a night, flying backwards in what must surely
have been claustrophobic conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">According
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Norman
Storey, whose wartime experiences appear in the previous posting; described his life and routine as an Air Gunner during the winter of 1943/1944:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I awoke one morning in a freezing cold
Nissen hut. After dressing, I walked across the snow-bound ground to the ablutions
or wash rooms for a cold-water shave and wash, before climbing on my bike to
the Sergeants Mess for breakfast. Afterwards, with the rest of the crew, we’d
go to the Flight Commander’s Office for confirmation that we were all fit for
Operations if required. On the odd occasion I was sick, it was my
responsibility to find a spare Gunner to go in my place.</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We then sat in the crew room until 11am
when the NAAFI wagon turned up for tea and a wad (bun). If the order came
through that we were on Ops, I’d need to go to the Armoury to pick up a set of
four .303 Browning machine guns, and take them to the aircraft. With the help of
an Armourer, I’d then set the guns to concentrate at 400 yards, with a maximum of
600 yards. Finally, with everything in position, I’d head back to the Mess for
lunch and the allotted time for Briefing. After this came the aircrew meal of
egg and bacon before heading to the locker to put on flying kit. Once all
checks were done, we’d prepare to taxi for take-off tucked inside the aircraft.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">On returning back to dispersal, it was my job
to remove the guns from the turret and return them to the Armoury. Then it was
into the crew room for hot tea and rum before De-briefing, and on to the Mess
for another egg and bacon meal. My cycle was always on standby for the ride
back to the cold Nissen hut to sleep, then next day it would start all
over again.</span></i></div>
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Bomber Command Air Gunner.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">As a Rear Gunner, I had three enemies: the
three ‘F’s – Flak, Fighters and Frostbite.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">On the return flight from Leipzig in
December 1943, it was the third one that got me. The condensation in my oxygen
tube froze. I was being starved of oxygen, causing me to feel drunk. I was thrashing about in the turret, even in that confined space! After
a while, the turret light came on, but quite how that happened I’m not sure.
The Mid-Upper Gunner reported it to the Pilot and having an idea what was
wrong, he sent the Wireless Operator to the back of the plane using a portable
oxygen bottle, with a replacement helmet and oxygen mask. Removing the old one
from my head, quickly he replaced it with the one he had brought. But my ears had
already suffered frostbite. On return to Base, I was taken to Sick Quarters
where my ears were treated and bandaged. I remained there for three days, and
when released, was allowed to wear a silk stocking courtesy of the Wireless
Operator’s wife. I wore this at all times for the rest of the winter, much to
the frustration of the Warrant Officer who was unable to put me on a Charge of
being improperly dressed, because it was for medical reasons! As time went by, the problem became less and less
painful, although on a very cold day, for the rest of my life, I suffered pain down the back of each ear: a constant reminder of Leipzig.’</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">THE AIR
GUNNER’S ROLE</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>The Air
Gunner sits alone in his turret</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Anxiously scanning
the unfriendly skies,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Looking for
approaching enemy fighters</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>As on an
operation his bomber flies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Confined in
the dismal, cramped quarters</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>In a circle,
his turret continually rotates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Tensions mount
as they near their target</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Alert and on
guard for any peril he waits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>For hours he
must maintain constant vigil</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>On a
Mitchell bomber, he’s the only defence,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>The crew’s
survival depends on his alertness,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>During an Op
there’s no break in suspense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>An Air
Gunner’s life is barren of glamour,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Recognition
or medals are not in store;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Overlooked when
they hand out the glory,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>No fame for
performing his dangerous chore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>To a bomber’s
crew the Air Gunner is vital,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>A thankless
and dangerous task is his role</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>To protect
his bomber from enemy fighters</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Ensuring its
safe return to base is his goal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>When a
bomber is on an operational sortie</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>And comes
under an enemy fighter attack,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>The crew
will rely on their trusted Air Gunner</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>To provide
the protection needed to get back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>From his
crew-mates he will gain recognition,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Acknowledgement
that on him they depend;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>They know
that when their bomber is in peril</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>A capable
Air Gunner will their aircraft defend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>George Olson</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>20 October
1944</span></div>
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