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Vol 15

Issue No 2

May 2010


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  1. The Defence of Calais - An incredible account by William Harding, attached to the Royal Artillery.  A very courageous man who fought the Germans to almost the end when his unit was ultimately cornered under the shadows of the Citadel.  From there he was forced marched as a PoW to Stalag V111B, Lamsdorf where he spent the remainder of the war.  Bill is now aged 92.
  2. Iceberg 7 Gets underway - The amazing account of HMS Formidable and her final battle in the Far East in 1944 prior to the end of hostilities.  An inspiring account of the endurance of the British Carrier fleet against an enemy that was prepared to commit Kamikaze attacks to win the battle.
  3. Working on the Land at Upwey - A lovely account of a young girl in the Land Army who eventually met her husband whilst milking a cow.           
  4. Trapped at St Valery - April 1940, at a time when our backs were against the sea - Gerry was pressing forward and some of our boys had no-where to go...
  5. Hitting Back - The story of the late Freddie Lewis, a Spitfire pilot who saw plenty of action through to the end of the war.
  6.  Back on the Home Front - Peter Bone, now of Vancover, talks of the devastation in London, when  returning home from his sorties with Bomber Command
  7. The Bouncing Tractor  - Hubert Beavis recalls the time when a tractor took to the air when being unloaded from his ship HMS Mull, at Kure, in Japan
  8. Spreading the Load - Lawrence Wheatley recalls a jovial moment when teaching air gunnery to French Pilots in King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1945
  9. Into Battle with a Wooden Gun - Geoffrey Pulzer of Hatfield, writes of the time when following a tank battle in Normandy he was equipped with a wooden gun in  an effort to show armoured strength until a replacement tank was available.
  10. News of Yesteryear 1940/45 - News snippets from the Daily Echo, May 1940.
  11. Letters to the Editor
  12. Finders Seekers
  13. Lost Pals
  14. Reunions

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