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Bombing alone
Technology has advanced over the years, but during the Second World War sometimes it was more a distraction. Mr. West recalls during one bombing run that his pilot, annoyed by the static on the airwaves, ordered that the radios be turned off, subsequently missing the order to turn back to base. Mr. West's plane was the only one who made the target and dropped their bombs.
Dangers of close formation flying
During bombing runs, air craft would fly dangerously close to one another. Mr. West talks about the dangers of bumping into another plane while large groups of aircraft were flying together.
The loss of two engines
Mr. West tells us how the plane he was travelling on lost two engines while taking enemy anti-aircraft flak. The pilot had prepared the crew to parachute from the plane but he managed to keep the aircraft in the air long enough to make a unannounced emergency landing back in Britain.
Someone will jump on your running board
Mr. Parsons describes delivering ordinance to gunnery positions in blackout conditions.
Something flashed . . . a German sniper
Mr. Parsons describes zeroing a battery of gun in, on a sniper position.
I gave her my socks and my shoes
Mr. Parsons describes living briefly with a Dutch family and a short-lived romance.
He taught us to use the rifle to kill people
Mr. Parsons describes his training regimen in Canada and England.
He said Canada just went to war
Mr. Parsons describes enlisting and being on parade at boot camp in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia..
He died before we got to town
Mr. Lammers discusses his army service in Indonesia and once again having to deal with death.
8000 jumped, 800 survived
Mr. Lammers discusses terrible losses at Arnhem and Nijmegen and their lasting impact on his family.
There was this big German flag
Mr. Lammers discusses German collaborators and recriminations against the some of them.
She was sitting there crying
Mr. Lammers discusses aspects of the German occupation, on his family and friends.
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