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A High Casualty Rate Inquiry
Mr. Reynolds talks about how high the casualty rates were with the Boston's, and the fact that an inquiry was sent out by Mackenzie King to determine what the problem was. On a day with particularly dreadful weather, he and his crew were sent up to demonstrate the problems with the plane.
Tanks in Italy
Mr. Dowie describes Italy through the eyes of a tank driver and the impact of D-Day on the Italian Campaign. They were called D-Day Dodgers.
Entering Rome
Mr. Dowie describes being under constant fire for 282 days in Italy and then entering Rome.
Guarding a Tank in No Man's Land
Mr. Dowie describes guarding a tank for three days in No Man's Land.
Fighting in Ortona
Mr. Dowie describes knocking down a church on Christmas Day in 1943 and then holding a reconciliation supper with the 1st German Parachute Division in 1998 at that same church.
Ortona
Mr. Dowie describes a tactical system they learned while in Ortona which was called "mouse-holing".
Maturity from war experience
Mr. Ney talks about his return home, and how the war changed him.
Encounters in Bayeux
Mr. Ney tells of two encounters while in the 'free city' of Bayeux.
Encounter with a flak-ship
Mr. Wonnacott discusses an encounter with a flak-ship, and about fear in combat.
Emergency landing
Mr. Wonnacott tells a story of landing the plan in dangerous circumstances caused by dense fog.
Training for a crash landing
Mr. Wonnacott talks about how to escape from a plane in water. He also speaks of the rewards of training others.
Surviving a Crash Landing
Mr. Wonnacott tells the story of crash-landing in the Azores.
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