Bombed Off Her Bicycle
Heroes Remember - The Second World War
Bombed Off Her Bicycle
Transcript
I was out in a private home and
it was very near Coventry and I
had a funny thing happen to me.
I had to have a bicycle because
I lived quite a long distance from the hospital,
another girl and I,
and we used to have to go to the hospital
whenever there was a raid and
that would be every clear night.
And this night I was pedaling furiously
to get there and I used to have little
shortcuts down little roads.
And one bomb came down pretty close
to me to knock me off my bicycle and
covered me with earth and I was so
surprised to have a man standing beside
me hauling me up and saying,
"Are you alright?" He had followed me,
knowing where I was going and
that I might need help.
I thanked him and he said,
"You know, I can only hope that someone
will be as kind to my daughter
when she needs help."
Description
Ms. Carter describes attempting to reach her hospital during a bombing raid on Coventry, England. She is thrown from her bicycle by a nearby exploding bomb.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- March 8, 1999
- Duration:
- 1:10
- Person Interviewed:
- Doris Carter
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- England
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
- Rank:
- Lieutenant
- Occupation:
- Nurse
- Date modified: