Mike Harding - Bombers Moon
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I've posted a link before but will shamelessly do it again...
A friend of mine researched the fate of one particular Lancaster & her crew. An incredible story and his research has allowed family members to find out what happened to their loved ones so many years afterwards.
www.lancaster-lm658.co.uk
It was a warm Sunday afternoon back in August 2001 and another weekend spent working away from home, it was my day off and I was walking on the outskirts of the village of Zenderen, near our base at Almelo in the province of Overijssel, Eastern Netherlands. Here there is a path leading through woodland known locally as De Bloedveld. Should you ever walk this way you will come across an impressive bronze memorial statue in a clearing. Nearby are several white tablets laid in memory of local Dutch patriots who lost their lives resisting the Nazi occupation, one of these tablets however, bore the name and date of birth of a Royal Air Force officer. My curiosity was aroused, for here in pleasant peace of Dutch woodland was a tribute to a fellow countryman who had passed this way before me in very different circumstances.
LM658… Just one of many, one Lancaster, one crew of eight individual men brought together from all walks of life, with a common purpose, to do their duty. This is their story, with particular emphasis on the remarkable and tragic fate of the navigator P/O Gerald Hood, but let it stand as a tribute to all who served with RAF Bomber Command during 1939-45, especially to the 55770 who paid the ultimate price in the name of freedom, their stories should be told and never forgotten.
A friend of mine researched the fate of one particular Lancaster & her crew. An incredible story and his research has allowed family members to find out what happened to their loved ones so many years afterwards.
www.lancaster-lm658.co.uk
It was a warm Sunday afternoon back in August 2001 and another weekend spent working away from home, it was my day off and I was walking on the outskirts of the village of Zenderen, near our base at Almelo in the province of Overijssel, Eastern Netherlands. Here there is a path leading through woodland known locally as De Bloedveld. Should you ever walk this way you will come across an impressive bronze memorial statue in a clearing. Nearby are several white tablets laid in memory of local Dutch patriots who lost their lives resisting the Nazi occupation, one of these tablets however, bore the name and date of birth of a Royal Air Force officer. My curiosity was aroused, for here in pleasant peace of Dutch woodland was a tribute to a fellow countryman who had passed this way before me in very different circumstances.
LM658… Just one of many, one Lancaster, one crew of eight individual men brought together from all walks of life, with a common purpose, to do their duty. This is their story, with particular emphasis on the remarkable and tragic fate of the navigator P/O Gerald Hood, but let it stand as a tribute to all who served with RAF Bomber Command during 1939-45, especially to the 55770 who paid the ultimate price in the name of freedom, their stories should be told and never forgotten.
made me blub like a baby, just like this one. Why the f
k do we support governments who do these things? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM
k do we support governments who do these things? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQMPothole said:
made me blub like a baby, just like this one. Why the fk do we support governments who do these things? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM
Support "what" things?k do we support governments who do these things? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQMEric Mc said:
Pothole said:
made me blub like a baby, just like this one. Why the fk do we support governments who do these things? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM
Support "what" things?k do we support governments who do these things? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQMGassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff