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Old 12th Mar 2016, 01:38
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G0ULI
 
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Megan

We all need our dreams and the past isn't always how we thought it was.

I was proud that my Polish father trained as a commando in Scotland in WW2. He was an expert marksman and demolition trained.

It wasn't until a couple of years before he died that I found out that he had also served for three years in the German Army as a conscript and was trained by them as a sniper, before deserting and escaping to Britain.

it has been fascinating to go through the records of this accident and try to arrive at a conclusion as to what actually happened. I think we have reached a point where we can agree that the aircraft did in all probability level out somewhat before it hit the ground. From the evidence available to us, it appears that the pilots were unable to initiate that levelling out, but something clearly did. There is no need to rewrite history and I am grateful for the opportunity to examine these records.
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