Rest In Peace
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Rest In Peace
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Good to see that the RAF were getting aircraft up for this. I expect the Dutch will also have done them proud; they have long and accurate memories of the UK Armed Forces' efforts in WW2.
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The Dutch Remember
I was at Laabruch on the 50th Remembrance Day after the end end of WWII. The Dutch had a child with a flower at EVERY war grave in the Netherlands, for the service. An enormous undertaking and very well done!
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"Pilot: Flight Sergeant Hugh Barton-Smith, 26, a chemist from Sutton Coldfield
Navigator: Flight Sergeant Kenneth Wakefield, 20, a clerk born in Derby
Air bomber: Sergeant Leonard Moss, 28, from New Zealand
Flight engineer: Sergeant John Victor Robinson, 23, whose service record lists him as a "scholar" before joining up
Wireless operator: Sergeant Peter Sharman, 20, a clerk from Liverpool
Mid upper gunner: Flight Sergeant Edward Frederick Talbot, 30, a milkman from London
Rear Gunner: Flight Sergeant Glen Allen Smith, 24, from New Zealand"
Gentlemen, thank-you for your sacrifice. You died so I can sit here and type this without looking over my shoulder.
Rest easy.
Navigator: Flight Sergeant Kenneth Wakefield, 20, a clerk born in Derby
Air bomber: Sergeant Leonard Moss, 28, from New Zealand
Flight engineer: Sergeant John Victor Robinson, 23, whose service record lists him as a "scholar" before joining up
Wireless operator: Sergeant Peter Sharman, 20, a clerk from Liverpool
Mid upper gunner: Flight Sergeant Edward Frederick Talbot, 30, a milkman from London
Rear Gunner: Flight Sergeant Glen Allen Smith, 24, from New Zealand"
Gentlemen, thank-you for your sacrifice. You died so I can sit here and type this without looking over my shoulder.
Rest easy.
