Picture of the day.

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Dieppe ..... Canadians

 

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A part of the Cherbourg harbour 1944

 

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Great pic of the Battle. Note the terror-inducing 303 muzzle protruding from the starboard wing leading edge. That'll put the willies up the enemy!

 

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The enemy were probably more afraid of the darned thing falling out of the sky and crashing on them !

A 'Battle' experience by the late Ted Sismore, later of Mosquito fame, was rather 'hairy'. Being flown by a Polish pilot, Ted's Battle went into the bombing tun, which meant Ted had to go down into the lower fuselage to 'sight' the bombs. He had to do this without wearing his chest-pack parachute.
As he clambered back up into the rear cockpit, the pilot, taking evasive action (can't remember if it was from flak or a fighter), rolled the aircraft into a steep turn, which flung Ted out of the cockpit. He managed to hang on to the cockpit sill, and landed back inside when the aircraft rolled level; !!

 

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1937 ... lookin' good

 

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1940 ... Italian POW's

 

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1941 ....

 

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Nice shots...

 

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Women's Land Army ..... Britain

 

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let's do lunch ....

 

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I prefer reading of a newspaper...