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First time I waved at a German gunner pilot

by Anna Jones, Learning Project Manager

Contributed by听
Anna Jones, Learning Project Manager
People in story:听
Susannah Swan
Location of story:听
Mottingham, London SE9
Background to story:听
Civilian
Article ID:听
A4981809
Contributed on:听
11 August 2005

"This story was submitted to the People's War site by Anna Jones of the 大象传媒 on behalf of Susannnah Swan and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions"

It was the 20 January 1943 and I was lying in bed at a friend's house. We were both in bed with 'flu. The air raid siren went and my friend called out to me: "Are you going to get up?" And I replied "No - I feel too ill." Suddenly there was a dreadful roaring sound - like 10 or 12 planes - it sounded like a big air raid. My friend shouted "Come on, we've got to go to the shelter." She rushed out and I followed her more slowly. I took longer to get onto the patio and once there I suddenly saw a plane come towards me - rooftop high - and I put my arm in the air and waved at it. I saw the pilot loooking at me from the cockpit and he smiled at me and waved back. Then he turned the plane and I saw the swastika. I said to my friend "I've only been waving at a German bomber."
Later that day he dropped his bomb on a school in Catford.

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