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I remember the odd German bomber that had been brought down and was in reasonable repair- that is, if it wasn’t bent out of recognition — they used to put them on show, and as children we were allowed in the cockpits!

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Becky Barugh of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Peter Roberts and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

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• My Mother wouldn’t have that!
• Fire-Watching and other jobs
• That’s how it was done then
• They were machine-gunning us!
• Watching the prisoners
• A much healthier option
• Make-shift weapons

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