- Contributed by听
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- People in story:听
- Bernard Underwood
- Location of story:听
- East Bergholt, Suffolk
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4658853
- Contributed on:听
- 02 August 2005
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You might imagine that the sound of a piston engine overhead would keep a child awake. Not me! For years, it was a sound that would lull me to sleep.
I was born in 1942, so my memories of the war are very sketchy. But I do remember living at our home in East Bergholt, 21 miles from the US air base at Wenham and Raydon Aerodrome, near Ipswich in Suffolk. I always remember the sound of the fighter Mustangs and Thunderbolts -- US craft -- taking off and landing as I went to sleep and woke up in the morning. It was the soundtrack of the war for me.
For years, the sounds of a piston engine plane reminded me of war. It was almost comforting.
FOR ANOTHER OF MY STORIES, TAP "MY THOUGHTS AT THREE" INTO THE SEARCH ENGINE.
THIS STORY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PEOPLE'S WAR WEBSITE BY JOHN YOUNG, OF 大象传媒 SOUTH EAST TODAY, ON BEHALF OF BERNARD UNDERWOOD. MR UNDERWOOD UNDERSTANDS THE SITE'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
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