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A plane at the bottom of my aunt鈥檚 garden

This story comes from 1943. I was in Arbury Road, Cambridge.

The German plane landed at the bottom of Warne Road, on the allotments, at the bottom of my aunt鈥檚 garden. The ground was so soft it glided in and landed softly. That鈥檚 why it was in perfect condition.

I think it was a Dornier, a German bomber. It was fully loaded with bombs, ready to be dropped on London. The crew had baled out somewhere and cut out the engine. I heard this swish of wind overhead.

The army took over her garden so that they could take all the bombs and examine the plane. It was the first plane to land whole in England at that time.

When the army had finished with the plane, my aunt opened up the garden and charged people for cups of tea and to see it. She made a substantial sum for the Red Cross.

I worked at Marshalls in Cambridge on the planes. I lived in Cambridge at the time.

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