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Under the Enemy Sky (Paperback)
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Under the Enemy Sky (Paperback)
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List price R402
Loot Price R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
You Save R79 (20%)
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My granddaughter was studying recent history at school, a year or
two back and the course of her studies were embracing the events of
the Second World War; Classroom activities included an exhibition
of War time photos and relics, that might be gathered together and
I was incumbent on relatives etc, familiar with the era, to see
what they might have in the loft! I was able to contribute a Tin
hat (steel helmet in modern day parlance) and a gas mask, both
inherited from my Father who was a stalwart member of the A. R. P
at that time. More about the A. R. P later. I was also asked to
provide a brief account of my re-collections of the period, which,
no doubt, would be included in any essays on the subject to
complete her studies. I later realised that I was 5 years of age in
1939 and 11 years when the conflict finally ended in 1945, there
was also the 'benefit' of living in Croydon, for most of the
duration, I might have a great deal more to recall than this brief
summary for the classroom, on two sheets of paper. I began to
realise that memories, long forgotten, buried in time, were coming
to the fore and if she was writing an essay. I might be able to
write a book. In those early days my home town was near enough
centre stage to much of the aerial action during the Battle of
Britain and the ongoing conflict, above our heads, over the years.
The area endured endless overflying of enemy raiders, attacking
targets near and far, night and day, and was at the receiving end
of attacks from V 1 and V 2 capons during the later stages of the
War; it was also an area to witness the responding hordes of Allied
bombers as they over flew us, from bases far inland, reaching out
to targets in the Nazi heartland. I set about writing this account
in earnest.
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