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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
That's seriously tragic....my grandfather (fathers side) I never met, he was an engineer on a ship carrying ammunition which disappeared whilst sailing alone during the early days of WWII. One can only imagine the cause and hope it was a swift end.
Now my old man was a lucky bugga, he sailed throughout the Spanish troubles then WWII without a scratch despite being aboard the first ship to be bombed (Barcelona), Last one to leave Marseilles, Dunkirk, D-Day, Arctic Convoys (one of which was the only one to sail without an armed escort).
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Lucky indeed, some harsh theatres there, the odds certainly weren't in his favour.