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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen
Defending our country, brave guys like this fought the Battle of Britain largely over the county where I grew up. My mother watched a burning Heinkel crash land in fields close by as she worked in a hop garden in that high summer of 1940, aged 12
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All very true.. I'm sure those were difficult days for your Mum and family.
A number of Canadian flew in defense of England too. A number of American's went to Canada and disembarked from there to fight with the English as well. A number of well known American Pilots like Gabby Gabreski, Pilot Officer William ‘Billy’ Fiske and others flew Fighter Aircraft for England.
https://www.historylearningsite.co.u...le-of-britain/
Pilot John Hemingway said he was just lucky to have lived through his experiences. In my experiences, brave and talented people like John Hemingway are always lucky.
