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Red Alert in Digby
Mr.Snell talks about being sent to Digby after the Battle of Britain and the roles the ground crew played to get the flight crews ready for missions while on Red Alert.
Lone bomber attack on the airbase
Mr. Snell recalls witnessing a lone bomber attacking his base on two occasions.
Offensive Strike
Mr. Snell talks about being rotated onto a base after Digby and recalls an offensive strike that occurred there.
405 Squadron
Mr. Snell describes basic duties of the ground crew, and the responsibility he had becoming a Sergeant at the age of 21.
Pathfinders
Mr. Snell talks about the pathfinders and the accomplishments of their missions.
Dangers of Bombing Operations
Mr. Snell talks about the 157 airplanes and 900 air crew lost in three years, and the danger of the bombing operations over Berlin.
D-Day reflections
Mr. Snell talks about what the atmosphere was like just prior to D-Day, and one of the big events for bomber command post D-Day.
Post War Reflections
Mr. Snell reflects on whether the war was worth the amount of lives lost, and the relationships between the crew.
Transportation on the airbase
Mr.Snell talks about how the air crew used bicycles for transportation around the base.
Dangerous Night Patrols
Night patrols were essential operations but were always dangerous. Mr. Nickerson describes his first experiences on a night wire-laying patrol.
Were You Scared?
Generally, fear was not a topic of discussion in the trench at the front line. But, according to Mr. Nickerson, it was very much a part of everyone's experience.
North of the 38th
By late summer of 1951, the PPCLI had moved north of the 38th parallel and the fighting had become a static war. Mr. Nickerson describes the fortifications that were constructed at this point in the war.
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