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Guarding a Tank in No Man's Land

Mr. Dowie describes guarding a tank for three days in No Man's Land.

Fighting in Ortona

Mr. Dowie describes knocking down a church on Christmas Day in 1943 and then holding a reconciliation supper with the 1st German Parachute Division in 1998 at that same church.

Ortona

Mr. Dowie describes a tactical system they learned while in Ortona which was called "mouse-holing".

Post-War Celebration Gone Bad

Ms. Dufton talks about meeting a soldier at St. Dunstan's Hospital who was wounded during celebrations at the end of the war.

Maturity from war experience

Mr. Ney talks about his return home, and how the war changed him.

Encounters in Bayeux

Mr. Ney tells of two encounters while in the 'free city' of Bayeux.

Encounter with a flak-ship

Mr. Wonnacott discusses an encounter with a flak-ship, and about fear in combat.

Emergency landing

Mr. Wonnacott tells a story of landing the plan in dangerous circumstances caused by dense fog.

Training for a crash landing

Mr. Wonnacott talks about how to escape from a plane in water. He also speaks of the rewards of training others.

Surviving a Crash Landing

Mr. Wonnacott tells the story of crash-landing in the Azores.

Crossing the Atlantic on the Andrea Dora

Mr. Wonnacott talks about crossing the Atlantic in an old, slow ship.

Enlisting with the RCAF

Mr. Wonnacott talks about signing up, and about his early training in Canada.

Date modified:: 2019-02-19