Armed at all times
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Armed at all times
While we were there, all the ground crew were armed with a rifle.
It was a pump Lee Enfield or a Wasp, it was pretty antiquated.
We wore bandoliers of, of ammunition, we had a gas mask,
a gas cape, and a steel helmet that we wore. And that's the way
we went out to do our work, on the airplane.The idea was that
we were, would defend the airport if there was an invasion,
which at that time was really a possibility and really a concern.
I'm not quite sure what people like myself could have done with
limited training, I think I'd fired ten rounds out of a Lee
Enfield rifl. I kept it clean and ready to go. That year we were
purportedly ready to defend the airport if there was an invasion
or an attack. And for the, practically the whole time I was there
that was the routine, you go to work complete with rifle,
ammunition, gas cape and gas mask, and helmet.
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