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Trolly Aux – This the one ? (Courtesy of:- http://www.in-touch.ukvet.net/121/121old.htm )
OLD AIRFIELD
by W Scott ex -630 Squadron
No. 630 Squadron was formed on 15th November 1943, at East Kirkby (codename Silksheen), near Spilsby, Lincolnshire , and remained based there throughout its existence. Equipped with Lancasters , it formed part of No. 5 Group and between 18/19th November 1943 and 25th April 1945, took part in many major raids, including each of the 16 big raids made by Bomber Command on the German capital during what became known as the “Battle of Berlin”.
I lie here, still, beside the hill
Abandoned long to Natureās will.
My buildings down. My people gone.
My only bounds, the wild birdās song.
But my mighty birds will rise no more.
No more I hear the Merlins roar.
And never now my bosom feels
The pounding of their giant wheels.
From the ageless hill their voices cast
Thunderous echoes of the past.
And still in lonely reverie
Their great dark wings sweep down on me.
Laughter, sorrow, hope and pain,
I shall never know these things again.
Emotions that I came to know
Of strange young men so long ago.
Who knows as evening shadows meet
Are they with me still, a phantom fleet?
And do my ghosts still stride unseen
Across my face so wide and green?
And in the future should structures tall
Bury me beyond recall
I shall still remember them,
My metal birds, and long-dead men.
Now weeds grow high, obscure the sky.
O remember me when you pass by.
For beneath this tangled, leafy screen
I was your home, your friend āSilksheenā.
The poem contributed by Freda Carnell
Geoff.
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