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I wrote the following,let me explain more fully.
“Exactly that. Why do we want this thing anyway? It and its chums were responsible for countless thousands of civilian deaths,lets restore or renovate something that put the Luftwaffe where it belonged like the Goodwins or 30feet underground preferably with their crews.”
Why do we want this thing anyway.
As pointed out the war ended 68 years ago which is exactly my age. I was born while my mother was being cleaned up as a result of a near miss by a V2. My whole family who were not away fighting had to endure years of terror from nightly bombing on London. Two died in air raids and my aunt ended up losing a leg and then her mind as a result. My Grandfather was in a Heavy Rescue Squad which left him more affected than his 4 years of fighting in WW1. This was mainly due to pulling the bodies of 2 little girls out a bombed house bit by bit. Londoners did not crack but they came close. Growing up and listening to the stories gave me an insight into the hatred that we had for the Nazi regime and those who bombed us. There was an extreme pride in those who defended us at great cost to themselves. When I left school and went to work I joined the Civil Service and worked in Whitehall. It was policy to employ a certain percentage of wounded ex servicemen. I struck up a friendship with a Jewish Sgt Pilot who was shot down by a Dornier he was attacking. He lost an ear a hand and one side of his face was melted despite the best attempts at plastic surgery then available.As you can imagine with his injury and the fact that 6 million jews died he was hardly sympathetic to Germany.
“lets restore or renovate something that put the Luftwaffe where it belonged”
Why not, something like a Wellington(their are enough bits about if we can get our act together) I would have a great interest in that as it is the first aircraft my father flew on ops. Also make a display of some of the countless exhibits in the reserve store.
It was asked why am I on this forum at all. The answer is simple I have a passion for allied aircraft and their history. My father finished ops on B24’s(178 squadron) before moving on to testing Halifax’s.
I hate and detest everything from the 3rd reich and those that supported it and have little sympathy for those that died. That is not to say that I hate todays Germans, I don’t they like most of us did not live through those times and most I am sure that some of the deeds are forgotten with lessons learned.
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