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At This Time Of Rememberence Has Anyone Any One In Their Family, Or Story They Wish To Share?
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<blockquote data-quote="Swarfmonkey" data-source="post: 9017988" data-attributes="member: 144242"><p>I've already mentioned one of my great uncles who sadly didn't make it, so i'll post up a story about one of the others who did (big family on that side, my nan had six brothers who all served).</p><p></p><p>One of them was a pilot in the GPR and somehow managed to beat the odds and survive not just D Day but Arnhem and the Rhine Crossing as well. He had one tale (and I do mean just the one, he'd not say owt else about the war) which he used to regale me and my brothers with when when we were kids that during one of the training flights he'd not only landed in completely the wrong place but way too hard and managed, along with his co-pilot, to exit the glider at fairly high velocity through the nose whilst still strapped into their seats. Luckily they'd not hurt themselves much and they'd landed in a field next to where a bunch of land girls were working, who promptly summoned the farmer. The farmer turned up and seeing my uncle and his co-pilot looking a bit shook up ushered them to the farmhouse and offered them a drink, his own home made cider. The farmer then sent one of the land girls off to the village to make a call to get them collected. By the time transport turned up he and his co-pilot were so utterly hammered they could barely climb up into the back of the truck. I think it made a lasting impression upon him because his wife said that if he even caught a whiff of cider after that he'd go rather green around the gills <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite20" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swarfmonkey, post: 9017988, member: 144242"] I've already mentioned one of my great uncles who sadly didn't make it, so i'll post up a story about one of the others who did (big family on that side, my nan had six brothers who all served). One of them was a pilot in the GPR and somehow managed to beat the odds and survive not just D Day but Arnhem and the Rhine Crossing as well. He had one tale (and I do mean just the one, he'd not say owt else about the war) which he used to regale me and my brothers with when when we were kids that during one of the training flights he'd not only landed in completely the wrong place but way too hard and managed, along with his co-pilot, to exit the glider at fairly high velocity through the nose whilst still strapped into their seats. Luckily they'd not hurt themselves much and they'd landed in a field next to where a bunch of land girls were working, who promptly summoned the farmer. The farmer turned up and seeing my uncle and his co-pilot looking a bit shook up ushered them to the farmhouse and offered them a drink, his own home made cider. The farmer then sent one of the land girls off to the village to make a call to get them collected. By the time transport turned up he and his co-pilot were so utterly hammered they could barely climb up into the back of the truck. I think it made a lasting impression upon him because his wife said that if he even caught a whiff of cider after that he'd go rather green around the gills :ROFLMAO: [/QUOTE]
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