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Post by Dave Homewood on May 29, 2011 1:19:12 GMT 12
Something that has always popped up in my mind as a query when I read about the action by P/O Jimmy Ward in climbing onto the wing of WellingtonL7818 to dowse the fire. He had a rope tied around his waist which was fed out by Joe Lawton as a safety rope, but why would a Wellington bomber carry a length of rope? Was this rope removed from the cockpit cover tarpaulin that he was usuing to smother the flames?
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Post by shorty on May 29, 2011 8:56:38 GMT 12
I was always under the impression it was the painter rope from the life raft
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Post by 11SQNLDR on May 29, 2011 11:28:55 GMT 12
The rope supposedly came from the onboard dinghy.
I don't think Ward was ever commissioned was he? He is always known as 'Sgt James Ward VC' & I recall ages ago reading that he was KIA only a few months after his action that earned him the VC & that he never received the medal personally.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 29, 2011 11:47:13 GMT 12
You're right, he was a Sgt, my mistake. And the painter rope makes sense, thanks.
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