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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 27, 2018 14:33:39 GMT 12
This episode is a conversation in the Whangarei RSA with Jack Davis, a Welshman living in Whangarei who joined the Royal Air Force and became a Wireless Operator-Air Gunner. He was posted onto No. 429 Squadron RCAF who were equipped with Handley Page Halifax bombers. He was shot down and became a POW in Stalag IV-B at Muhlberg. He managed to escape but was recaptured. We also hear from Colin Brown, who was Jack’s neighbour and had come to the sit in on the conversation. Colin was a Wireless Mechanic in the RNZAF during WWII, and he worked with the Hawker Hinds of No. 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, Grumman Avengers of No. 31 Squadron, and the fighters of the Fighter Gunnery School at Gisborne, as well as working on Catalinas. Here's the link:www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2018/04/jack-davis/Jack Davis
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