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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 6:20 pm
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Originally Posted by Trumpkin
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the Lancaster bomber and only a few mentions of the Spitfire.
I would have but did not want to display my British bias. My father-in-laws job during WWII was to "bomb-up" the Lancasters. He told me many stories about loading bombs on Lancasters to "give Jerry a dose of his own medicine". Similar stories with Spitfires but he did not have as much to do with them. My mother's father was in the home guard and manned the anti-aircraft guns at Liverpool docks and Preston Docks. He claims to have shot down two Jerry planes.
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