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As I said before my name is vectusian.
I was born in 1934 at Cowes of a Ship yard Rivetter and a Housewife. While I do not recall anything until the Battle of Britain. It was at this time that my parents would take the car, as they did
have one out of Cowes up into the Downs
(or I should say the rolling hill country) outside of Newport to watch
the hundreds of German planes flying over head to drop there bombs somewhere
on the Mainland.To me it was a days fun, you see I was only 5years old
and had no idea how bad things where back then. Around this period of time
we when up into the chillerton
downs one day. There sitting on the side of the road was this Aeroplane
with all its German Markings. I am not 100% sure but thinking what I saw that day I believe it to be a messerschmit 109.While at some time later I heard my father say to some one that the pilot was a huge man and that he had crashed landed his plane and
askedto be made a prisoner. This would have happened early in the war.
Another occasion was in our home in Cowes, the house was one of three stories, The attic as I called it had windows looking out overthe lower part of Cowes down towards the main shops.
I was playing up there with my toys
when I heard planes, I climbed up
on the window ledge in time to see
two planes one English and the other
German flying roof top high. I have no idea who was chasing who as It was all over in minutes. When I reflexon this insident I often think to my self I must
have been very lucky that I didn't
get a bullet from one or the other.
Thinking back It was just a big game.
There was only one other occasion that
I watched a plane and this was at night,
flying over heading for the sea and it was on fire from the nose to it's tail.
It crashed I believe quite close to the shore at a place called "Egypt Point"
and nothing was ever found.
Cowes itself was a hive of activity as It was the marshalling area for the convoys. Once again it was fun my parents meet a sailor who was on board
a vessel that took the ballons out to the ships I was lucky if you can call it
that to be part of the crew, even if it was in this man's cabin,I thought this was neat. I really do not remember being scared at all. All of this took place around the early part of the war.
I will come back and tell you some of the other things I remember about the war.

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