- Contributed byÌý
- Severn Valley Railway
- People in story:Ìý
- Mrs Clements
- Location of story:Ìý
- Digbeth, Birmingham
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A3912987
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 18 April 2005
A Wellington bomber crashed at the back of our family shop in Digbeth. I was aged 4 at the time and I remember seeing the pilot’s body being lifted out in two pieces by a policeman.
When I was 7 years old I remember Churchill and Montgomery coming past our shop in a jeep.
(This story was submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from Wyre Forest Volunteer Bureau on behalf of Mrs Clements and has been added to this site with her permission. Mrs Clements fully understands the site's terms and conditions.)
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