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- morpethadultlearning
- People in story:Ìý
- Albert Bishton
- Background to story:Ìý
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4494594
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 20 July 2005
It was a few days after D-Day, 1944, and my mission was to go to Caen and bomb the German stronghold which was holding up the advance. Down on the ground I could see the Red Cross and, as I turned, I saw the naval battle ships firing at the Germans. I looked up and straight ahead I saw the Americans flying across the Channel. It was the greatest thing I saw during the whole war.
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