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Gewgown Acton RES People in the war years really cared I have come up with some items that bring back memories and voices from the past A few months ago a young colleague of mine was heading off to Zimbabwe for merly Rhodesia with his wife chil dren to teach school there They t know a soul in that part of Africa I bad a bought which occurs every so often Mark I told I have an old wartime fried who lived in Rhodesia dig up bis address and maybe be can at least give you some tips on life there So I went up to my old war Iogbookandthereitwas Unfortunately Eton McGlbbon lived In Bulawayo not Salisbury to which Mark was posted However I gave him the address and a note to my old friend There was every likelihood that he was dead or had moved or had got out of the country as so many white did when a black takeover seemed inevit able And the other day while I was having lunch a member of our staff was reading a letter from Mark wife It turned out that theyd been sent to not Salisbury She described conditions pretty grim curfews house searches for insurgents and so on and the letter said And we re going for a picnic on Sunday with Bill Smileys old air force friend You could have knocked me down with a Spitfire I t heard from Mac since opposite of the present wedge cap tilled IMS when we were both incarcerated in prison camp Wed been on the same Typhoon In Normandy where I knew him slightly He been shot down shortly after I was and Joined by a wounded Australian Frank Land we wound up as a trio doing a train Journey all over Germany first to a camp oc cupied by British and New Zealand veterans of Cyprus then to an interroga tion centre at Frankfurt then off on a long haul across the war torn country to a prison camp where we wound up In the same room in barracks One forms pretty close associations under trying circumstances We did I had a lot of respect for the Id met their courage their cheerfulness their lack of swank And of course they were only colonials so we Canadians could needle them about that Mac was one of the best of the best As if that weren enough to start the Juices of memory flowing my wife while cleaning out drawers and boxes came across a cache of ancient letters and pic tures that Id forgotten existed There I am Leading Aircraftsman white teeth the only a young fellow can be when he knows hes going to be a fighter pilot And there I am again on a prison camp Identification card complete with num bers and after Id been shot down looking bewildered and any thing but cocky And another photo at another camp front and side view looking 10 years older stubble of beard mean And finally a photo taken soon after release sporting the magnificent handlebar moustache I grown In camp There a picture of Freddy Canadian Eric New Zeabnder and self In front of our tent in Normandy I am the only survivor And another one both leaning against a Spitfires fuselage of two of our gang a motley crowd when we trained in Shropshire to take off and land Spits without killing ourselves Jacques Van der Perren Belgian and Singh Indian Air Force Van escaped when the Germans in vaded Belgium made his way through occupied France got over the mountains into Spain and was thrown in jail for six months He was eventually released got to England Joined the F and was shot down and killed on a mission not far from his home town in Belgium Singh went back to India I heard he was killed flying Hurricanes in Burma We were closer than most brothers The only one of that crowd left is Jack Ryan of Toronto The others were from half the countries in Europe and from all over the then BriUsh Empire Heres a letter written to my mother from Casajus Pascal postmarked M Stammlager Deutschland Its in French Part of it Id men ami Bill votre flls qui dans men and so so HetoMherlwasen in perfect health and tried to reassure her How good of him I dont even remember him although I knew a number of French He ends by saying in French I hope that he himself will be able to write you soon Why couldnt I write then Who was Must dig into tbe memory cells And on they go A letter from my squadron leader describing my last mis sion and holding out nope A letter from a chap in Florida to my parents He listened every night on his short wave radio to lists of Allied prisoners an nounced by the Germans and had caught my name and home address And a happy happy telegram marked Sans Origin and Important from M Squardron Happy to inform you that your son Smiley B is safe rad well as prisoner of war Letter follows A letter of commiseration from my college president when tbe first missing report went out Finally a letter from a chaplain In England So happy to be able to welcome and chat with your son on bis safe arrival In Eng land Dated May 1945 People in those days really cared And Ive only skimmed the surface JUST MOVE INI immaculate bungalow fully finished tower level with bar stove Upgraded tread lot Plus much more Do- in REDUCED TO to schools and This noma hat 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