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Anti-rumour and careless talk You forget - but she remembers ...

from The National Archives UK

  • jamica1 said:
    "Keep mum; she's not so dumb" "Loose lips sink ships".

CWAC Celebrating VE-Day London 1945

from Galt Museum & Archives on The Commons

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  • Catch Me Now Photography said:
    Thanks
  • pedro garcia said:
    no war!!!!
  • Corwin's Trumps said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Canadian History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • sue1600 said:
    Cheer for the peace.
  • David Zuñiga said:
    paz !!

VC Book Wing Commander H I Edwards, RAF aircraft in bombing raid Artist Reginald Mount

from The National Archives UK

  • OakRidge said:
    Bristol Blenheim if anyone was wondering.
  • Wing Lam said:
    "Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC, KCMG, CB, DSO, OBE, DFC (1 August 1914 – 5 August 1982) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force, Governor of Western Australia, and an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry “in the face of the enemy” that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Serving as a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force, Edwards was decorated with the Victoria Cross in 1941 for his efforts in leading a bombing raid against the port of Bremen, one of the most heavily-defended towns in Germany. He became the most highly-decorated Australian serviceman of the Second World War."

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  • Wing Lam said:
    "On 4th July, 1941, he led an important attack on the Port of Bremen, one of the most heavily defended towns in Germany. This attack had to be made in daylight and there were no clouds to afford concealment. During the approach to the German coast several enemy ships were sighted and Wing Commander Edwards knew that his aircraft would be reported and that the defences would be in a state of readiness. Undaunted by this misfortune he brought his formation 50 miles overland to the target, flying at a height of little more than 50 feet, passing under high-tension cables, carrying away telegraph wires and finally passing through a formidable balloon barrage. On reaching Bremen he was met with a hail of fire, all his aircraft being hit and four of them being destroyed.

    Nevertheless he made a most successful attack, and then with the greatest skill and coolness withdrew the surviving aircraft without further loss."

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