Roughly 50/50 wasn't it for bomber command aircrew?
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Roughly 50/50 wasn't it for bomber command aircrew?
Dogtrousers
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glasgowcyclist
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Dogtrousers
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How awful.
Seems like neither Dodd senior nor junior had much luck keeping their dogs alive.
All uphill
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Ken Dodd's dad's dog's sadly passed.
Accy cyclist
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They still had their flag and bunting up yesterday in this newsagents @stephec.
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God bless 'em. 😊
Petrichorwheels
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yes - pretty much as I recall - there was a certain statistical AVERAGE as to how many missions you would survive - and as I recall at one point, due to shortages, the american bomber crews flying out of the UK had their "tour of duty" extended to a number of missions beyond that average. Not unaturally a certain gloom descended on them at that point, and maybe a bit of wild living - and why not?
Now and again I have heard the odd person saying that the bomber crews were cowards for dropping explosives from a great height as if they were somehow in a bubble. Only someone ignorant of history and facts could say this.
Petrichorwheels
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They still had their flag and bunting up yesterday in this newsagents @stephec.
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is that your pic and banana?
Accy cyclist
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Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
I'm not going to take them down, at least not for a while yet. Quite a few of the flags and bunting I posted pics of in post 210 are still up and the idiot neighbour who said the SAS killed Princess Diana after being given the nod by the Queen did his usual come outside for a ciggie when I drive up in my car, then keep looking over for a reaction stuff, last night. He's an absolute idiot and a coward who sees me as an easy and justifiable target, in his sick mind, so fark him, the flag stays up..... just for him.
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I was only 3 when the coronation took place, so like you remember nothing. But I do remember when I was at school a few years later. I must have been 6 or 7. The Queen was expected to drive past the school. We were all made to stand in the playground, looking over the wall. In time, a parade of cars went past, but so quickly, we didn't really see anything.
Petrichorwheels
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not sure whether that was more a drag for you lot or scary for the queen.
