Hi. Its a while since I jpined you and I thought of reselliing myself. Ken Garner here, 82 years young. Ex Army, (Ack Ack). Then joined the Royal...
Hi. I remember WW2, I was 9 when it started. I lived in Grimsby, which had a large dockland and we were targeted. We were close to the docks and...
I havn't seen any mention of the German butterfly bombs which were scattered over Grimsby (My home town) Cleethorpes and to a smaller extent,...
Hi Erich. The butterfly bombs dropped on one night only and that was June 1943. At eighty, the memory is not so good, I may be a month or two...
Hi. I've browsed through the forums and found no mention of the Butterfly Bomb. The towns chosen by the Germansfor this new weapon were, my home...
While on National Service 1949, we were firing the Sten. We were instructed NOT to use the magazine as a hold, but to curl the thumb round the...
This poem was credited to Richard Hillary, but was written by a Canadian, John Magee. Oh: I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the...
You woudn't see in this scale, but nets were strung across the beams to catch aircraft in trouble. All aircraft carriers had them. Ken
The front and rear engines are the same rotation, but having one engine fiited in reverse, you will automatically get opposite rotation without...
Wrong on two points. The Bren bipod was often moved forward to adjust the rate of fire, moving the bipod uncovered an adjuster in which a round...
There were more than a thousand dropped on Grimsby and Cleethorpes. From the number of containers found, it was estimated that about 2,500 were...
The leaf on the top left hand ribbon is the "Mentioned in Despatches" clip. Ken
The 'butterfly' bomb was used against Grimsby (My home town) and its neighbour Cleethorpes. It was used against one other town but this was not...
The Roc turned to be a flop, as was the BP Defiant. They were both under powered, too heavy and too slow. The Roc was relegated to target...
Hi. I grew up during the war. I was nine when it started, looked on as an adventure, I was too young to realise all the heart break and misery...
Hi. If you equate mm to inches, it gives a better indication of size. 75mm = 3 inches 88mm = 3.5 inches But that extra 1/2" give much heavier...
Hi I was just nine wwhen it started, I remember quite a lot of it.
In the Royal Artillery (NS) I fired the Enfield and the Sten. My Enfield was zero'd to me as I was in the Regimental team, we missed going to...
Back again. I noticed the reference to "Danger UXB". The butterfly bomb was definately not handled as shown in the series. The bombs were...
I actually fired a Sten in 1948 while training in the RA. We were told of two problems, one, it was over sensitive, one of us was told to hold at...
