RAF Bradwell Bay commander was Colditz PoW and Douglas Bader's friend
IT’S one of those stories that you just couldn’t make up and, even if you did, no one would really believe you. It might read a bit like an idea for a TV drama, but the difference, on this occasion at least, is it is all absolutely true. For me the events start at the altar of the ancient parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Burnham-on-Crouch. Picture the scene. It is Saturday, June 22, 1946, and the vicar, the Rev Williams, is conducting one of a number of post-war wedding ceremoni...
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