BBCNEWS We Were There June 4, 2024 20:51:00
It was a big ammunition dump and a factory. it had been french, but taken over by the germans. i was in the front of the aircraft, i happened to look up and there was a little flicker of light and i shouted "combat", unintelligible, which meant there was a combat between a fighter and a lancaster. i couldn't see it but it was up there somewhere. so, right boys, keep your eyes skinned. and the gunners, we'd get our guns and whizz the target around and focus on it and see if we could see something. and it was just like that. we came back, we were in the dining hall, four empty tables. because of...