When a Junkers 88 German bomber crashed near Blewbury
The crashed Junkers 88 on the Blewbury Downs Very quickly the Blewbury Home Guard were on the scene to apprehend the three German airmen, who had survived the crash. They caused quite a stir at Didcot Police Station a few hours later when they proudly turned up to hand them in. The desk sergeant must have thought that they were pulling his leg when they said that had ‘three German prisoners outside ready to hand over’ and he told them that he would ‘go and get his wife to cook a hot meal for them then’! Nigel Parker, who is the author of 10 Second World War military aeropl...