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If anything he jumped up to not get booked for going down.

Clear and Obvious is apparently what VAR is for. Neither the lad on the ball or the other Wolves player slightly behind the play even claimed for a penalty. They don't want VAR to be reffing the game they say. VAR isn't the problem, it's the...

@Rita_Poon You gave a 'wow' to my accont of the attack on Manston on 14th August 1940. Of the two crews shot down, only one survived, Ewald Schank. I tracked him down in the 1980s, and he very kindly gave me this account of his being shot down...

Am amazing experience. Berlin is a wonderful city.

Berlin was a really cool place. The allied powers (France, US, Russians and Brits) took turns guarding him 1 month at a time. I did one month at Spandau. He died about 6 months later and they were worried that Spandau would become a shrine to...

How have I missed that one if you've mentioned it before! I bet it was a fascinating eye-opening deployment/posting.

Berlin, Spandau Prison 1986. I was doing guard detail. He was gardening. We were told not to speak with him, but as I was walking past he said something to me in German, I didn’t understand him at the time but it was something about flowers. I...

Former warder Spandau

This could be the greatest set up ever...

You can't leave it there! How, where etc etc

Argentina.Taps nose.

Publisher announced it today. Here's the link to their website: https://wingleader.co.uk/books/zerstorer/ And the publicity blurb if you do not want to click on the link:

No Rudolf

On a serious note, this is the account I received from Sgt Townshend of 600 Squadron who was based at Manston during the Battle of Britain: This is the attack on Manston airfield on 14th August 1940: “Once again we were blessed with good weather...

I must have seen the same game, I thought he had won a raffle to play. Absolutely awful. He did OK though.