PART 3 BAILED OVER BELGIUM – Taffy’s Account We took off about 10:00 p.m. with 22 other aircraft and joined the main bomber stream of about 150 planes and flew at 6000 feet to the English coast after which we climbed to our bombing height of 14,000 feet. The flight to the target was quiet, […]
BAILED OVER BELGIUM – PART 2 When he learned that the American Army was approaching Bill Robertson knew that his liberation was at hand. He could see Jerry troops passing through in trucks, by horse drawn wagon or by shanks mare as they withdrew. One of the most surprising occurances for Bill was to see […]
BAILED OVER BELGIUM PART 1 In His 94th year, World War Two veteran William (Robbie) Robertson, a member of the Memory Project, finds November to be his busiest month of the year. “I have to pace myself”, he told me, as he is much in demand during our month of Remembrance. Robertson had signed up […]
Life on the Farm Mother did most of the gardening and I helped her. Andrew and I ploughed the garden with oxen. We raised cattle and sheep. We drove the animals to Fort Stewart where we bartered them at the General store. Father came along in the horse and buggy. He would buy a package […]
