Paul's School Work

Paul's School Work

My Grandad

Paul's story about his grandfather Ron, being shot down and evading capture.

One handwritten sheet

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

MRidingRH1525125-210923-32

Pauls school work

My Grandad
My Grandad
was in the Raf
and flew in a
Boltimore [sic] and
a Wellington
and a Lancaster
One night at D-Day he was
flying over France after panzer tanks. Suddely [sic] tak tak tak tak
it was ackkac.
The crackling noise of fire came from the engine shes hit said the canadian pilot.
My Grandad bailed out in a parashoot. [sic]
He nearly landed in the river but was blown off course by the wind. Finaly [sic] he landed in a forest next to a panzer tank. Boom Boom but he was in the long grass so they couldn't see him. he ran back in to some trees then he heard foot steps. It was the french resistance They took him [indecipherable word] a boiler. hes safe