Old enemies new friends

Old enemies new friends

A short document with four photographs and text. First photograph - an airman wearing flying suit standing behind the rear turret of a Halifax captioned ': Sgt Jack Bromfield with a 158 Squadron Halifax at Lissett (Jack Bromfield)'. Second photograph - six airmen wearing battledress sitting in line one behind the other. captioned 'The crew of Halifax MZ432/NP-Q taken during their training at 21 Operational Training Unit at Moreton-in-Marsh. From top to bottom; Flg Off Arthur Robertson RCAF pilot, Flg Off Gar Cross RCAF bomb aimer, Flt Sgt Tom Laurie RAF navigator, WO2 Gerry Marion RCAF mid-upper gunner, Sgt Jack Bromfield RAF wireless operator, Flt Sgt Ed Rae RCAF rear gunner. The man missing from the line-up is Sgt George Dacey RAF, the flight engineer, who failed to bale out and lost his life. (Jack Bromfield)'. Third photograph - full face portrait of a Lufrwaffe pilot with knights cross. Captioned 'Hauptman Heinz Rökker Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, Ju.88 pilot with NJG2 based at Twente in Holland, who shot down Jack’s Halifax and ended the war with a total of 65 victories. (Heinz Rökker)". Last photograph - contemporary iamge of two elderly gentlemen in civilian dress taken in a war cemetery. Captioned 'July 2004, over 59 years after the shoot-down, and Heinz Rökker and Jack Bromfield enjoy each other’s new-found friendship during a visit to the Sage War Cemetery near Oldenburg. (Steve Bond)'.

2004-07

Two page document with three b/w and one colour photograph

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