Tribute song to men of Bomber Command

[motto]

Well worth watching Marc, Terry Kelly does an excellent job of story telling.
As you say, most moving.

David

[Marc Montgomery]

Question for pilot Bergeron... were you involved with the recent B-17 flight to St Hubert??

[Tony Wheeler]

Thanks one and all for the posts, some moving tribute songs there which I hadn't heard before. Terrible injustice these men of Bomber Command have suffered and immensely gratifying to see the Memorial unveiled at last with so many veterans in attendance.

Reading Grant Luhrs 'Full Moon Tonight' lyrics reminded me of a Desert Air Force song which I thought may be of interest here. It's an ode to the Kittyhawk titled 'Abide With Me' and written to the tune of the well known hymn of that name, most apt here and always worth hearing itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLMbHttVbp4

No idea who penned it originally and this copy in my father's handwriting only came to light in recent times. Evidently it was written during his time with 3 Sqn RAAF and relates to the Tunisian campaign. During this period 3 Sqn flew hundreds of sorties over Gabes, a heavily defended German stronghold on the coast of Tunis. These were dive bombing and strafing missions against Rommel's Afrika Corps, often approached at low level over sea, and definitely not somewhere to put down through engine failure.


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At the close of the North Africa campaign 3 Sqn was re-equipped with the Kittyhawk Mk IIa (P40L) and continued campaigning through Sicily and Italy. Dad's a/c was G for George, pictured below in southern Italy. More pics if there's interest although may need to start a P40 thread - not sure that's permitted on MLU!


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[Marc Montgomery]

fabulous photos and a video of Canada's Lancaster in flight this week over England.. wow

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...er-bomber.html