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Old 29-03-19, 13:56
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Hi All

I found this video as one of the most moving events I can remember and brings us to the brink of sharing the event with the actual participants who were part of this event.

Notice in the opening shot you'll see the gunner's position, it is all shot to hell while the pilot's cockpit ahead of it is undamaged. Later on notice the corpsman taking a fingerprint of the deceased gunner, before the film continues, then showing the chaplain saying the final prayers, followed by taps, then the sailors push the aircraft and our patriotic airman over the side and watch it sink into the distance sea. Here's one for a serious conversation with your kids.

THIS WAS REAL!

This is what 18 year old "kids" were doing in 1944. No safe spaces, no hurtful unthinkable remarks that they couldn't cope with, just dying for their country so the ungrateful, uninformed people of today could act like fools decades later...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ jpt6Bvr2L-s?rel=0&controls=0&s howinf

"LEST WE FORGET"

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Old 29-03-19, 22:07
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Hello Tony,

I have seen this footage before, very moving indeed. In fact I have seen it several times as it so gripping.

See http://www.loyceedeen.org/ for more background on this aviator, the 23 year old Loyce Edward Deen, an Aviation Machinist Mate (Gunner) 2nd Class enlistee from Altus, Oklahoma.



PS: I was not sure which youtube video you tried to link, but here are several versions of it:
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ry=jpt6Bvr2L-s
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ce+Edward+Deen

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Old 30-03-19, 02:04
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Hi Hanno

Thank you for the link to Machinist/Gunner. Loyce Edward DEEN. USNR. I agree with the sentiments and his story is only one of millions of servicemen and civilians killed in WW2. Including from our small town of Hillegome under German occupation for 5 years. I have just finished reading a book about Hillegome under occupupation.

The Loyce Edward DEEN story will be a story I use in the next edition of our club, WVCG Magazine "BARTREAD" which I produce. Good to hear from you again, it's been a while. All the best to you.

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