Many thanks to all who came along to our meeting in September when our fellow member, Joe Marshall, gave us an illustrated talk covering the background to the incident at the height of the Battle of Britain in early September 1940 when a damaged Hurricane made an emergency landing at the abandoned Stow Maries WW1 aerodrome. His talk included the subsequent RAF service life of the lucky Hurricane pilot as well as a poignant letter home from (potentially) one of the young opposing Luftwaffe pilots—many thanks Joe, much appreciated!This is how the aerodrome would have looked to the Hurricane pilot in 1940 except that there would have been at least two WW1 hangars which were damaged later in WW2. The red arrow indicates what I believe to be the searchlight base referred to in the pilot's report after he had landed, where perhaps, sweet tea and a bun were offered as well as a Woodbine no doubt!

The next illustrated talk will be about Operation Exodus & Dodge by Chris Samson and fellow member David Gillespie. These operations were put in place to airlift and repatriate thousands of Allied POWS as their camps were overrun by the Allied Armies.

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