By Jim Hollands On the morning of 27 November 1942 an English train driver and a German pilot set off to work. By the end of the day one of them would be dead!
Tag: Dieppe Raid
Dieppe Raid runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. The trail includes “The Engine that Brought Down a German Bomber” and “Jimper’s War”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account.
Jimper’s War
I was born in World War Two so my own recollections of the times are limited but the vivid descriptions of incidents that were witnessed by my mum and dad and recited to me many times, remain indelible in my mind.