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Posts Tagged Lancaster Bomber

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PHILMA RICHARDS; A TASMANIAN MEMOIR

On October 1, 2020   /   Blog   /   6 Comments
Tags: Ascension Four, Cheryl Weeks, Cyril Keith Deed, Lancaster Bomber, Memoir, Philma Richards, Ulverstone
PHILMA RICHARDS; A TASMANIAN MEMOIR

There is something so special about childhood friends, especially if you grew up in the country. Our nearest neighours in 1950s Tasmania were the Richards family. Cheryl and Michael were almost the same age as me and my sister Robbie. We lived on adjoining dairy farms at

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A LANCASTER BOMBER ON CHRISTMAS EVE…..

On September 28, 2020   /   History   /   3 Comments
Tags: Binbook, Cologne, Cyril Keith Deed, Graham Fowler Day, Lancaster Bomber, Oostelbeers, RAAF, WWII
A LANCASTER BOMBER ON CHRISTMAS EVE.....

The crew of Lancaster Bomber PB 255 was made up of six RAAF personnel and an RAF Flight Engineer. The oldest on board was only twenty five, Mid Upper Gunner Cyril Deed, who had enlisted in Hobart early in 1941. He had left a girl behind, Philma

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