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Steve and the Short Sunderland
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They were great blokes weren’t they? Proper men, and they were all around us when we were growing up. The reason I chose it is they were doing the same job as my uncle: hunting U-boats. They did it from the air in Sunderland flying boats and Fred did it from the surface as Able-Seaman on a Destroyer: Anti-Submarine Warfare. One of Fred’s medals is the Atlantic Star and for the most part that is where he fought the war in the South-Western Approaches. It may have took his life but the submarine that did for him was eventually sunk by aircraft from RAF Coastal Command. Just like those in the film.
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JH: “They were great blokes weren’t they?” Were indeed Steve.
They were great blokes weren’t they? Proper men, and they were all around us when we were growing up. The reason I chose it is they were doing the same job as my uncle: hunting U-boats. They did it from the air in Sunderland flying boats and Fred did it from the surface as Able-Seaman on a Destroyer: Anti-Submarine Warfare. One of Fred’s medals is the Atlantic Star and for the most part that is where he fought the war in the South-Western Approaches. It may have took his life but the submarine that did for him was eventually sunk by aircraft from RAF Coastal Command. Just like those in the film.
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JH: “They were great blokes weren’t they?” Were indeed Steve.