Norfolkred1
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Per Ardua Ad Astra
Blue skies Johnny.
Blue skies Johnny.
PLACE OF GHOSTS
Listen, listen can you hear
That whispered sound so very slight
And feel again a long shed fear
As day gives way to moonless night
See beyond those misted trees
Weed choked and crazed our ruined bay
Where power surged on nightly breeze
And I hear again this fading day
Surely I am not alone
To sense and feel the pulsing air
And now a rising higher tone
And look I see them over there.
Numbers more than ever seen
I count them as they pass me by
Shadows tipped in red and green
Myriad pin points pr!ck the sky
Don't you hear, can't you see
Think and you will understand
These sights and sounds can only be
The passing of the lost command
I have and it was. It always reminds of the postscript at the end of 'No Moon Tonight' by Don Charlwood where he returns to Elsham Wolds years after WW2 to find it derelict and deserted with his hut used to store bags of fertiliser. He struggles to put it into the context of the intensity of his operational days during the war. The book is about Charlwood's time with 103 Sqdn at Elsham Wolds, the crew's survival of a 30 op tour, the first 103 crew to survive a full tour for 9 months.You've posted that before, haven't you?
Was it written by a tail gunner?
Apologies chap.Per Ardua Ad Astra
Blue skies Johnny.