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Visit to Normandy – July 2010

May 28, 2011 – 5:41 pm

This year’s trip was always going to have the opportunity to be special ever since earlier in the year when I’d received an email from Jesse Sheppard (Grandson of Morris Sheppard, one of the “names” in the Shed). The anticipation was increased once it also looked as ‘though Jim, Jesse’s father & Morris’ son would […]

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Visit to Normandy – July 2009

May 28, 2011 – 5:20 pm

Friday 24th July Flt Lt John Worthington Harder We (Glyn, Benoît (our translator – local lad interested in local history & with very good English) and me) set out on our 2 hour drive (having driven over 8 to get to “the Shed” the day before!) down to Evron, the town where John had crashed […]

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Lots of input, today!

May 28, 2011 – 5:17 pm

Have spent most of the first day of this, so far, rainy bank holiday typing up information on the pages to the site. Lots of stuff gone through & now moving on to those guys that I have lots of information about

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