От	badger
К	badger
Дата	29.08.2005 20:58:35
Рубрики	Загадки;

WARD, James Allen (1919-41) b. Wanganui

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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7572/nzvcross.txt

WARD, James Allen (1919-41) b. Wanganui, a school-teacher before the war.
Won the Victoria Cross, in World War Two, in July 1941. He climbed out
along the wing of a Wellington bomber to push a canvas engine cover into a
hole near an engine, to block petrol from keeping a fire going, thereby
saving the crew from having to abandon the aircraft which was returning
from a bombing raid.

Sergeant-Pilot Ward was killed in action two months later, after he had
been given command of a 75 Squadron bomber. He was returning from a raid
on Hamburg when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire, keeping the plane
aloft long enough for his crew to bail out but in the end crashing with it.


Кстати, до войны учитель, пишуть...

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От	badger
К	badger (29.08.2005 20:58:35)
Дата	29.08.2005 21:07:42

Re: WARD, James...

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http://timeframes1.natlib.govt.nz/0_DA-01992.scrn;internal&action=image.action

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От	Моцарт
К	badger (29.08.2005 21:07:42)
Дата	29.08.2005 22:10:21

Ну Баджер, вообщем-то, раскрыл тему УАРДА (-)

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От	badger
К	badger (29.08.2005 20:58:35)
Дата	29.08.2005 21:02:52

Есть, как минимум, несколько картин посвященных данному сюжету

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Вот например:



http://www.eaa.org/education/art/art.html

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