He dropped food over Holland and repatriated PoWs from Lubeck (see top right), "stealing" officers' newspapers to give to the PoWs!
He talked little about the war. He was very brave and must have been so frightened every night.
8 May 2025
Brave hero - NOT amateur radio
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It's strange how so many servicemen didn't talk about their war experiences. I got into amateur and CB radio in the late 70s as a ten year old.
My granddad was in the Royal Navy during WW2, that's pretty much all I knew until after he died in 1995.
Only after his death did I find out he was a telegraphist on HMS Windsor and spent most of the war in the North Atlantic, North Sea and being part of the Arctic convoys. He never mentioned any of his experiences or even his wireless knowledge.
So many questions I never got to ask him.
Paul
G9PUV
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