Five Brothers and a War

Operation Manna/Chowhound

Sgt. Ken Wood, a rear gunner remembered, "People were everywhere—on the streets, on the roofs, leaning out of windows. They all had something to wave with; a handkerchief, a sheet—it was incredible." Flight Sergeant Gibson wrote, "I will always remember seeing 'Thank you Tommy' written on one of the roofs" and recalls, "those flights were a beautiful experience, it was as if we brought the liberation closer to reality."

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Joe English, a very young Canadian pilot participated it the first day's operation. Joe was flying bombers before he got his drivers license. He said afterward that "My crew were first over the drop site. We had flown out over the North Sea. My recollection of the Dutch trip was that we flew out in very nice sunny weather and there definitely was a holiday atmosphere right from the beginning of the briefing we received. All of us were very happy that we could be a part of something like a Red Cross

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