Story of Jeffrey Ralf Ings (Royal Air Force)
Jeffrey was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire on 23 July 1921. He joined the Royal Air Force as a boy entrant. Initially, he served as bomber ground crew but was later transferred over to RAF Bomb Disposal. After D-Day, he served in Bomb Disposal in France, Belgium and Germany. He loved the role and would have joined for life. After the end of hostilities, he was involved in clearing German munitions. At Lubeck, he was supervising a line of German prisoners/ex-servicemen who were loading surplus munitions for disposal at sea when a bomb exploded. The fuses had not been removed from some bombs. Many... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Text |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
| Schlagwörter: | British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / Air Force / Air Raid / Armed Forces / BAOR / Belgian / Belgium / Bomb / Bombed / Bombing / Bombing raids / Bombs / Britain / British / British Army / British Army of the Rhine / Churchill / Civilian / Civilians / D-Day / Europe / European / France / French / German / Germany / Health / Healthcare / Home Front / Hospital / King / Letter / Letters / Medal / Medic / Medical / Medical Services / Medicine / Military / Monarch / Norway / Norwegian / POW / POWs / Photo |
| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28929395 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25914394.v1 |
