Ultimately, fate had played a hand of course, and Blackburn would survive WW2, whilst the majority of the crew of HMS Jervis Bay would pay the ultimate price, something that he never really got over in his mind, so I am led to believe. "They're a damn good crowd of lads. I'm ver...
We duly embarked, and the Fleet sailed this time to pick up an East bound convoy from Gibraltar. During the enemy action related in the next paragraphs, while we were under heavy air attack, Oggy was one of the gun crew on one of the multiple 2lb guns on the p...
Initially, two bodies were found near the aircraft. Later three members of the crew were buried next to each other in Venlo. Probably the remains have ended up in the coffin of one of the other crew members. Apparently one other crew member was only found later, but he also was buried ...