Fluidr / marlin.357's "ww2" set

WW2 Airmans carving.

N 0 B 793 C 0 E May 30, 2020 F May 30, 2020

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On 19-1-1944 a P 38 Lightning flying from RAF Honiton to RAF Mount Farm in Oxfordshire crashed near Christmas Common, Oxon. The pilot 2nd LT Earl Skiff was killed. An American soldier guarding the wreck carved the following in a beech tree the following day. 'Clarence Abbot Laing, West Virginia, Jan 20th 1944' Now 75 years later the carving has faded somewhat but is still visible.

Tags: WW2 P-38 lightning USA USAF airman soldier RAF clarence abbot laing earl skiff tree carving

Young Soldiers.

N 9 B 1.9K C 1 E Oct 2, 2021 F Oct 2, 2021

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Wallingford Railway.

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Steam Train.

N 4 B 627 C 0 E Oct 2, 2021 F Oct 2, 2021

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Wallingford Railway.

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French Soldier.

N 6 B 1.2K C 0 E Oct 2, 2021 F Oct 2, 2021

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Wallingford Railway.

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Checking ID.

N 11 B 368 C 0 E Oct 2, 2021 F Oct 2, 2021

G UK > England > Oxfordshire > South Oxfordshire District > Mongewell

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WW2 Policeman.

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