Eric Stephenson

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Experiences of a Prisoner of War: World War 2 In Germany

Re-Print Stephenson Vol 9 No 1 E Stephenson2 On 16 December 1943, I was sitting at the Navigator’s seat in a very noisy Lancaster bomber over Berlin when something occurred that changed the pattern of my life. We had just dropped 13,000 pounds of bombs… a 4,000 pound “cookie” plus incendiaries and we were stooging… Read more »

By Eric Stephenson In   Issue Volume 29 No. 3 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/03.2023-45582537/JMVH Vol 9 No 1

Experiences of a Prisoner of a War: World War 2 in Germany

On 16 December 1943, I was sitting at the Navigator’s seat in a very noisy Lancaster bomber over Berlin when something occurred that changed the pattern of my life. We had just dropped 13,000 pounds of bombs… a 4,000 pound “cookie” plus incendiaries and we were stooging along at 163 mph (280 km/hr) taking infra-red… Read more »

By Eric Stephenson In   Issue Volume 18 No. 2 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2021-21333272/JMVH Vol 18 No 2