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Old 20-05-2008, 02:50 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dbf View Post
Geoff,
He is better placed than I to get the Belfast and Killead ones then.


A link on that BBC page takes you to this with some more photos and detail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/fermanagh/st_angelo.shtml
Hi Diane,

Mark made the offer on GWF as he was going there to do some WW1 photos so I thought it would be easier for you and save you some petrol.

Thanks for the link as I did miss it. There was an RAAF crew who was first to sink a U-boat from a Sunderland (in the Irish Sea??) so I will have to delve as to where they were operating from.

Cheers

Geoff
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