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Ron asks - "what were your feelings ?"
strangely - calmness no panic - just a sense of care for the other members of the crew. On getting out of the starboard side where we were hit by the 88mm - and missing the next shot - I ran around to the port side to check on the driver and co-driver - they were long gone...then to the rear where I found the Commander and gunner - who should have also been long gone - then we were hit by a rain of nebelwerfers and scattered - I took off and was hit again - then fell down - was joined by a reinforcement called Dave Gear whom I gave instructions as to where to head - then I was hit again - finally joined up with my gunner who was in very bad way - so treated him and tried to hide behind a one inch thick grapevine from some clown with a spandau !
That was around 2:30 on a boiling hot day - finally picked up at around 11pm - in the CCS by dawn ! Feelings ? - a bit of wonderment I suppose.....
Cheers
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