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15 October 2014
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Stories categorised in ''A Railwayman's War' by Ernie Crump'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
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A Railwayman's War: Part 1

In 1939 at the age of 16years I started work as an Engine cleaner at the Shoeburyness LMS London,Tilbury...

A Railwayman's War: Part 2

I heard above me the droning sound of an aircraft, the droning sound belonged to a twin engined Heinkel...

A Railwayman's War: Part 3

The bomber landed less than a mile away, just a few feet from the Great Wakering and Shoeburyness Road. All...

A Railwayman's War: Part 4

A German airman with his badly damaged parachute above him, landed somewhere between St.Augustines church...

A Railwayman's War: Part 5

Doodle Bugs I had many close encounters with Doodle-Bugs, Hitler VI Flying Bombs. What woke me up, I...

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