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Fred Brown recently published a fascinating autobiography detailing his extraordinary life as an Air Gunner in the RAF.
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As a teenager in Yorkshire, Fred’s ambition to join the RAF was ignited by seeing Whitley bombers in the sky, many years before the Second World War. Parachuting from a blazing Lancaster over Belgium, Fred landed in a field in Limal and spent a month in hiding, thanks to the kindness of the Belgian people who risked their lives to help RAF crews. Finally captured by the Gestapo, Fred graphically describes life as a Prisoner of War and the long march back home, during which many perished.
Fred emigrated to Australia in 1965 and, when he retired, he spent time tracing the Belgian farmers who rescued him. Fred describes his poignant return to Belgium in 1988 to thank this family who discovered him injured and hiding in a hayloft. Fred now lives in one of ACH Group’s residential care homes at Glenelg South. Fred’s book is available to buy on Amazon.com.au for $23.50 or Kindle for $12.99.
