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<blockquote data-quote="Goldfreak" data-source="post: 560949" data-attributes="member: 10082"><p>My aunties husband who died two years ago was a German POW captured by the US and sent to England to be a farm labourer. This is how he got captured. He was drafted into German navy from the German navy cadets as a teen. Towards the end of the war he was on a small boat clearing mines on a inland river that the allies had dropped them in to disrupt shipping. One day they heard a sound and looked up to see what they called a "twin devil" aircraft which I assume was one of those American twin hull locheeds martins. Apparently the pilot had not been able to find his intended gound target and as he returned to base he spotted the little mine clearer and sank it. Half the crew was killed. He was then captured by the advancing Americans. He was sent to England where he had to report to my grandfather everyday who was a local police man. That is were he met my auntie, the policeman's daughter. As you can imagine it caused quite a stir.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldfreak, post: 560949, member: 10082"] My aunties husband who died two years ago was a German POW captured by the US and sent to England to be a farm labourer. This is how he got captured. He was drafted into German navy from the German navy cadets as a teen. Towards the end of the war he was on a small boat clearing mines on a inland river that the allies had dropped them in to disrupt shipping. One day they heard a sound and looked up to see what they called a "twin devil" aircraft which I assume was one of those American twin hull locheeds martins. Apparently the pilot had not been able to find his intended gound target and as he returned to base he spotted the little mine clearer and sank it. Half the crew was killed. He was then captured by the advancing Americans. He was sent to England where he had to report to my grandfather everyday who was a local police man. That is were he met my auntie, the policeman's daughter. As you can imagine it caused quite a stir. [/QUOTE]
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