Lewis Johnstone Burpee
At the age of 12 I heard, May 17 1943, Burpee?s aircraft go down over Gilze-Rijen airfield, from the outskirts of Tilburg 5.5 miles away. The very loud Upkeep mine explosion soundwave reached us 27 seconds afterwards , between 0200-0201 hrs. One airscrew of aircraft...