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<blockquote data-quote="desertfax" data-source="post: 27823" data-attributes="member: 4014"><p><strong>Lewis Johnstone Burpee</strong></p><p></p><p>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 remaining and found back a few years ago in a house ; transported to Canada or England for display.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="desertfax, post: 27823, member: 4014"] [b]Lewis Johnstone Burpee[/b] 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 remaining and found back a few years ago in a house ; transported to Canada or England for display. [/QUOTE]
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