Old Friends

[Terry & Lynda-May O'Brien]

I have one who has just died so I have to unburden myself. My friend was a RCAF/ RAF Spitfire pilot. He was an ace, flew out of England, Malta and northwest Europe after D- day. He ended his wartime flying shooting down an ME 262 with a Spitfire. The MG connection is this: During the war in England the intelligence officer in my friend's squadron was Hart Massey whose father was the Canadian High Commissioner in the UK. Hart had an MG as a student at Oxford and still had it with the squadron. In September 1939 when Canada declared War, Vincent Massey, the High Commissioner had to take the declaration of war to be signed by the King George VI who was in Windsor at the house where the Queen Mother has just died. The High Commissioner's Buick broke down so Hart was commandeered in his MG to take his father to Windsor so the king could sign the declaration. My friend said that Hart told him that after the document was signed the king came out and approved of the mode of transportation. Anyway that is how Canada officially entered WW2 and without a running MG it would not have happened quite that way. Thought I should record my friend's recollections before it is too late. Terry

[Clive Sherriff]

Celebrate his life! He was Some Guy! - Knocking an Messerschmitt ME262 down with anything was no mean achievement. For those not in the know, the ME262 was Germany's remarkable jet engined fighter at the end of WW2 - It was fast, and rather manoeverable too though hellishly difficult to learn to fly well !. Clive Oxford UK ===========================================

----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry & Lynda-May O'Brien" hamptons1@shaw.ca> To: "MG-TABC" mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:43 AM Subject: [mg-tabc] Old Friends > I have one who has just died so I have to unburden myself. My friend was > a RCAF/ RAF Spitfire pilot. He was an ace, flew out of England, Malta > and northwest Europe after D- day. He ended his wartime flying shooting > down an ME 262 with a Spitfire.............Thought I should record my friend's > recollections before it is too late. Terry

[Ray]

Good thing old Adolph was so stupid he thought it a bomber...! Best, Ray

----- Original Message ----- From: "Clive Sherriff" clive.sherriff@ntlworld.com> To: hamptons1@shaw.ca>; "MG-TABC" mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Old Friends > Celebrate his life! > > He was Some Guy! - Knocking an Messerschmitt ME262 down with > anything was no mean achievement. > > For those not in the know, the ME262 was Germany's remarkable jet > engined fighter at the end of WW2 - It was fast, and rather manoeverable > too though hellishly difficult to learn to fly well !. > > Clive > Oxford UK > > =========================================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry & Lynda-May O'Brien" hamptons1@shaw.ca> > To: "MG-TABC" mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:43 AM > Subject: [mg-tabc] Old Friends > > > > I have one who has just died so I have to unburden myself. My friend was > > a RCAF/ RAF Spitfire pilot. He was an ace, flew out of England, Malta > > and northwest Europe after D- day. He ended his wartime flying shooting > > down an ME 262 with a Spitfire.............Thought I should record my > friend's > > recollections before it is too late. Terry > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >