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Re: What was accrington like during the war?

[quote=Retlaw]

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Originally Posted by Less

I again ask you for facts to substansiate your claims. that the Germans flew over Ireland to get to Liverpool etc.

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They did'nt fly over Ireland, they flew over the Irish sea, all the lights on in Southern Ireland aided navigation. Ask your self why the flight path was over Accrington, Burnley and Clayton, why the dummy buildings on Burnley Moors and on Hambledon Moors in Accrington.

Walter

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retlaw=They flew from Germany to Ireland, then across the Irish Sea to Liverpool,

This is what you said in reply #14

You have defended it up until now and suddenly you have changed your tale.

Now I will ask you, not myself because you know I don't,

Why would a flight path from Germany to Ireland then across the sea to Liverpool, (your words), go over Accrington, Burnley and Clayton?

Please treat this as a retorical question I don't want to know, your answer will be just as fantastic as every other statement you have made and in future anything you say will be taken with a pinch of salt.

To the rest of the site I apologise for this going so far off thread we have ended up in never never land, (I bet the Germans flew under that place), So now after wasting all this time can I ask if there is anyone with some real tales to answer Manis original question,

What was accrington like during the war?

Thank you.

Re: What was accrington like during the war?

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I think the moors immeadiatly south of Ossy was one of the last places in the UK to be struck by a V1 flying bomb, at the very end of WW2. Why they were aiming for Ossy, I do not know...it could be it was regarded as a place of vital strategic importance, or maybe it could have been done on the direct orders of Hitler. Maybe he knew something that no one else knew, or still knows.....

Yes you are right tealeaf a V1 did indead land near ossy

One V1 that impacted near Oswaldtwistle carried a load of propaganda leaflets. Leaflets from these V1s were also found at Brindle, near Manchester and Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

Air Raids, V1 Flying Bombs & V2 Rockets

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

As to a V1,or Buzzbomb,they didnt have enough fuel to reach Ossy.
Walter

sorry Retlaw you are wrong on this point too i did a bit of searching and have found this have a read very interesting

some V1 bombs where launched from aircraft giving longer range

Air Raids, V1 Flying Bombs & V2 Rockets