Reg Wilson's War
On the Reginald Wilson was part of an eight man RAF crew returning from a bombing raid over Berlin. Their plane was hit by a German aircraft and everyone was told to evacuate. Four people died instantly and four survived; Reginald spent 15 months as a prisoner of war. Here he is now:
Almost 60 years later, Mr Wilson set out on a personal quest to find his downed plane, a Halifax bomber, similar to this one.
Through a combination of memory and a retired German dentist who had drawn sketches of where the plane had come down near his house, Mr Wilson . But what he also discovered were the remains of one of his former crew, and on Thursday, Sgt Jackie Bremner will be buried with full military honours in Germany. Reginald says it will be an emotional day but it will also bring to an end an extraordinary story of luck and perseverance - both in 1944 and in recent years.
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