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malaise

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6. YW - more

Reply to Biophilic (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 27, 2025, 05:22 PM

Jan 2025

Like quite a few West Indians, as a very young man he volunteered for Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF). After training in Canada and Britain, he took part as a gunner in incredibly dangerous bombing missions during the last two years of World War II.

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The great St Lucian Roy Augier [View all] malaise Jan 2025 OP

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Thanks malaise Jan 2025 #3

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Roy was a WW2 veteran malaise Jan 2025 #4

Thanks, Malaise. Biophilic Jan 2025 #5

YW - more malaise Jan 2025 #6

Quite an extraordinary person. Biophilic Jan 2025 #7