Thanks George.
Thanks for telling us of another hero, Royal Navy man Gordon Johnson.
I have the full story wrote down about Ernie Holmes's war .
I have another about Hebburn's Dominic Bruce who escaped German POW camps quite regularly including Colditz.
And a third one about Howard Langlands a RAF Navigator in WW2 & his plane was shot down over Belgium after bombing Cologne. Sadly none of the crew survived. I learned this when a Belgian researcher asked on Mike Ellison's old msg board asked if anyone knew a Howard Langlands who's Bomber landed on his village.
Three RAF Hero's we know of, but as we know there will be many more.
I met Hebburn's an old man called Tommy Kidger (ex Reyrolle's) who was in Bomber Command & was fascinated hearing some of his experiences.One was to bomb Peenemunde where V1 & V2 Rockets were being produced.Another was to fly over the Alps & bomb an engine manufacturing plant in Italy.
Amazing true stories from when I was a twinkle in mams eye or possibly in a cot .
These stories should be published .