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A modest WW2 Resistance hero and the V-1 flying bomb, at Val Ygot

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V2 rocket Normandy

First published here 2018 In the summer of 1943, a middle aged Frenchman in blue overalls pushed a wheelbarrow past German sentries into a construction site at Bonnetot, between Dieppe and Rouen in Normandy. The man, Michel Hollard, did not look extraordinary but he was.  Audacious and brave, Michel’s actions that day

V-1 flying bomb launched from Normandy – as seen from England

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Paul in his scout uniform, Kent WW2

Paul stands proudly in his scout uniform Our postcard match at the WW2 V-1 flying bomb launch site at Val Ygot in Normandy only tells half of the story.  Over in England V-1 flying bombs, or Doodlebugs as the Brits called them, were wreaking appalling havoc. Today we hear from Paul who was

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