Tail End Charlie

Eggs!

Charlie loved eating eggs,but when World War Two came he could only have rations of egg powder (which he hated). When he received a message about an application for the RAF he noticed that they would feed them his favourite: real eggs, so he accepted.

Training

When Charlie arrived at his first training op, he was offered a position as the tail gunner. He used a wheeled turret to get to grips with the conditions at war. He made friends with Paddy, Bill and many more members.

Going to war

After a few weeks of training, he was ready to go to war. He and his friends went in a Mitchell B25 bomber plane to fight for the Allied forces. Whilst they were on the plane, ready to attack, they were tailed .Luckily, the Allied plane followed them back, so when they arrived in England, the plane flew away. One time, when they were bombing, they were hit from behind by a German plane. When the plane attacked , something hit Charlie’s face which blacked him out. When the rest of the crew fount him, he was lying in a pool of blood with a broken jaw. The crew escorted him to the nearest hospital. He was close to death’s door but he survived.

Retirment

After he recovered from his injury, he retired and married. He got 4 children. He had a job at an office. The war was over and done with.

 

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Charlie’s plane

BY:CO’NALL & TERRY