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William Husson served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Transcript
Oh, I went overseas and I flew twin engine aircraft at a place called Pendleton [in Lancashire, England]. And then I went on to [Vickers] Wellingtons and then I went onto [Avro] Lancasters. Hitler had a hideaway in the Swiss Alps called Berchtesgaden, armoured by Hitler’s security guards. Well, we got a direct hit on it. It was quite a spot and it was in the Swiss Alps. It was quite an interesting raid. We flew over the Swiss Alps and you could see the mountains and so on.
