www.nb.legion.ca 45 NEWBRUNSWICKCOMMANDThe Royal Canadian Legion LégionRoyale CanadienneDIRECTIONNOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK Intermediate Essay/Rédaction intermédiaire Anthony Boyd, Grade 9 student/élève de la 9e année - Belleisle High School Flight Over German Territory At Remembrance Day Ceremonies we stand and think of those that fought for our freedom and rights. As the poems are read and the speeches are read, they bring up the fact that during the wars that there were many planes and air force equipment. As soldiers trained and went to war, they all had the same thought will we return? And if not, we did what we could for our country. During every Remembrance Day ceremony there is a two minute of silence, as the minute of silence started my mind went back to the plane crash. The memory of the screams and the cuts. As I climbed into the Avro Lancaster to my seat in the tale gunner I new I would be the one to see the explosions as they became a light in the early morning. As we were heading over our target in Germany, Augsburg the front gunners started dropping the bombs, as the last of them fell through the air the first of them were lighting the surrounding array that it hit. As we were flying away from are target there was a sudden disaster, we had been hit by a German anti aircraft gun in the left wing. As the plane started to fall to the ground the pilot started to swing the plane. As we were descending at a major speed the plane started to shake. As I sat in the rear seat I prepared for a crash. All I could think is “I did what I could for my country.” Then as there was a big smash and hard hit as my knee hit the framing around the window, we were on the ground, the impact had split the plane in two and busted my knee. When I looked back the pilot had cracked his head open on the flight instruments. The rest of the crew in my plane had bloody noses and split lips. There was one of the crew mates that broke his leg, but we were still alive. Then as the Reveille was played I opened my eyes, the veterans standing around me were in tears as well as I. As the last post played on the memories still flooded my head, memories of lost friends, hard battles, and memories of victory parades. Every year we stand in honour of the soldiers that fought for our freedom and for their service as well as their loyalty to our nation. There is the heart felt moments of remembering our family members that fought in the wars some came home and some we stand in honor of nevertheless LEST WE FORGET. As originally submitted for competition / Tel que soumis initialement au concours
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