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Fred Danckwardt
Fred Danckwardt
Recalling a moment at Gatow airfield during the Be...Fred Danckwardt
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Fred's epic story starts in Plymouth when his fami...Fred Danckwardt - Film 1
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Fred talks about the characters in his Australian ...Fred Danckwardt - Film 2
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A Lancasters main threat usually came from Germ...Fred Danckwardt - Film 3
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The RAF Film Production Unit became part of his Sq...Fred Danckwardt - Film 4
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Day time raids and Fred recalls D Day morning, pre...Fred Danckwardt - Film 5
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Group Captain Bonham-Carter was Freds Station Co...Fred Danckwardt - Film 6
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Fred talks in more detail about some of the intern...Fred Danckwardt - Film 7
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Fred was one of the very first people into Gatow. ...Fred Danckwardt - Film 8
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The Russian sector was on the edge of the airfield...Fred Danckwardt - Film 9
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Downtime on the Airlift and Fred is famed for his ...Fred Danckwardt - Film 10
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Fred continues his career in the RAF. Although he ...Fred Danckwardt - Film 11
Recalling a moment at Gatow airfield during the Berlin Airlift,"and more tanks came till there were you know several dozen tanks on this bit of rising ground overlooking the airfield.... and then a few days later all hell broke loose. It was the setting for a Russian film".
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Fred Danckwardt
During World War II, Fred Danckwardt survived 45 Operations with Bomber Command. He then returned to Germany to help on the Berlin Airlift.