ERIC vs. THE LUFTWAFFE
An account of his World War 2 experience as told
by Eric Gamblin to Brian Blighe

71st HANTS & ISLE OF WIGHT HEAVY A.A. HOMEGUARD 1943

Eric started work as a steam hammer driver in the carriage workshop at the age of 14 for 12 shillings (60p.) per week. "I was told to report to the Southern Railway Works in Eastleigh just as the Germans started swanning through Europe. In January 1941 we had the only casualties in the Works when five ambulance men were killed by bombs on the works--one would have been my sister's father-in-law had he lived. The HE111 (twin-engine Heinkel Bomber) that dropped the bombs was in trouble and crashed between Allington Lane and Horton Heath".
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