27 January (Part 3) - Please drop the fags
About five years ago I went to the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth to look at
their Holocaust exhibition; whether it is permanent or not I do not know but I do remember that
I was unable to stay there as long as I could have done because it was far too upsetting.
On this Holocaust Memorial Day I wondered if there was anything I had on record to mark the occasion,
but sadly not but I do remember a lady I used to see regularly when living in Hampshire who had a number tattoed on her upper arm.
No real connection except for the period of history in question but I will answer the sceptic who didn’t think that the RAF
dropped cigarettes as well as bombs during the 1939-1945 war.
Made in London when it was an industrialised city.
These images are no longer regarded as SECRET, they may be inspected at the National Archives; not during lockdown
of course. War didn’t stop us going about our business but unfortunately a virus does.
For the record, the drop was made by 161 squadron and not my father’s 138 but they shared responsibilities at the same airfield.