The Sandbag Times Issue No: 51
The Veterans Magazine
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A World War II hero who<br />
worked on the Dambusters<br />
raid has celebrated his 104th<br />
birthday.<br />
NEWS<br />
World War Two hero who helped on Dambusters<br />
raid celebrates 104th birthday<br />
Warrant Officer Frederick<br />
Samuel Vinecombe was<br />
involved in the iconic operation<br />
before being shot down<br />
over France in 1944. He was<br />
captured by the Germans and<br />
taken to Buchenwald<br />
Concentration Camp as a<br />
prisoner-of-war. When he was<br />
finally liberated he weighed<br />
just six stone and could not<br />
be recognised by his family<br />
when he returned to England.<br />
Fred says the secret of his<br />
longevity is a healthy diet and<br />
active lifestyle. He explained:<br />
“I kept out of trouble. I was<br />
doing a [tax] collection job, I<br />
worked until I was 80. “We<br />
always had green stuff, the<br />
food was really good, nothing<br />
half cooked. “She [his wife]<br />
didn’t seem to fry much, we<br />
Story: <strong>The</strong> Mirror<br />
had a good roast Sundays,<br />
and Monday we had a nice<br />
dinner.” <strong>The</strong> veteran, who<br />
celebrated his birthday on<br />
December 16, revealed his<br />
favourite thing about<br />
Christmas is being able to<br />
make friends with anyone.<br />
He said: “Merry Christmas to<br />
all, and a happy New Year. “I<br />
was just saying the other day,<br />
they don’t use decorations<br />
this year, like they have done<br />
in the past years. “In the old<br />
days we used to always decorate,<br />
in the old days they’d<br />
go from corner to corner.”<br />
Fred is understood to have<br />
been involved in the buildup<br />
to the Dambusters raid in<br />
1943. Read More Here...<br />
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