It was meant to be a treasured wartime gift, but when the Blitz claimed its owner it remained untouched in a loft for 70 years. But this toy aeroplane, which was given to a youngster in 1941 but was ...
In 1940, I was seven years old. It was a beautiful sunny day and there were a lot of planes in the sky - small, like toy planes - and my father said "There is all hell going on up there." We found out ...