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Letters
Richard Oxbym in the ONS5 convoy escort, a British ordinary seaman in his first ship, the corvette Snowflake November 8, 2012 Dear Mac, I have just come across your fascinating site after a conversation with my father, Richard Oxby, who served in the ONS5 convoy escort. He was a British ordinary seaman in his first ship, the corvette Snowflake. My father is now 89 and lives with his second wife in Italy. He has a very clear recollection of the events of May 1943 and has described to me several times the incident when his ship tried to ram, but just missed, the damaged U-165. I am sending him the link to your site and a copy of this email. Yours sincerely,
Thank you for your nice words about AHOY, it is a long and strong partnership with Terry Kearns my web master in Atlanta Georgia. Although we have never met, it is a friendship that extends over 10 years. I do the research and scribbling, Terry then whips it all into shape to upload to AHOY, The site has had over 131,000 visits, so I guess some people are interested with our content. Please give my best wishes to your Dad, I am just 1 year ahead of him at 90. I would love to have any of his memories of convoy ONS5 to add to that area of our website. Good to hear from you. Early Christmas greetings, and best regards.
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