October 11, 2023
2023-10-11T10:00:00
66 Leavitt Street
Hingham, MA 02043
Hingham Reference: 781-741-1405 ex. 1404
"Britain's War" - A Lecture Series with David Barrett: Part 5 - The Battle of Britain and the Blitz (July 1949 – Sep. 1940)
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Part 5 of this eight part lecture series covers Germany's planned “Operation Sea Lion” to invade Britain, British fighter airfields under attack from German bombers, and how the London Blitz decimated the capital. It covers the death of Neville Chamberlain and the expansion of Luftwaffe bombing campaigns in other cities.
David Barrett was born in London, England just before WWII began in 1939. He and his mother endured the nightly bombing of the city during The Blitz before being evacuated to Coventry in the English Midlands. Shortly after, Coventry became the target of Nazi bombing raids forcing Barrett and his mother to return to London. His father served in the British Army during the war and David would go on to be conscripted into the RAF at age 19.
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David went on to study chemistry at Thames Valley University and would eventually start his own pharmaceutical and medical device company in Boston. He recently retired and settled in Hingham with his wife Deirdre.