A Lincolnshire Lad - We Avenge Poem by Christopher Tye

A Lincolnshire Lad - We Avenge

To serve freedom's battle we flew from here,
Roaming across Europe from our little home in the wolds,
A Lancastrian Rose as a badge to symbolise our planes,
We flew the mighty Avro Lancaster like our neighbour's.

The now sleepy village of Kelstern our home,
Just the odd building and bits of runways,
In amongst peaceful farm land now,
Our stone memorial standing proud by the roadside.

Remember who we were and what we did,
The Merlin's no longer roar into life now,
Empty blue skies above now we have gone,
Just the ghosts of lost airmen wander here now.

The war long since won and freedom restored,
Remember our sacrifices as we lost so many,
Families still living with holes where fathers and grandfathers should be,
Remember us the bomber boys who lost so many.

By Christopher Tye