JemmaPage published Second World War: Rex Morris repaired damaged fighter planes at...

To mark the end of the Second World War 70 years ago, Jemma Page speaks to some of those who experienced it. Today: Rex Morris, 93, of Tollerton, who spent his war years working as a plane engineer at RAF Silloth. We didn't get much sleep because aeroplanes would constantly be flying over. One night, a Vickers Wellington plane's depth charge – which was used destroy a target submarine – exploded and left a massive 60 foot deep hole in the runway. The following morning I headed...