Son makes war-hero dad a wheelchair built like a tank (fwd)

05 Aug 2015

Son makes war-hero dad a wheelchair built like a tank
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A devoted son has built his 96-year-old war-veteran father a unique 
all-terrain motorised wheelchair which resembles an armoured tank

By Telegraph Men, video source SWNS

A frequent complaint of wheelchair users is the difficulty in tackling 
uneven or unstable terrain, which means a trip to the beach is often out 
of the question.

But not for widower Edde Shaw, a 96-year-old veteran of the Second World 
War and Korean War, whose son Peter, a semi-retired plumber from 
Ellesmere, Shropshire, has built him a specially adapted all-terrain 
wheelchair which resembles an armoured tank, complete with caterpillar 
tracks....

....As a fluent German speaker, he was recruited by British intelligence 
service in 1943 to work on decoding secret Nazi communications.

While working in Algeria, he helped decrypt an intercepted message which 
led to the discovery of a U-Boat containing a crucial piece of Enigma 
machinery - used to send highly classified orders from the German high 
command.

Between 1950 and 1953 Korean-speaking Eddie was hired by British 
intelligence again to interrogate prisoners of war.....


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11785358/Son-makes-war-hero-dad-a-wheelchair-built-like-a-tank.html

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/596271/Second-World-War-tank-wheelchair