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Pat Shepherd: 'I had no idea it was VE Day'

While most of the UK was celebrating VE Day, Pat Shepherd remained oblivious that the war in Europe had ended.

Stationed at RAF Drem, an airfield in Scotland, she was unaware of the seismic news.

But a few days later, several high-ranking Nazi officers flew into the airfield to surrender top secret military and naval plans - and Pat was asked to drive them across the base.

"I was just curious, [but] I wasn't scared," she said.

We Were There aims to collect as many first-hand accounts as possible by 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, to preserve veterans' accounts for future generations.

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