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Gekkers t1_izut0h4 wrote

Reply to comment by InkIcan in Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody by Smithy2232

My father worked in the RAF as a photographer and was one of the gentlemen sent to take these pictures. That's all I know because he refuses to talk about how horrific it was.

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InkIcan t1_izuv8ub wrote

I'm so sorry - please extend my sympathy and empathy.

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Gekkers t1_izuxwbt wrote

That's kind of you to say. It's not a subject I discussed with my Dad, I know the memory of being there, cataloguing and the clean up was traumatic. Mum did her best to explain at the time. Cannot fathom to imagine the victims family's suffering. It breaks my heart.

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auntieup t1_izztwkk wrote

Your father was important in helping us identify and send home the belongings of those we lost. I can’t imagine what those images did to him, but they had critical forensic value.

By the time I reached the Incident Centre, most of my friend’s things were accounted for and repacked. (The amazing women of Lockerbie had laundered and folded clothes that fell out of passenger luggage after the explosion.) I never had to see your father’s work, but it helped the lovely local people identify some of my friend’s things as hers.

Please thank him for me. ❤️

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