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Airman 1st Class
- 265
- Mar 23, 2025
Poulton was shot down in 122 Squadron Spitfire Mk Vb BM241 over Pihen-lès-Guînes in combat with Focke-Wulf Fw 190s of Jagdgeschwader 26 on May 1st 1942 while on a bomber escort mission and appears to have suffered an eye inury during the incident. He remained a prisoner of war for three years before being liberated.