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KB724 ************ C/N #37025 ****** code.. VR-K King
Assigned to #419 Squadron 1.5.44. On 4/5 Jul.44 a raid to Villeneuve (P)P/O H.Smith were attacked by Ju88 and enemy aircraft was shot down. 27.8.44 engines cut out on take-off at Middleton St George; aircraft crashed 1 1/2m E. of Appleton Wiske, Yorks, two engines failed. This was on an operation to a flying-bomb site Operation 'Crossbow'(Mimoyecques) by 6 8 Group. (P)WO L.H.McDonald crew, all survived but farmer gave the crew a tongue lashing for landing on his property. DBR 27.8.44; total of 298hrs
Assigned to #419 Squadron 1.5.44. On 4/5 Jul.44 a raid to Villeneuve (P)P/O H.Smith were attacked by Ju88 and enemy aircraft was shot down. 27.8.44 engines cut out on take-off at Middleton St George; aircraft crashed 1 1/2m E. of Appleton Wiske, Yorks, two engines failed. This was on an operation to a flying-bomb site Operation 'Crossbow'(Mimoyecques) by 6 8 Group. (P)WO L.H.McDonald crew, all survived but farmer gave the crew a tongue lashing for landing on his property. DBR 27.8.44; total of 298hrs