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1943-09-21 Sergeant - Survived | |
Whitley V AD697 TYJ | 24 OTU (RAF) |
Take-off: 00:00:00 | Target: |
24 Operational Training Unit RAF Honeybourne, Whitley V aircraft AD 697 TY-J was on a BULLSEYE sortie (navigational exercise which simulated an operational sortie) which was to target London, England. Over the city they discovered they were in the midst of a real air raid, and they had an engine knocked out by allied anti-aircraft fire. Unable to maintain height, and unable to get airfields below to turn on their lights due to the raid, they spotted a light below which was at a small airfield and crash-landed on the adjacent golf course
Sgt GF Fielding (RCAF), Sgt JJ Mulvaney (RCAF) and their crew survived, safe (Lancaster, C et al)
Others on the Aircraft
1943-09-21 RCAF Sergeant John Joseph Mulvaney Survived 2023-09-09Status: 499 Non-code failure system error." Content-type: text/html