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Just come across this.......
12-13 August 1944.
582 Squadron.
Lancaster III ND969
Op. Russelsheim.
Crew.
F/L. E J. Trotter DFC RCAF. pow.
F/S. J. Rawcliffe. pow.
S/L. B M. Mathers DFC. pow.
P/O. B A. Pullin DFC. +
F/S. J T. Broad. +
F/S. W R C. Parfitt. +
F/S. K. Archibald. +
The aircraft took off at 2205 hrs from Little Staughton. Probably intercepted by a night-fighter, whose fire set light to both starboard engines. Spun and partially abandoned. Those who died rest in Rheinberg War Cemetery.
F/L. Trotter RCAF had flown at least 41 sorties.
Bomber Command Losses Vol.5. W R. Chorley.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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