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of the arm and ... retaining consciousness with great difficulty, displayed unsurpassed determination by directing his pilot to the target and bombing it successfully. On the return flight, Pilot
Officer Hopkins, Flying Officer Clayton and Sergeant Blair laboured for more than 2 hours to assist the
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Book: 'The Last Flight of "Yvonne
Proudbag"' By Cynrik De Decker & Jean Louis Roba. With an English translation, this book details how a Wellington bomber crew was shot down whilst returning from a sortie in May 1943. None survived but the wreckage is now considered a shrine in honour of these
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1186:"No. 36015"
1156:Halley 1988
1108:Nelson 2006
1088:"No. 37141"
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790:23 May 1944
782:23 May 1944
714:3 June 1944
703:3 June 1944
388:RAAF Museum
302:naval mines
300:and laying
131:, 1940–1945
1962:Categories
1137:Moyes 1976
1064:). He was
994:AIR 50/268
939:AIR 50/268
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876:10 October
842:Delve 1994
825:References
497:air bomber
487:Carshalton
469:"HD-L" at
467:Wellington
343:island of
257:Article XV
146:Commanders
694:Yorkshire
655:MK. VIII
513:hydraulic
501:navigator
489:, Surrey.
339:, or the
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306:North Sea
253:Yorkshire
205:Transport
140:Walcheren
56:Australia
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1358:(2006).
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565:Version
562:Aircraft
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392:gazetted
334:Turnhout
159:Insignia
111:Motto(s)
74:Inactive
1803:Fighter
975:20 June
625:Mk.III
581:Mk.III
522:morphia
509:fighter
479:Belfast
451:sorties
337:Belgium
316:Cologne
304:in the
298:Germany
259:of the
243:History
231:(RAAF)
53:Country
1428:, 2007
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61:Branch
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830:Notes
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526:flaps
444:Japan
430:, in
407:LV936
370:), a
368:RAFVR
352:HZ256
341:Dutch
323:HE506
296:over
1364:ISBN
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878:2013
754:From
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129:Ruhr
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