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Рубрики Люди и авиация; 1936-1945 гг.; Версия для печати

Нашел английский экипаж! Thomas Storey

"Галифакс" со "спецурой".
То ли был подбит, то ли "словил" отказ двигателя рядом с зоной выброски.
Кстати, похоже жива дочка этого самого командира экипажа.
А вывозили их не через Полтаву, а через Мурманск.

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http://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/Aircraft%20lost%20on%20Allied%20Forces%20Special%20Duty%20Operations.pdf



23/24.4.44 Halifax B II
JP224
A

148 Sqdn RAF
W/O Thomas Storey - Pilot - baled out and evaded
W/O Hap Congdon - Navigator - baled out and POW
Sgt Walter Davis - Wireless Operator - baled out and evaded
F/Sgt Eddie Elkington-Smith - Bomb Aimer - Baled out and POW
Sgt James C. Hughes - Rear Gunner - baled out and evaded
Sgt Charles J. Keen - Flight Engineer -baled out and evaded
F/Sgt Patrick M Stradling - Dispatcher - baled out and evaded

Rudnik, Poland Aircraft failed to return from mission to Poland.
Engine failure occurred close to the drop zone and aircraft was possibly shot down.

Crashed near Rudnik
22°16' E 50°27' N
Lublin district of Poland

Those crew who evaded with the assistance of Polish partisans were
repatriated

148 Sqdn ORB
http://www.conscript-heroes.com/MI9-05.html

Page 187 - Flights of the Forgotten

Page 208 - Shot Down and on the Run

email exchange with Jennifer Elkin, daughter of Thomas Storey
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http://www.conscript-heroes.com/MI9-05.html

3320 2012 (-)
W/O Thomas Storey
148 SD (CMF) Halifax JP224
FTR Apr 44 - evaded with Polish partisans - Dakota to Kiev - Murmansk

3320 2013 (-)
F/Sgt Patrick M Stradling
148 SD (CMF) Halifax JP224
FTR Apr 44 - evaded with Polish partisans - Dakota to Kiev - Murmansk

3320 2014 (-)
Sgt Charles J Keen
148 SD (CMF) Halifax JP224
FTR Apr 44 - evaded with Polish partisans - Dakota to Kiev - Murmansk

3320 2015 (-)
Sgt James C Hughes
148 SD (CMF) Halifax JP224
FTR Apr 44 - evaded with Polish partisans - Dakota to Kiev - Murmansk