"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.
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
