Croatia--Otok Lastovo]]>
Served at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, RAF Foggia.
Aircraft flown were Wellington, Anson, B-24 Liberator.
With 40 Squadron he flew 8 bombing operations (1 day and 7 night). He also flew one day operation flying supplies to Yugoslavian partisans (Operation Flotsam). His targets were Budapest, Ploiești, Valence, St. Valentin, Miskolc, Ravenna, Matesevo, Karlovac.
His pilots were Wing Commander Mervyn-Jones, Flight Lieutenant McGaw, Warrant Officer Trigg and Wing Commander Kirwan.
On 13th April 1944 whilst returning from a bombing operation to Budapest his aircraft ditched in to the sea off Lastovo (Lagosta) Isle. The crew were rescued from their dingy on the 14th April by a Cant Z.506 Airone floatplane of the Italian Air Force.]]>
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