Duisburg, Edward King's 13th operation of his tour

Duisburg, Edward King's 13th operation of his tour

Two items, Edward's description of the operation, and his navigation plot.

1944-05-21

1944-05-22

One handwritten document, a navigation plot

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[underlined] Duisburg. [/underlined]

[underlined] 21/5/44. [/underlined]

Airborne 2310
[underlined] Landed 0310 [/underlined]

Cloud over target up to 18-19,000' so flak not seen much. No T.Is seen so over-ran E.T.A. for 3 minutes then bombed. Came out well south of track – across [sic] overflakkee[?].

Attacked by single engined rocket fighter over Belgium – cork screwed and lost him

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[underlined] DUISBURG. [/underlined]