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Old 11-03-2008, 12:10 AM   #22 (permalink)
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S fo Sugar? Wow, to think you can go to see an aircraft that Partridge flew. Amazing.

Did a quick search for the trip where he earned his first DFC. One of the searches was "83 Sqn" and this thread came up on the first Google page! Quick spiders...LOL. July 42 appears to have been just after 83 converted to Lancs from Manchesters in May (prior to that it was Hampdens). So, daylight raids in Lancs in mid-42...
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Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM.
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