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Old 26-03-2008, 04:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Operation Thesis - 454 Sqn

Spidge, did you clear up the circumstances of those losses on Crete? I've just read about this event in the 454 book Alamein to the Alps and it includes some interesting anecdotes from the three crews (of eight) that returned and one of the crews that crashed on Crete.
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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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