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Old 07-12-2007, 01:51 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Bugger, that's sad. Thanks, Kyt. No indication of his death so far in the book and I've grown rather "attached" to him, if that makes sense and doesn't sound ridiculous. Will see what Cundy has to say about it as I'm at about Nov/Dec '42 so far.

Cundy's attack on the lighter, the one quoted in his DFC citation, was handled, typically, in his understated way. Fired on the ship, lots of flak so he "fired for all he was worth" and kept heading towards the coast. Set the lighter on fire. Didn't treat it as anything special, just another of his reminiscenses
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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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