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Old 19th Nov 2018, 08:31
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No bombs or racks at Topcliffe - Not a lot of use against a submarine anyway. I was, apart from a Polish WW2 veteran, the only one of the navs to have dropped bombs before. None of the pilots, apart from another Polish veteran, had done it.

Regarding whether most of the crew baled out or not depended on the circumstances. But I suppose we would have, if only to provide the evidence for the award of a posthumous decoration for the pilot. No gongs for the rear crew cannon fodder of course.
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