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Old 25th Apr 2009, 09:25
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Wellington Bomber crew rescue April 1941

Hello to all you PPRuNer detectives.

I am trying to find out any details of a Wellington Bomber crew whom my father met when he was at ITW in Cambridge 1941. His diary notes...

Friday 18th April 1941 Selwyn College Cambridge
Then we went on to a party with some very lively RAF types from Oakington who were celebrating their rescue from the North Sea yesterday after their Wellington was shot down. They had ditched in the sea and were picked up by SS ??River?? Spee???

The only crash I can find on or around 17th April is a Vickers Wellington IC from the Czechoslovak 311 Squadron but I don't think this is the right aircraft one as this one was reported shot down in Holland.

Any ideas or info would be fantastic. Cheers

Motherbird
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