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Old 11th Aug 2012, 11:41
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lasernigel

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It has truly been wonderful to see what went on "behind the scenes" and your careers in the War and hopefully what you did later.

Danny42C, I was hoping you were going to stay on a bit in the Burma campaign, to see if you were ever stationed near my Uncle's Sqn.
My Uncle Fred sadly got shot down at the age of 21. As far as I can gather from things my Dad said, he started his training in Canada, converted to Hurricanes in South Africa before his posting to his Sqn. They were very close as cousins and got up to all sorts of mischief as kids growing up together.
He was on a mission to bomb a bridge in Burma when he got shot down. They didn't find his remains until 1956, My Gt Uncle and Aunty were too poor to have him shipped back to UK.
Following the Sqn history they were based at Tuliha when he went on that mission. Before and after at Kangla, which I can find on a map but not Tuliha.

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