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Halifax down!Tom Wingham
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Halifax down!

224 pagesFirst published 20091 edition
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"On the night of 22/23rd April 1944 Tom Wingham was the bomb aimer in the crew of a 76 Squadron Halifax shot down while on the way to bomb D?sseldorf. Coming to in a tangle of parachute and harness straps he realised the precariousness of his situation and so, dazed and aching with a painful concussion, he quickly set off on his long and difficult journey home through occupied territory ... In the 1980s Tom assisted a Dutch air historian with some research and this prompted him to look into the details of his own crash. What he uncovered not only shed more light on his own story but also…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionGrub Street20092249781906502393
World War, 1939-1945Underground movementsHistoryGreat Britain. Royal Air ForceBritish Personal narrativesGreat BritainBiographyEscapes