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Originally Posted by Aknevelman
Don't knew if this is true but it certainly makes an interesting story:
http://www.ma-squadron.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=966
28-11-40 P4321 Hampden,49 Sqdn.Force landed after getting lost on ops over Germany.
Crew thought they were in Holland.Out of fuel.Carpeted for not destroying their aircraft!
http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/xchres.html
P4321 Hampden forced landing 28-11-40. 49 Sq.
werke Nr 4477/GD+EG Bu131B. Stolen from Luftwaffe aerodrome at Caen on. ...etc....etc (Additional info via BIA Yahoo group).
If this is true, it took the aircarft not 8 hours but 5 months to return to the UK.....  |
It amazes me that two supposedly intelligent people(Aknevelman &Larry) can manage to turn two entries in a list into one and scramble the details into a "tall" story...notice that it says "Bu131B" after the w/n 4477/GD+EG...thousands of people have managed to read it correctly over the past 10 years.
The first line deals with P4321 and is correct.
The second and subsequent lines deal with w/nr4477 and are correct.
Larry - rather than making snide comments - if you think there is an error on the site(The error of the second frenchman's name was corrected some while ago) - eMail me - the "contact me" link is on almost every page of the site.On a site comprising several hundred pages it is inevitablte that there will be typo errors etc.
In other words back up your comments with constructive action.
Daveg4otu