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Re: 5 Squadron loss - 25th April 1944
Hello,
Boyes was not shot down by ground fire. He was last heard calling up his leader that he was attacking a moving Japanese staff car, and was seen to flip over on his back the moment he started his attack. It was determined that a shell had exploded prematurely in the breech of one of his cannons, which blew off an area of wing panel with consequent violent loss of lift.
See:
Mohawks Over Burma.
Beauchamp,Gerry.
Earl Shilton:Midland Counties Publications,1985.
pp.133-4.
Col.
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