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Re: PR Spitfires to Russia September 1942
Brian,
Re: Sgt Hardman.
Wed 3 Mar 1943
COASTAL COMMAND
Transit from Gibraltar to Portreath, Cornwall.
540 Squadron. RAF (Leuchars, Fifeshire:detatchment at Gibraltar and Benson, Oxfordshire - 16 Group)
Mosquito PR.IV DK315 - lost without trace , the two crew* being commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Pilot: NZ411888 Fg Off Donald Francis Ignatius HARDMAN, RNZAF - Age 26, 435hrs. 29th op.
Interestingly, four of Hardman's ops were undertaken with a detatchment of 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit while it was briefly based in Northern Russia during late 1942.
See:
For Your Tomorrow:A Record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 - Volume Two: 1943-1998,
Martyn,Errol W.
Christchurch:Volplane Press,1999.
p.70
* F/O Hardman's navigator was: 637524 Sgt Bernard Herbert CRUIKSHANK RAF.
Col.
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