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Re: Fairey Battle QT-I 142 Squadron
19 May 1940 142 SQUADRON, FAUX-VILLECERF Battle K7696. Brought down by ground fire during attack on targets west of Laon and belly-landed near Bosmont-sur-Serre, east of Marle, 10.45 a.m. Pilot Officer H. H. Taylor, Sergeant S. Lang, and LAC H. Long all captured. Aircraft QT*I a write-off.
This aircraft, previously coded QT*M, had only returned to the squadron six days earlier following repair by No.1 S&RS to damage suffered in an unrecorded night-landing accident at Berry-au-Bac on 5 or 6 March 1940.
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