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Old 9th May 2018, 14:45
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Re: Wellington LP 140 "N" 40th SQD RAF

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Originally Posted by Col Bruggy View Post
The survivor was 1481552 F/Sgt (Nav.) K SHAW RAFVR - POW.

I recommend that you carefully read pp.1-16 of Hughes' A705:

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Sear...aspx?B=1070416

Col.
Great stuff!

However, there seems to be some misinformation.
They claim that one airmen was rescued by partisans, which is possible misidentification with other airmen from 40Sq who fell month later near by.

Bulgarians and their militias were, to mildly put it, very trigger happy. If they saw airmen, they would shoot first, ask questions later. In Yugoslavia, there is some 6-7 such confirmed cases, without this one.
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