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Originally Posted by Larry
What was Jack Meakin bailing out of on 21st Oct 1940, in which he lost part of his hand?
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On 21 October (1940), P/O H J W Meakin was returning from an SA9 in (Blenheim IV) R3699/U. The aircraft had been damaged by flak and it became uncontrollable near Detling. The crew bailed out and P/O Meakin was injured. Sadly, the Blenheim crashed into two houses in Dernier Road, Tonbridge, killing two* and injuring sixteen.
See:
United in Effort The Story of No.53 Squadron Royal Air Force 1916-1976
Manson,Jock
Tunbridge Wells:Air-Britain (Historians),1997
p.36
* The 2 civilian deaths were:
Frances Couchman (Aged 78)
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...hman,-frances/
Alice Ford (Aged 65)
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...9/ford,-alice/
See also: CCL1/McNeill/p.72.
Col.