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Old 4th June 2020, 13:55
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Re: RAE test pilots 1940

Homer was John Wood Homer (26056). He was killed in India in a plane crash on 18 July 1944.

In December, 1940 he was posted from RAE to take command of 93 Squadron, which was trying to use the Pandora aerial mine to bring down German bombers at night.

This link : https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/D8384427

goes to the page where Homer take command of 93 squadron. You can see enough in the preview page that you don't need to download anything.

Basically the line reads that on December 2, 1940 (2/12/40) Wing Commander J. W. Homer posted from S.D.L. Royal Aircraft Establishment , Farnborough to command No. 420 Flight. (420 Flight was the precursor of 93 squadron.)


http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/93_wwII.html

The Pandora concept: http://airwargreatbritain.blogspot.c...ial-mines.html

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