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Re: Hudsons 206 Squadron July 1940
According to "Naught Escapes Us", a history of 206th Sqdn RAF, Pilot officer R Rustom and PO Kean were killed on August 5, 1940 when their Hudson, VX-D P5133 stalled and crashed in flames near Syderstone, Norfolk.
As to the July 3rd mission, it records that Pilot Officer Burne, PO Rustom and LACs Deighton and Jack Holywell in P5143 encountered an "Me109" on a daily recconaissance of the Dutch and German coasts and Deighton in the turret "fired a burst at 500 yards and the enemy's tail fell off." Deighton was evidently awarded the DFM for the action. there are no further references to any of them in the book except for Jack Holywell, who survived the war and was later interviewed for the book.
Paul
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