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Re: 23rd May 1940
Hi,
another published source I have just found for Strange's exploit :-
"The Royal Air Force in the World War - Vol 2" by N.McMillan pp 55 - 57.
This indicates that Strange was sent out to Merville as ground controller for the Transport aircraft that were evacuating the area and that the first Hurricane was repaired and flown out by a pilot already at Merville, however it then states that a second Hurricane was prepared just after noon and flown out by a pilot who had just baled out of his own fighter. A message was then dropped instructing Strange to fly out the third Hurricane himself, which he did, evading an attack by enemy fighters en-route to UK.
Which RAF units were involved in action over Merville at around noon ?
Bruce Lander
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