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Old 9th April 2010, 20:20
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Re: 1942-Nov-06,14.31h., ventura II,AJ220,21 sqdr,F/Lt. D.O.Brown

found something in the book from Hans Onderwater "en toen was het stil"

the plane was hit by flak , and sgt Rowe was hit by snapel and died during the bombrun
the right wing was on fire
the pilot tried to reach the sea
suddenly the plane explodedut is very close to the ground
Reynolds and Shipton were trown out of the plane and brown felt on the ground between the wrekage

all 3 men were wounded and brought from Hoogvliet to rotterdam
an day later Shipton was brought in an ambulance to te luftwaffe hospital in amsterdam were he died an few day's later
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