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Re: Crashlanded RAF airplane on beach
23 August 1940 142 Squadron, Eastchurch Battle L5503. Shot down by Bf109s during sortie to attack E-boats and seaplanes moored in the Channel and wrecked ditching just offshore at Le Portel, south-west of Boulogne, 7.10 p.m. (WOp/AG) Sergeant Laurence Mortimer Lowry missing, (Pilot) Midshipman Arthur Taylor (RN) and (Obs) Pilot Officer Alan George Middleton both captured. Aircraft QT*L a write-off.
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