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Old 19th March 2011, 23:56
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Re: 1/2 April 1942 - April fool day tragedy of Bomber Command

Hi Faenor

Hang on a bit because I recently sent the guys who run the 214 Sqn website some details of 214's losses that night and they should be uploading those details sometime soon.

I believe that 214 in fact lost 8 a/c that night out of 14 dispatched. Apart from the 7 lost on the op itself, the 8th was badly damaged by flak and had to be written-off when it reached home. From memory, I think the post-raid analysis put the losses down to the difficulties of low-level navigation causing the a/c to drift off course and be shot down by flak.

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