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12th October 2013, 02:29
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Re: Possible Nightfighter attack?
Hello,
The survivor was: 749465 Sgt Stanley HIRD RAFVR, later 155876 F/L DFC,MiD. Col. 
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12th October 2013, 10:01
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Re: Possible Nightfighter attack?
Apologies for the missing date! Good grief.
It was always a long shot, but thanks for your suggestions. Stanley Hird went on to serve throughout the war, ending up as a W/O on Pathfinders - quite a remarkable story in itself and one i intend to look into at some point. After the crash, Stanley was seen staggering about the wreckage, silhouetted by the flames, by the gamekeeper and his wife who lived less than 100 yards from the crash. They took him into their cottage and cared for him until help arrived. They said that he couldn't understand their thick Norfolk accents and believed he was in Poland. They often wondered what happened to him.
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