Rescued British airmen from Serbia during Halyard mission

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

April 15, 1944

15/16 April 1944
No.40 Sqn
Wellington X LN562 'C'
Op: Turnul Severin, Marshalling yards.

Shot down by flak at Bor, Yugoslavia. All are buried in Belgrade War Cemetery.

Sgt J C J Bailey +
Sgt E F Deadman +
Sgt K Richardson +
Sgt H H Francis +
Sgt J B Lucas +


May 7, 1944.

7/8 May 1944
No.40 Sqn.
Wellington X LN804 'T'
Op: Filiani (Filiasi?) Bridge.

A/c crippled by light flak on bombing run and crashed at Zagubica, Yugoslavia. F/O McKenna is buried in Sofia War Cemetery. The survivors met up with Yugoslav partisans and returned to Italy in August 1944.

W/O T R Bradshaw RCAF - Evaded
W/O N L Reid RCAF - Evaded
F/Sgt W Taylor - Evaded
P/O I B H McKenna - +
Sgt L R Somers - Evaded

See:
Sweeping The Skies:A History of No.40 Squadron, RFC and RAF, 1916-56.
Gunby,David.
Bishop Auckland:Pentland Press,1995.
pp.375 & 376

Re: Dadd, Elvin & Gibson.

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...of-Wimpy-LP139

Col.