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9 April 1940: S/L George Peacock, No. 9 Squadron
I'll try to keep this short...
In Shores' Fledgling Eagles it is stated that on 9 April 1940 a Wellington on No. 9 Squadron, returning from an operation to Norway, shot down a Do-18 of 3/406, the crew of which perished, without giving any details of the combat. In Gordon Thorburn's Bomber Command 1939-1940 the author states that the victorious Wellington was that of S/L George Peacock and that Peacock was awarded the D.F.C. for it. There's nothing about it in Thorburn's Bombers First and Last or in Mason's 9 Squadron. I went to the National Archives website to try to find more info. Searching the Air 50 files for a combat report yielded nothing. Searching Air 27 I found confirmation of the D.F.C award but nothing about the combat - not in the ORB or any of the 500+ pages of Appendices. Questions: Have I missed something in the NA? Can anyone suggest search terms that might help me find something there? Does a combat report for this encounter exist? Does anyone have any more details of this combat from the RAF perspective (the commander of the Do-18 is given in Shores; since the crew perished I figure there's not much to be had from the Luftwaffe perspective)? Thanks in advance for any help! |
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