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Sergeant H D Whiting (RAAF), Sergeant R M Coughlan, Sergeant E Frais, Pilot Officer...

Catalogue reference: AIR 81/11511

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This record is about the Sergeant H D Whiting (RAAF), Sergeant R M Coughlan, Sergeant E Frais, Pilot Officer... dating from 1942 Jan 1 - 1949 Dec 31 in the series Air Ministry: P4 (Cas) Files relating to casualties suffered during air operations.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
AIR 81/11511
Date
1942 Jan 1 - 1949 Dec 31
Description

Sergeant H D Whiting (RAAF), Sergeant R M Coughlan, Sergeant E Frais, Pilot Officer G E McGill (RCAF): prisoners of war; Sergeant D W Spooner (RAAF); injured; Sergeant L C Bray: uninjured; Wellington Z1142, 103 Squadron; crew baled out near Emden, Germany, but pilots returned in damaged aircraft to RAF Grimsby, 10 January 1942.

[McGill participated in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III on the night of 24/25 March 1944.]

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
P 365325/42
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17059240/

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