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Old November 13th, 2007, 07:22 AM
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Spencer Dunmore & William Carter's history of 6 Group, 'Reap The Whirlwind', carries this small piece of information about a 424 Squadron loss on that night ; -

'...105 bombers from the Canadian Group constituted part of a force of more than 300 aircraft attacking the Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg in poor weather with thick cloud and icing conditions.....Flying Officer J W Watson and his crew of 424 Squadron had been lucky in late March when they encountered a jet fighter over Hamburg on the 31st ; but, returning from this operation, they crashed on landing. All seven men died'.

'Dunmore/Carter, 'Reap The Whirlwind', Crecy Books, 1992, p.358.
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