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Description: | Hardback printed book entitled The Story of a Lost Lancaster and of Maqis Bernard. The book details the story of Lancaster L7547 EM-M, the 21st Lancaster ever built. She was lost near the village of St Brisson in central/southern France on the night of February 14th/15th 1943. Five crew were killed; Thomas Strong, Frank Tillen, Henry Bone, Kenneth White, Athol Grainger. However, John Whyte, pilot, and Stanley Eyre, Flight Engineer, parachuted out and were smuggled across occupied France by members of the Resistance and eventually made it back to Britain. The book details the story of their escape and of the excavation of the plane. | Subjects: | Aviation | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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