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28/1-44 161 RAF
8/2-44 138 RAF
12/7-44 Cat E Missing SOC

"The operation from Blida on the 11/12Jul44 saw LL251 as one of seven aircraft on OPERATION PERCY returning to Tempsford. LL251 departed Blida at 2050, climbing to maintain 8,000 feet. At this height it was noticed that puffs of black smoke were coming from the port outer engine with fluctuating rpm. The pilot elected to return to Blida. At 2210 the engine faltered even more. The engine was feathered, the bomb doors were opened and the containers jettisoned. It became impossible to maintain height at 150 mph and OAT 28C. A well lit ship was spotted some 10 miles away and the crew were ordered to ditching positions. The impact was at 100 mph. The automatic dinghy release failed to release and those crew men that re-entered the fuselage to pull the manual release were overcome by the petrol fumes from the burst bomb bay overload tanks They were dragged clear through the rear escape hatch although it was discovered that the Navigator F/O Farr was missing and later presumed drowned. At 2315 they were picked up by a lifeboat from the British Hospital ship Principasse Giovanni bound for Oran."

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