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14/4-44 51MU
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8/6-44 Cat AC
15/6-44 138 Sqdn
19/7-44 Cat E Missing

100:45 hrs

Airborne 2230 18Jul44 from Tempsford on OPERATION DICK 89, setting course for the DZ in France. Observed by the reception committee of DICK 89 in a mid-air collision at 0100 hrs over the DZ with Liberator B24H 42-511987 of 850 Sqdn of the 801st Bomb Group (Special Operations) captained by Lt D.A. Michelson, USAAF, crashing near Marigny-l'Eglise (Nievre), 12 km NE of Lormes. Neither crew survived, there were eight in the American crew. F/L Kidd and the crew of LL364 are buried at Marigny l'Eglise which is 15 km S of Avallon. F/L Kidd's twin brother was successfully flying SHIPWRIGHT 9 this night. The twins had arrived together at Tempsford 15Apr44. They were twenty years old.

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