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eddie

03-26-14 06:36 PM

Terrible night for the RAF in WWII

Some might know of this ill fated raid, but this is the first time I've heard of it, 95 aircraft shot down and 545 men lost in one night! They had more courage then I could muster for something like this!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-li...planes-3276531

fireftr18

03-26-14 06:44 PM

Great story. I never heard of it either. Thanks for sharing. :salute:

swamprat69er

03-27-14 06:56 AM

Thanks for sharing.

Jimbuna

03-27-14 02:24 PM

Quote:

Of 795 aircraft that took off from British bases to target Nuremberg on March 30, 1944, 95 would not return.

More RAF men died in blazing aircraft that night – 545 – than the total killed during the entire 15 weeks of the Battle of Britain.

Bless Em All

~SALUTE~

eddie

03-27-14 03:00 PM

I felt so sorry for that pilot who struggled to bring his torn up Halifax home, only to lose his life when they crash landed! A true hero in every sense of the word!:Kaleun_Salute:

Cybermat47

03-27-14 05:58 PM

R.I.P. All the RAF, RCAF, RAAF, RNZAF, SAAF, Luftwaffe crews and German civilians who died on that night.

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