Strana 16
Hiskins‘ crew was part of the twelve that
the 70th Squadron sent into action that night.
Between 21:04 - 21:17 took off and headed
over Hungary and Budapest Wellington LP348
„V“ (W/O K Turley), LN751 „T“ (Lt. GB Marquard),
LN873 „B“ (F/S GA Seagrove), LP267 „N“
( P/O PD Nihill), LP130 „D“ (W/O GJ Custance),
JA471 „A“ (F/S BJN Bensley), JA508 „Z“ (F/O CO
Ellison), MF236 „R“ (S/L BM O´Connor), JA520
„X“ (F/O DA Sandman), LN699 „C“ (Lt. NK Weeks)
and HE493 „P“ (F/O HW James).
The crew in the machine marked „W“
under the command of F/S Hiskins stopped
radiocorrespodence during the flight to the
destination home. We have already mentioned
the reason. The remaining 11 crews had good
weather during their arrival ovrer the target.
They identified a turning point according to
a green marker on the ground. Above the
target, however, the situation with the target
designation has worsened. They could not
identify markers from the 614th Squadron,
nor did the main marker respond. Only
the northern tip of the target was marked.
Photograph from August 18, 1944, when the
refinery repair began. [Foto: Ferenc Kamme
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rer, Hungarian Oil and Gas Museum]
HISTORY
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