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28/29 September, 1941; FRANKFURT:
With a gap of nearly two weeks since the previous operation, 49 Squadron was asked to provide 14 Hampdens for a small scale attack on Frankfurt. 4 aircraft were scrubbed from the trip, and just before take-off a fifth suffered tail wheel collapse at the taxiing point. At 22.50hrs the squadron started to launch the first of 9 aircraft. Of the aircraft that reached the target area, 4 bombed successfully and 2 had to abort their attempts. Of the 30 Hampdens and 14 Wellingtons dispatched on the raid, 1 Wellington and 1 Hampden failed to return; the missing Hampden was that piloted by F/Lt Mundy DFC (AD733) from 49 Squadron. Their Hampden was hit by Flak and crashed near Karbach (Kreis St Goar) at 04.15hrs but happily the crew survived to become POWs.
Hampden AD 733
F/L J.D. Mundy DFC Pilot (P.o.W.)
Sgt P.C. Darwin Pilot (P.o.W.)
Sgt A. Winton W/AG (P.o.W.)
F/S F. Hibbert DFM W/AG (P.o.W.)
"Posted out" 2001
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