HAMPSHIRE SQUADRON LEADER�S NEW COMMAND - A Hampshire man who was once forced to bale out as a result of damage to his aircraft from a flying bomb now commands a famous night fighter squadron in Fighter Command. He is 27 years old Squadron Leader Alastrair Parker-Kees, DFC., who lives at Steynings, Carton-on-Sea, hants. After shooting down two flying bombs in one patrol he was about to attack a third when he discovered that his Mosquito had been severely damaged by the explosion of previously destroyed bombs. He and his navigator had to bale out. For six hours they floated in their ding
HAMPSHIRE SQUADRON LEADER�S NEW COMMAND - A Hampshire man who was once forced to bale out as a result of damage to his aircraft from a flying bomb now commands a famous night fighter squadron in Fighter Command. He is 27 years old Squadron Leader Alastrair Parker-Kees, DFC., who lives at Steynings, Carton-on-Sea, hants. After shooting down two flying bombs in one patrol he was about to attack a third when he discovered that his Mosquito had been severely damaged by the explosion of previously destroyed bombs. He and his navigator had to bale out. For six hours they floated in their dinghy in the Channel before being sighted and picked up by a destroyed. SEE Picture (issued 1945) shows - Squadron Leader Alastrair Parker-Rees, Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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