Flight of Defiant I L6965 and Sergeant W H Machin on 1940-08-24
On 1940-08-24, Pilot, navigator or other duty? W H Machin (Sergeant, RAF) with servicenumber 968717 flew a Defiant I with serial L6965 for this duty: Patrol. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Returned damaged. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 264. The location for the map is the English Channel. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Machin: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Birmingham (Handsworth) Cemetery, United Kingdom.
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