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F/Sgt. Laurence Edward "Buck" Taylor
Royal Air Force 37 Squadron
from:Bungay, Suffolk
My father's logbook shows that he commenced training in October 1943 at the age of 20 and first flew with 37 Squadron on 6th ofSeptember 1944 as an Air Bomber on a night-time bombing raid over Bologna. He then flew with Wellingtons LP343 and LP 588 with pilot F/Sgt Brookfield over Italy, Hungary and Yugoslavia until 23/11/44 when he had to bale out from LP 472. His only story told to my late mother and myself was that the Partisans escorted him down a mountainside on a donkey and got him back to his Unit. He recommenced activities on 28/12/44 on LP 554 over Parma and Milan and continued with night raids until 15/4/45 over Treviso "Wimpy's last trip" with F/Sgt Brookfield in LP331. My father became a supportive member of the Caterpillar Club and the RAF Escaping Society.

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