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Sgt. Eric "Ollie" Oliver
Royal Air Force 84 Squadron
from:Brierfield, Lancs
Eric Oliver served in Egypt, Iraq & the Far East.
He was a Radio Operator/Gunner on a Blenheim which ditched in Sunday Stait 24th Feb 1942.
Pilot Brian Fihelly, Navigator Tommy Gomm and Eric Oliver were picked up by the Yacht White Swan but then taken prisoner by Japanese. He was in POW camps in Java & Borneo.