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<title>Gildas</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>I would like, being in touch with several relatives of the shot down Swordfishes, to correct several things, as several things Ray Sturvivant wrote about it in his book are wrong.</p><p>12 a/c took off, not 3.</p><p>Target was finally M156 minewheeper, not T27. </p><p>Place wasn’t Ile Vierge, which is outside Aber Wrac’h, but in the harbour, face to Landéda.</p><p>At low tide the boat was on its side, not standing right. From a local account, I also know it was once reversed on the other side using cables fitted to winches positioned on the road near the abbey, but when this was done is and should stay a mistery.</p><p>At the time of the attack, around 00h30 french (german) hour, the tide was high (as can be proved today via our local “SHOM” website, but I do wonder if any of the M156 guns were still usable that night, as the boat also previously suffered several Typhoons attacks and had received several shells earlier in February when it came to the harbour for repair.</p>]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:44:41 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>David E Valerio</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My Surname was Clark before I changed it by deed poll to Valerio.re 838 Squadron 30th April/1st May 1944 my Uncle was a crew member of Swordfish NE906 (`F`) <br /> Sub-Lt ET Clark RNVR.I was born in 1949 so I never knew my Uncle, My Father Lt Cmdr J.S.Clark was Wards twin brother that was his family nickname his correct name was Edward Thomas. My Grandfather Lt Cmdr E.S.Clark was a Headmaster in the RN. My late father &amp; Ward where born in Plymouth on the 21st October 1920 so they where destined to be in the Navy, Our father served on HMS Vanguard on the Royal Tour of South Africa in 1947 Soon after he suffered from mental health problems thought to be a delayed reaction to Wards death,He spent years trying to find out the exact details of his brothers death without success,I was disgusted when I found out that the 838 Squadron crew sent on this mission where given the wrong orders all 9 young men died because of this,The person who gave the wrong orders was promptly posted to another Base.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 14:10:32 +0100</pubDate>
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