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The
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Casualty Report: Warrant
Officer Michael Henry Pullen (434840),
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Aircraft Losses: 2 May 1945: Liberator VI: KH210: 355 Squadron,
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Dorothy Woods (1922â2015) on 24 July 1943.
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519:Mick Pullen's playing statistics
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32:Personal information
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