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England, where it converted to the
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in daylight bombing raids and during its 5 months of wartime service, it dropped 94 long tons (96 t) of bombs over enemy targets in France and
Belgium, flying a total of 117 sorties. In 1919, the unit was disbanded, having claimed 37 enemy aircraft during the war.
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Airfield) where he later died of his wounds. Citation at
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517:"Canonbury | Operations & Codenames of WWII"
343:for "most conspicuous bravery" during a raid on
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210:Armourer checking bomb fuzes on 218 Squadron
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263:. In July 1942, the unit moved to
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242:. In November, it rearmed with
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541:A Failure of Intelligence
473:"Sqn Histories 216–220_U"
233:and re-equipped with the
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448:A Dictionary of Mottoes
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445:Pine, L. G. (1983).
392:Cuban Missile Crisis
368:No. 115 Squadron RAF
316:Lancaster B Mark III
261:Operation Anthropoid
162:No. 218 Squadron RAF
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324:2nd Panzer Division
244:Vickers Wellingtons
137:Jan 1938 - Apr 1939
562:RAF.mod.uk History
497:on 4 February 2016
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