Date: 1940 Jul 02/02			A/C Type: Fairey Swordfish		SN: L2829		Code:		A/C Nickname:
File: 226		Airforce: RAF		Sqn/Unit:  825 Sqn Royal Navy			Mission/Raid: Barges in Maas river. Bombed Schiphol.
1	Pilot	Sub. Lt. John B. Kiddell                  POW					9
2	Nav/AG	Leading aircraftman Harry W.V. Burt					10
3							11
4							12
5							13
6							14
7							15
8							16
Searched east of Rotterdam to bomb barges the Germans were assembling for the invasion of England. Dropped bombs on a search light south of Amsterdam Schiphol airfield. Shot down by a machinegun post.

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Kiddell was later shot trying to escape from POW-camp Stalag Luft III. Buried in Poznan.
Burt was buried in Amsterdam. 





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