Copy of a newspaper article, showing Flight Sergeant DM Kennedy, RAF, Navigator with No. 489 Squadron, after being rescued after eight days in a dinghy with Warrant Officer DH Mann, after their Beaufighter was downed in the North Sea.
Copied from the No. 489 Squadron Diary.
Copy of a newspaper article, showing Flight Sergeant DM Kennedy, RAF, Navigator, and Warrant Officer DH Mann, a No. 489 Squadron crew, being rescued after eight days in a dinghy in the North Sea.
Copied from the No. 489 Squadron Diary.
Flight Sergeant Langley CGM, Flight Sergeant Mann and Pilot Officer Tunnicliffe of 489 Squadron. Langley won the CGM when on a night mission, he was badly wounded and still carried out his attack, then with the aid of his navigator, Flight Sergeant Parish, he managed to land his aircraft back at base. CGM - Conspicuous Gallantry Medal.
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
"Paddling 'K' type dinghy after Lindholme Dinghy."
Aerial oblique view of a downed No. 489 Squadron crew, DH Mann and DM Kennedy (RAF), in their life raft.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
"Paddling 'K' type dinghy after Lindholme Dinghy."
Aerial oblique view of a downed No. 489 Squadron crew, DH Mann and DM Kennedy (RAF), in their life raft.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
"Paddling 'K' type dinghy after Lindholme Dinghy."
Aerial oblique view of a downed No. 489 Squadron crew, DH Mann and DM Kennedy (RAF), in their life raft.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
"Paddling 'K' type dinghy after Lindholme Dinghy."
Aerial oblique view of a downed No. 489 Squadron crew, DH Mann and DM Kennedy (RAF), in their life raft.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
No. 489 Squadron Observer "Don Kennedy After Rescue."
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
No. 489 Squadron crew, Flying Officer DH Mann and his English Navigator, Flight Sergeant DM Kennedy being rescued from their dinghy by personnel on RAF High Speed launch 2679.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
