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Sgt Francis Peter McKenna OBE.
Royal Air Force 15 Squadron
from:Blackpool
My dad, Francis McKenna was a civilian detective who enlisted after police were taken off the reserved occupations list. He served as flight engineer next to his pilot and friend kiwi Bob Cameron. He flew 30 operations in Lancaster LS-O.
At the end of his tour he transferred to the SIB (Special Investigation Branch),became Squadron Leader and was awarded a military OBE for his successes in bringing to justice the SS murderers of the 50 RAF officers killed on Hitler's orders after their 'Great Escape' from Stag Luft lll. He has a diary of his operations somewhere that I am currently trying to find. He died at Lytham, Lancashire in 1995.

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