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231679 Sgt. Hubert Farewells "Slasher" Birks Royal Air Force 217 Squadron from:Sheffield My father Hubert Birks joined the crew of a 217 Squadron Coastal Command Beaufort. On his first operational flight on the 9th of July 1941, they attacked a U-boat. The four crew: PO Graham, PO Stockley, Sgt Williams and Sgt Marshall, were later reported missing. My father joined 59 Squadron and then volunteered to fly with a crew of a Hudson to the far east. He spent three and a half years as Japanese POW Camp before returning to home to the UK. He past away in 1973, aged 62. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.