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248702 Thomas "Trouble" Rushton Royal Air Force 102 Squadron from:Halifax, West Yorkshire Tom Rushton did over 30 ops during his time with bomber command, and survived. He was actually on leave when the dambusters flew having been told to take leave. Other raids he was on were Tirpitze, Pedamunda, Berlin and Cologne, and more. He flew in Mk1 Halifax’s and on one raid with only three engines working coming back from a raid then only two over the UK based at Pocklington with all New Zealand crew bailed out at five hundred feet into a ploughed field and survived with two broken legs at Barmby Moor. Only three survived all the rest buried at Barmby Moor Church near York. I visited Scampton a few years ago and went into the shop and bought a souvenir newspaper from the time and my Dad was on the front with his air crew. He started training on Ansons in Canada then Pocklington 102 Squadron then 57 Squadron at East Kirkby then Scampton with 617 Squadron. Finished on HCU. That’s all I can remember except he got into the caterpillar club pin for bailing out. 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.