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248892 F/Sgt. Mervyn James "Fairy" Fairclough Royal Australian Air Force 51 Squadron from:Katanning, Western Australia Mervyn Fairclough flew Halifax III LV880 The aircraft attacked from below during a mission circa 10th of April 1944. Pilot placed the aircraft into a steep dive in an attempt to extinguish a fire on wing. This was unsuccessful. The aircraft exploding mid-dive. The plane crashed in France, killing 4 crew members who were unable to bail out. Mervyn was blown clear of the aircraft at the time of the explosion and managed to parachute safely to the ground. He managed to avoid capture for 10+ weeks supported by his efforts be-friending locals who sheltered him in hiding. Later he was included in a larger group of downed airman delivered to the Gestapo in Paris by Belguim double-agent Jacques Desoubrie. He was transported to Buchenwald Concentration Camp 20 August 1944 before being moved to Stalag Luft III, Sagan 19 October 1944. He was liberated on 17th of May 1945 by Allied Forces. 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.