205438 Flying Officer Daniel McLean Royal Air Force 578th Squadron from:Sandgate, Ayr, Scotland Daniel Mclean was the sole survivor of aircraft, LKL, which was shot down over Germany, 21st February 1945. As bomb aimer during bombing run, the nose cone was blasted off by an attack of ME109s, at 10,000 feet. He was shot on his left side, but managed to get his right arm hooked into the harness during freefall and open chute. He was captured and was not given any medical attention. He was transfered from a German police cell to Dulag Luft near Wetzlar, then onto Stalagluft111A (Stalag X111d) southeast of Nuremberg. On April 17th 1945, General Patton and his tanks arrived at the camp gates and he was given medical attention also Freedom. This is confirmed in the book Based at Burn Mk11. Additional Information: | My mother in law was going out with the pilot of LK L at the time of his death. She was based in Harrogate as a Station Y operative to do with Bletchly Park. The pilot, Richard Ingham was a British ex pat who had been living in Brazil and was a volunteer of the British Latin American Volunteers who had their own badge. T Glaves
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