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Sgt. Reginald William Blaydon DFM.
RAFVR 9 Squadron
(d.1944-08-08)
Reginald Blaydon was an Air Gunner in Wellington bombers and was based at RAF Honington in Suffolk. And on the night of 11th January 1941 as part of a 6 member crew took off for a bombing mission to Turin.
Aircraft WS- R1224 was forced to land near Miserieux in France and all crew were uninjured however they were all interned. Five of the grew managed to escape and eventually returned to the UK and took place in further operations.
He was promoted to Flying Officer awarded the DFM and was killed whilst flying a mission on the night of 8th of August 1944.