In the attached original combat report, Col's skipper, Squadron Leader Jock Watt, describes how their Stirling was attacked by a Messerschmitt ME110 in August 1942 before it struggled back to crash land in Kent. This is just one of several episodes recounted in Under a Bomber's Moon in which Col Jones and Otto Fries narrowly escaped death.
(Picture left courtesy of John Johnston).
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Coming soon: A survivor's account of being shot down in a Halifax over Berlin.