| Admitted to: St. Richards Hospital, Chichester. |
Date of Injury: 07/09/1942 |
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| D.O.B/Age when admitted: 26 |
Cause of Incident: Enemy action. Hit by cannon shell from a JU-88 on night ops. |
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| Transferred to QVH: 09/09/1942 |
Injuries: Shrapnel wounds to legs. |
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| No. of Operations at East Grinstead: 5 |
IDENTITY CARD
This is to certify that the patient mentioned below and whose description is stated hereon is the authorised holder of this Identity card.
| Forename: Harold Middleton |
Surname: Taubman |
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| Service No: 411405 |
Nationality: Australian |
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| Awards/Honours: --- |
Patient Unit: 460 Sqn |
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| Profession: Observer |
Patient Rank: Sgt |
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| Death: 2004 |
Age at Death: --- |
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Notes:
During the night of 6 September 1942, Taubman and his crew dropped their load of incendiaries over industrial Duisberg, before they were fired on by a JU.88. The pilot dove through dense cloud to escape and continued until they reached French airspace. Over the course of the engagement, a cannon shell exploded in Taubman's turret, injuring his legs. and two other crewmembers were injured. They returned to Britain with no working navigational aids and were forced to make a belly landing on a coastal airfield.
Glossary:
We've been looking through our collections, and discovered this 1972 photograph from the East Grinstead Observer, o…