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Leslie 'Bav' Baveystock sank two U Boats in the summer of 1944 when flying a Short Sunderland flying boat in Coastal Command. Earlier in the war he flew as second pilot aboard an elderly Bomber Command Avro Manchester on the first 1,000 bomber raid. When returning from Cologne his aircraft was hit and seriously damaged by flak. With only one engine powering the bomber it was steadily losing height and the pilot ordered the crew to jump. The crew, except for the pilot, landed safely and eventually escaped occupied territory via the renowned Comet Line escape route. Baveystock was transferred to No 201 Squadron, Coastal Command, where he flew Sunderlands on long-range Atlantic patrols. His first success was the locating and attacking the German armed blockade-runner Alsterufer. In June 1944, when flying a patrol to protect the D-Day landings, U-995 was sighted in the Western Approaches. Baveystock immediately attacked, dropping flares to illuminate the submarine and dropped depth charges from a mere seventy feet, dispatching the U Boat to the bottom. On August 18th of that same year he sank U-107!
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reviewed Wavetops at My Wingtips: Flying with RAF Bomber and Coastal Commands in World War II on August 05, 2014
Wavetops at My Wingtips: Flying with RAF Bomber and Coastal Commands in World War II
Every time I read a book on this subject matter I become more and more convinced that the lack of scholarship in this area is shameful. The story of World War II in the Pacific, the experiences of American and Japanese soldiers, the treatment of American POWs and the heroism of American troops has not been properly documented. Unfortunately, as the generation of soldiers who served in WWII ages and passes away they are taking first-hand accounts with them, as is the case in this story as a daughter tries to learn more about her father's wartime experiences after his death. Too much of the Pacific theater of WWII has been alarmingly forgotten. Thousands of American soldiers died and remain buried on foreign soil in Pacific islands, we need to honor them by telling and teaching their stories.
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