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Handley Page HP.52 Hampden - P4403/EA-M ‘Pinocchio’, Royal Air Force, 49 Squadron, RAF Scampton, August | 2, 1940. One of || Hampdens attacking the Dortmund canal aqueduct over the Ems river near the Germany city of Munster, P4403 was battered by anti-aircraft fire as Fit Lt Roderick Learoyd flew into the target at just | 5Oft in the full glare of the searchlights. Surviving the onslaught, he managed to nurse the crippled Hampden home, where he circled until first light to prevent injury to his crew or further damage to the aircraft with a night landing. For his actions, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

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