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SOURCES

 

www.rafmuseum.org.uk

www.rafcommands.com

www.wartimememoriesproject.com

www.cwgc.org

https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/209791/   (International Bomber Command Centre)

www.airforceescape.org

https://francecrashes39-45.net

www.avro-lancaster.info

Aviation History Research Centre - www.rafht.co.uk

George Leslie Smith website https://sites.google.com/site/georgelesleysmith

unpublished memoirs of Flying Officer George Leslie Smith

Pays d’Auge 12/05/2007

National Archives reference AIR 27/732/15, AIR 27/732/16 (90 Squadron operations record book)

National Archives evasion reports

Clarbec dans la tourmente de la Guerre - Patrick Becmont, 2014

Société Historique de Lisieux

90 Squadron partial archive - West Suffolk Council Heritage Service

90 Squadron official history - Air Commodore Christopher Paul, 1988.

 

Thanks to the following for their help and contributions to the research underlying this project:

L’Amicale Aéro-Normandie (Patrick Bossard and Jean-Marc Deveaux)

Nicole Lie, mayor of Clarbec

Gérard Elie

Nick McKie-Smith

Richard Grant

Becca French

Susan Armstrong

David Brooks

David MacSwayne