Lt BD McFarlane

Not at Home for Christmas

No 110 Squadron Blenheim pilot Squadron Leader D B Gericke was shot down off the Dutch Coast in April 1941, Lieutenant GR Haller a SAAF No 60 Squadron Maryland pilot flying as a passenger in a No 37 Squadron Wellington in May, No 24 Squadron Maryland pilot Lieutenant FC Newborn in June, Lieutenant AA Ruffell a SAAF No 1 Squadron Hurricane pilot survived two days in the Mediterranean sea after being shot down and wounded 60 km offshore, Pilot Officer WJ Chase a No 50 Squadron Hampden pilot and Second Lieutenant C A N McGarr, a No 2 Squadron Tomahawk pilot were shot down in October, No 12 Squadron Maryland pilot Lt RJ Stevens, squadron colleagues Wilkins and Clyde-Morley and No 24 Squadron airmen Lieutenant’s Roxburgh and Francey in November and, Lieutenant BD McFarlane another No 2 Squadron pilot in December.