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Missing

on BBC One London

An Inside Story documentary
On 7 September 1940 Hurricanes of 257 Squadron took off from Martlesham Heath , Suffolk, to intercept a large wave of enemy bombers over the Thames estuary, heading towards London on what turned out to be the first day of the London Blitz.
Among those lost in the battle was Fl-Lt H. R. A. Beresford. No one saw him shot down. He was posted as ' missing ' until September 1979 when Second World War military aircraft enthusiasts located beneath the mud of the Isle of Sheppey what they believed to be the wreckage of a fighter ...
Producer ROGER MILLS
Director PETER cordon

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Martlesham Heath
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Lt H. R. A. Beresford.

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