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Input Aircraft
Aircraft	Database entry
Fokker G-1	G-1
Fokker D.21	D-XXI
Douglas D8	D8
Fokker C.5	C-V
Fokker T-8	T-8
Arado 66	Ar 66
Messerschmitt 109	Bf 109
Messerschmitt 262	Me 262
Dakota (RAF)	Dakota
C-47 (USAAF)	C-47
Fotress (RAF)	Fortress
B-17 (USAAF)	B-17
DeHavilland Moth	D.H.60
Fieseler Storch	Fi 156
Focke Wulf 200	Fw 200

Input Date
Date	Database entry
22nd June 43	22-06-43
15th October 42	15-10-42
5th March 43	05-03-43

Input Unit
Unit	Database entry
all on KG 4	/KG 4
all on JG 1	/JG 1
4FG/335FS	/335FS
all on 106 Sqdn	106 Sqdn
91BG/323BS	323BS
1 Lvr	1 Lvr

Evader chart: E1084
SGLO	Date crash	Aircraft
T2843	23-08-43	Lancaster
MilRank	First Name(s)	Name
Sgt.	Eric	Gargini
Milregnr.	Nationality	Born
1385333	British

Returned Y/N	Evader Fate	Date Captured/Liberated	Place Captured/Liberated	Escape Line
No	EVD-POW	26 Aug 43	Zwolle	-

Evader Story
Sgt. Eric Gargini was the navigator of Lancaster LM333. The bomber took off in the evening of 23 August 1943 for a bombing mission to Berlin. On the outward flight the Lancaster was hit by flak when it crossed the Dutch coast. One engine caught fire and soon after the pilot ordered to bail out. After five crew members, including Gargini, had abandoned the aircraft north of Zwolle, the Lancaster returned and flew west. It eventually crashed between Bergen and Bergen aan Zee, killing the pilot and flight engineer. Gargini landed at an - up till now - unknown spot. He was arrested on 26 August 1943 in Zwolle. No further details available.
* http://www.teunispats.nl/download/gerard/gerard-finally-knows-who-he-brought-away.pdf * ‘Gerard weet eindelijk wie hij wegbracht' in: De Noordoostpolder, 7 augustus 2019.

Evader Story

						Sgt. Eric Gargini was the navigator of Lancaster LM333. The bomber took off in the evening of 23 August 1943 for a bombing mission to Berlin. On the outward flight the Lancaster was hit by flak when it crossed the Dutch coast. One engine caught fire and soon after the pilot ordered to bail out. After five crew members, including Gargini, had abandoned the aircraft north of Zwolle, the Lancaster returned and flew west. It eventually crashed between Bergen and Bergen aan Zee, killing the pilot and flight engineer. Gargini landed at an - up till now - unknown spot. He was arrested on 26 August 1943 in Zwolle. No further details available.

Source(s)

* http://www.teunispats.nl/download/gerard/gerard-finally-knows-who-he-brought-away.pdf
* ‘Gerard weet eindelijk wie hij wegbracht' in: De Noordoostpolder, 7 augustus 2019.

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