Stirling loses its turret - Flight Sergeant Whitney

Recording in which a Stirling pilot tells how he was attacked by a night fighter, ditched in the English Channel and was subsequently picked up by an air-sea rescue launch.

Flight Sergeant Whitney, a Stirling pilot, gives his account of the return journey from a raid, during which his Stirling was attacked by a night fighter. After sustaining severe damage, including the loss of the tail turret, Whitney ditched in the English Channel; after several hours in the dinghy the crew were spotted by a Beaufighter and picked up by an air-sea rescue launch, escorted by several Spitfires.