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New Zealand Broadcasting Unit commentator Doug Laurenson [Military Service no. 34957] recounts the experiences of an RAF bomber crew who were hit by anti-aircraft shells over an Albanian port but managed to belly-land on a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. Laurenson quotes from the Squadron Leader's description of their experience.
This item is part of a collection of recordings made by the Mobile Broadcasting Units, which travelled overseas with New Zealand forces between 1940-1945. They recorded New Zealanders' experiences of war and messages to their families and friends, which were sent back home to be played on a weekly radio programme.