Operational sorties Detailed view
Fg Off. Hjalmar Lorens Tambour
Unit
93 Sqn
Aircraft
Spitfire IX , MA221 (HN-X)
Date
09.03.44
Time
15:00 - 16:30
Details
Patrolled over beaches at ANZIO at 15,000 feet. No incident. 2 aircraft engine out out. F/O TAYLOR landed wheels down at NETTUNO and F/SGT. TAMBOUR baled out into the sea and was picked up off ANZIO by a duck, which waited for him.
Source
AIR 27/752
Note
From Form 540: "F/SGT. TAMBOUR baled out into the sea owing to engine failure, and was picked up by a "duck". Returned to Base [Lago] the following day, uninjured."