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Did you know... that Captain Aub Koch of G-AEUH, a Qantas airliner shot down by Japanese fighter planes in 1942, also survived being shot down again in 1943?
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I have two pictures of Corio / G-AEUH taken between May 1940 and 1942 in Egypt, in Alexandria harbour. They were taken by my father, Maurice Jacquet, a sailor in the French navy. He belonged to the so called "Force X" naval squadron (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_X_(escadre))
which was "prisoner” of the British from May 1940 to June 1943. The British did not want these powerful ships to fall into the hands of the Nazis, but contrary to what tragically happened in Mers-el-Kebir there was no fight between the two navies. Instead a gentlemen’s agreement was found between the French and British admirals (they were brothers in law...). My father was “freed” to join the Free French Naval Forces in late 1942.
Sorry, but I could not find the way to upload the pictures. If anybody could help...
--M. Jacquet (talk) 10:11, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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