Word: lowestoft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heroism one Werner Borner, radio operator aboard a crippled German Dornier 17 bomber. Borner's distinction: he tried to kill Townsend-and nearly succeeded. Flying a Hurricane. Townsend closed with the Dornier as the Germans, elated after a successful attack on shipping in the harbor at Lowestoft, were flying back across the North Sea derisively singing Goodbye, Johnny. Townsend wounded two of the four crew members. Talking with Townsend after the war, Borner, the only man left besides the pilot, recalled that "with a last effort I shot at the Hurricane, which was so close I could...