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Bill Townsend blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: Flight Lieutenant Bill Townsend CGM DFM 1921-1991 Pilot of Avro Lancaster bomber 'O for Orange' in the WWII Dambusters raid of 17th May 1943 Lived here as a boy Recorded plaque organisation: Hardwick Avenue.

From the Open Plaques record 49259

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