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BEDNALL, Dundas. Sun on my Wings. 140p., illus., index. Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch, 1989. ISBN: 1870745027.

Bednall joined the RAF in 1937 and after training went to Egypt. When war with Italy began, he was posted to 230 Squadron in Alexandria, flying Sunderlands. From there, he shadowed the Italian Fleet at Matapan and flew 132 other missions. In autumn 1941 he moved to Kenya as an instructor at 70 OTU. In March 1943 he went to Dar es Salaam as CO of 230 Squadron, a detachment of which supported the Husky landings from Bizerta. In January 1944 he moved to Ceylon and in 1945 became Station Commander of a new airfield there.

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