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Larry Heide
Raised in Vancouver, Lee Heide joined the RCAF in 1941 and trained as a navigator. Sent overseas, he was trained on Beaufort torpedo bombers. With a crew, he survived a year of the blitz on Malta a...view moreRaised in Vancouver, Lee Heide joined the RCAF in 1941 and trained as a navigator. Sent overseas, he was trained on Beaufort torpedo bombers. With a crew, he survived a year of the blitz on Malta and then converted to Beaufighters. He was twice posted as 'Missing in Action'. Shot down the first time, he and his pilot spent five days in a dinghy and washed ashore on Elba, which was German occupied. Evading capture, they got a small boat and saled to Corsica. After a short rest on Cyprus, Lee returned to operations and was again shot down. he nad his pilot force-landed in Turkey where they were interned. He was awarded a DFC for his exploitsview less