On 20th January 1943, Flight Lieutenant Baron Jean de SélysLongchamps led a flight of 2 from RAF Manston on a ‘Rhubarb’ sortie into Belgium. Near Ghent, he and his wingman, Flight Sergeant André Blanco, attacked several trains. Ordering Blanco to return to base, de SélysLongchamps flew towards the capital, Brussels, to make an unauthorised attack on the Belgian Gestapo HQ. Flying low, he strafed the building successfully and proceeded to drop a Union Jack, a Belgian flag and other Belgian flags on the way back to England. On his return to Manston, de SélysLongchamps was reprimanded and transferred for his disobedience. He was later awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions, however.

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