Ditching in North Sea, crew 115

L to R

Nursing sister Lynn Johnston, F/Sgt. Henry "Hank" Kaufman, F/O John Wagman

Hospitalized for a few days with water on his knee after a 13 hour dinghy ride, Flight Sergeant Henry "Hank" Kaufman of Cottam, Ont., looks very happy indeed between the ministrations of a beautiful RCAF nursing sister, Lynn Johnston of Biggar, Sask. , and a visit from his skipper, Flying Officer John Wagman, of Regina , Sask.

On a return flight from Germany , the boys had to set their flak-hit Halifax down in a North Sea minefield. Sighted from a searching aircraft of their own unit, the "Bluenose" squadron, the boys were picked up by an Air-Sea Rescue Launch. Apart from minor injuries, the crew was uninjured.

19 August 44 Courtesy CFJIC - PL 31799