Talk:Leslie Manser

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I noticed that one paragraph of this article was better written and more detailed than the rest, so I googled the text. This is what I found.

Most of the following paragraph from the article:

"As he came over the target, his aircraft was caught in searchlights and although he bombed the target successfully from 7,000 ft (2,100 m) it was hit by flak. In an effort to escape the anti-aircraft fire he took violent evasive action, this reduced his altitude to only 1,000 ft (300 m) but he did not escape the flak until he was clear of the city. By this time the rear gunner was wounded, the front cabin full of smoke and the port engine overheating. Rather than abandon the aircraft and be captured, Manser tried to get the aircraft and crew to safety. The port engine then burst into flames, burning the wing and reducing airspeed to a dangerously low level. The crew made preparations to abandon the aircraft, by then barely controllable and with a crash inevitable. The aircraft was by now over Belgium, and Manser ordered the crew to bail out, but refused the offer of a parachute for himself. He remained at the controls and sacrificed himself in order to save his crew. As the crew parachuted down they saw the bomber crash in flames into a dyke at Bree, 13 mi (21 km) north east of Genk in Belgium."

is taken from Manser's VC citation in the London Gazette (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35755/supplement/4593)

The use of this material is not attributed in the text. I'm not sure how this should be dealt with. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me can help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marchino61 (talk • contribs) 02:15, 10 March 2018 (UTC)