On 20th January 1943, Flight Lieutenant Baron Jean de Sélys-Longchamps 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 Sélys-Longchamps 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 Sélys-Longchamps was reprimanded and transferred for his disobedience. He was later awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions, however.

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