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A fact from Victor Verity appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after Victor Verity crash-landed his plane in Norrent-Fontes and travelled back to England, he discovered that he had been reported as being missing in action?
Spending the last two years of the war on non-combat duties seems a little odd as the RAF was not noted for its concern for its pilots, especially after D-Day. Is there anything available on why he was assigned these duties?
No, not in sources. I do wonder if he had pissed someone off towards the end of his career, his final posting was as an admin in accounts! Zawed (talk) 09:31, 8 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that after Victor Verity crash-landed his plane in Norrent-Fontes and travelled back to England, he discovered that he had been reported as being missing in action? Source: Wynn, Kenneth G. (1981). A Clasp for 'The Few': New Zealanders with the Battle of Britain Clasp. Auckland: Kenneth G. Wynn. ISBN 0-86-465-0256. Pages 400-401 , Shores, Christopher; Williams, Clive (1994). Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII. London: Grub Street. ISBN 1-898697-00-0. Pages 606-607 , Lambert, Max (2011). Day After Day: New Zealanders in Fighter Command. Auckland: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-1-86950-844-9. Page 59
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: Done.
Overall: No copyright/plagiarism issues. I could not access any of the sources on the Internet Archive or Google Books, so I am assuming good faith. The dyk fact is interesting. In addition to changing "crash landed" to "crash-landed", I reworded the hook slightly. This nomination is ready. Tkbrett (✉)12:40, 9 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
No copyright/plagiarism issues. I could not access any of the sources on the Internet Archive or Google Books, so I am assuming good faith. The dyk fact is interesting. In addition to changing "crash landed" to "crash-landed", I reworded the hook slightly. This nomination is ready. Tkbrett (✉) 12:40, 9 June 2023 (UTC)