From The Daily Mail:Wing Commander Douggie Oxby, who has died aged 88, was involved in the destruction of 22 enemy aircraft, making him the highest-scoring Allied night fighter navigator of the Second World War, an achievement that earned him four gallantry awards.
Oxby had already gained major successes over Malta and North Africa when, in the spring of 1944, he joined No 219 Squadron, which was equipped with the night fighter version of the Mosquito. In September he teamed up with the CO, Wing Commander Paddy Green, and over the next few months they were to become the RAF's most successful night fighter crew operating over north-west Europe.
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