Dambuster Crash Sites: 617 Squadron in Holland and Germany (Aviation Heritage Trail) by Chris Ward & Andreas Wachtel

Author:Chris Ward & Andreas Wachtel [Ward, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783035250
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2008-03-26T22:00:00+00:00

Guy Gibson at the time of handing command of 617 Squadron to W/C George Holden. In the picture also are the members of Gibson’s Dams crew, four of whom died with Holden at Nordhorn on their way to the Dortmund-Ems Canal. 3rd from left Taerum, 4th from left Deering, 6th from left Hutchison. 9th from left Holden and 11th from left Spafford. 5th from left is Trevor-roper, who was Gibson’s rear gunner for Operation Chastise. He died in a Pathfinder Lancaster of 97 Squadron during the infamous Nuremberg raid of the 30/31st of March 1944, when 95 heavy bombers failed to return. Gibson is 7th from the left, while 10th is Pulford, Gibson’s much maligned flight engineer, who was killed in Bill Suggitt’s Lancaster during a transit flight in February 1944.

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