Veteran Lancs by Norman Franks

Author:Norman Franks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisac Code 1: HIS027140; HISTORY / Military / Aviation, Bisac Code 2: HIS027100; HISTORY / Military / Aviation
ISBN: eBook ISBN: 9781473847279
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Published: 2016-10-13T16:00:00+00:00

Sergeant Stan Bowater (later commissioned and awarded the DFC) and crew. Sgts Gerry Murphy (B/ aimer), Ted Reeves (W/Op), Hugh Dickie (M/upr gnr), Ken Dickinson (R/gnr), Andy Oliver (F/engr) and Freddie Campbell (Nav). Bowater sits in front.

A navigator’s flight log for the raid on Berlin on 15/16 February 1944. The outward journey is plotted across the North Sea, over Denmark, down into Germany and Berlin with three routes back across Germany and Holland. DV245 made the trip on this night.

DV245 flying over Cap Gris Nez on 26 September 1944, Stan Bowater being in command. The two ABC aerials can be seen on top of the fuselage, on the port side.

Lancaster DV302, H for Harry of 101 Squadron. Note the ABC aerials that are slightly off centre atop the fuselage. The man is Sergeant M. A. ‘Basil’ Ordway, the mid-upper gunner in Flying Officer Netting’s crew.

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