![]() Picture credits: Charles Foster, Imperial War Museum, Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Australian War Memorial, Valerie Ashton, Norma Bagshaw, Dorothy Bill, Grace Blackburn, Bolitho family, Bonhams, Lewis Burpee, Jean Feneron, Peter Fort, Garbett/Goulding collection, Simon Goodale, Bill Gracie, Irene Hopkins, Hopkinson family, Dominic Howard, Howarth family, Peter Humphries, Ibbotson family, Jarvie family, Jaye family, Liddell family, Maltby family, Les Munro, Nichols family, Nicholson family, Roberts family, RAF Halton apprentices archive, Taylor family, Tytherleigh family, Alan Wells, Wilkinson family, Williams family, Yeo family, Young family, Yahya El-Droubie, Warner family, Weller family, Gary Whitaker. All 7 crewmen and 2 people on the ground were killed when the damaged and bomb laden Lancaster PB304 of 106 Squadron based at RAF Metheringham, Lincolnshire crashed into the opposite bank of the River Irwell here at Pendlebury, Salford on Sunday 30 July 1944. Three of the 133 are still alive today: George Johnson, Les Munro and Frederick Sutherland. This bomber, coded S for Sugar would amass a total of 137 missions and ultimately. Ground crewmen prepare to load ordnance into a Lancaster prior to a mission. It comes as no surprise that the Lancaster crew survival rate after being hit was low. The Army’s unique 135 Geographic Squadron Royal Engineers has digitised a veteran WW2 Lancaster navigator’s charts and logbook for posterity, 75 years after his first mission on 27 November 1944. When a plane was shot down, or crashed, it was usually fatal for all the crew and so on the image above you will see those killed mostly appear in groups of seven. Everybody else in the crew was expected to exit through a narrow hatch on the flight deck. Guy Gibson's plane, for example, was "AJ-G for George". Bomber command crews had a death rate of 44.4 and 55,573 were killed during the war. However, as it was built as a weapon of war, it could also be lethal to its own crews. In 1939 he was engaged with Elizabeth Adams, whose family name after the. best with a cd version as you can 'ctrl f' and search his name. Just a point on pay regarding ground crew flying on an ad hoc basis as a'fill in' in 1940.A newly promoted LAC Fitter (Armourer), filling in for a gunner would be receiving 5 shillings and sixpence a day.The Gunner he replaced,assuming the same rank of LAC, would receive a daily pay rate of 4 shillings a day and without what would be termed. Avro Lancaster Bomber 'Just Jane' (NX611) The Lancaster is certainly an iconic and most interesting British aircraft. On the mission to Kningsberg with 174 bombers, 4 bombers with crew were lost. ![]() if a plane was lost, shot and ditched or crashed on take off, landing or practice flights the crew were listed. Each of the Dambusters aircraft had its own call sign starting AJ. one outside chance, and it did happen a lot, is Bomber Command Losses either cd or paper version. It was operated by a basic crew of seven, including the pilot, copilot, bombardier, navigator, radioman, and gunners. Lancaster bomber crews on the dams raid consisted of seven members: pilot, flight engineer, bomb aimer, rear gunner, front gunner, navigator and the wireless operator. ![]()
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