550 Squadron Photos

F/O F J Cox and Crew

The F/O Cox crew was as follows:

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L-to-R: F/O Cox (P), F/O Davidson, F/O Fletcher, P/O Jackson, Sgt Townend, Sgt Chick, Sgt Gee
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Back row: L-to-R: F/O P M Fletcher (B/A), F/O A Davidson (Nav), F/O F J Cox (P), Sgt R Townend (W/Op)
Front row: L-to-R: P/O S J Jackson (F/Eng), Sgt E J Chick (MU/AG), Sgt H W E Gee (R/AG)

F/O P M Fletcher (B/A) Log Book

P/O Fletcher's log books and other materials have been donated to the 550 Squadron Museum and some pages from these are shown below.

Many thanks to Stuart Fletcher (son of F/O Fletcher) for making these log book pages available, and providing the following anecdote.

Lancaster "Theft"

A number of interesting stories from Operation Dodge are recalled in the October 2016 Association Newsletter. My father, F/O Percy Fletcher, flew as part of F/O Cox's crew three times on Operation Dodge: 13th, 23rd and 26th August 1945.

He once recalled that they must have been the only crew to have had a Lancaster stolen. They parked up on the Pomigliano airfield and when they returned to the aircraft the next day they found it had been taken by another crew.

Log Book (incl. flying with 550 Sqdn)

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Log Book Cover
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Certificate of Qualification
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Certificate of Qualification
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Training in Anson (various pilots)
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Bombing and Gunnery course results
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Navigation course for Air Bombers
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Flying with 550 Sqdn, March/April 1945
Operations to hostile targets
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Flying with 550 Sqdn, May 1945
MANNA operations
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Flying with 550 Sqdn, June/July 1945
Training, Cooks Tour, Post Mortems
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Flying with 550 Sqdn, July/August 1945
Incendiary jettisoning, Dodge Operations
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Flying with 550 Sqdn, Sept/Oct 1945
Dodge and Spasm Operations

Log Book (Training pages)

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Empire Air Armament School, Manby
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1653 H.C.U. North Luffenham