550 Squadron Photos

F/Lt L Dale DFC and Crew

F/Lt Dale flew with the following crew. This crew completed their tour on 18/19th March 1945.

• F/L L Dale DFC (P)
• Sgt D J McKinnon (F/Eng)
• Sgt T M Cranitch (Nav)
• F/L E R Mark (A/B)
• W/O R J Davies (W/Op)
• Sgt V P Halliday (MU/AG)
• Sgt R E Martin-Smith DFM (R/AG)

The picture below is of F/Lt Dale and crew.

F/Lt Dale and crew, November 1944: L-to-R: F/O Dale, F/Sgt Cranitch, F/Lt Mark, Sgt McKinnon, W/O Davies, Sgt Halliday, Sgt M-Smith

F/Lt Dale's final resting place: the churchyard of St Denys' Church, North Killingholme.

	Gravestone, F/Lt Leslie Dale DFC, St Denys' Church, North Killingholme
	550 Memorial Window overlooking F/Lt Leslie Dale gravestone

Stone tablet to 550 air-crew at the International Bomber Command Centre, Canwick Hill, Lincoln.

Sgt R E Martin-Smith DFM

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