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550 Squadron May 1944 |
| F/O M.L.DUBOIS DFC (RCAF) AND CREW |
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| FL/LT F.S. STEELE (RCAF) AND CREW. FL/LT GARDINER (Armaments
Officer) |
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F/LT “JOCK” D.A. SHAW DFC & BAR AND CREW . On left FL/LT
STONE, on right S/LDR REDMOND
Before take-off for 100th trip of LLL “PRESS ON REGARDLESS” Lancaster ED 905 |
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| F/O L.B. CAMERON DFC, AND CREW with PEGGY BURNSIDE and S/LDR
REDMOND on right |
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| S/LDR P.A.NICHOLAS DFC, AND CREW |
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F/O J.G.BRYSON AND CREW
Killed in action - 1/2 January 1944 |
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FL/LT HOPMAN AND CREW
HOPMAN - SHARPE - STOCKS - KENNY - FERGUSON - SLOAN - McKEVEN |
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| FL/LT N.L.ROSE DFC, AND CREW |
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| FL/LT STONE Croix de Guerre AND CREW
Sgt Halliday (RACF)
Sgt Sayers (RCAF)
W/O D.E. Norgrove W/Op A/G
Fl/Lt Stone
Sgt Wartnaby
Sgt White
Sgt Wright |
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F/O HARRY MANLEY AND CREW
F/O MacDONALD – F/O BROWN – F/O MANLEY- F/O GEORGE – W/O HILL –F/O WOOD –
F/O HUGHES
The aircraft is Lancaster LL811 “Bad Penny ll” |
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| FL/LT F.T. PYKE DFC, AND CREW |
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| F/O R.PURVIS DFC, AND CREW |
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| F/O GEOFF SCREEN DFC, AND CREW |
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| OFFICERS' MESS OCTOBER 1945 |
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| SQ/LD PETER SARLL DFC, AND CREW |
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| SQ/LD PETER SARLL DFC, AND CREW |
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| P/O N.S.ROGERS DFC AND CREW |
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| LANCASTER ED905 “PRESS ON REGARDLESS” TAKING OFF ON IT’S
100TH OPERATIONAL FLIGHT. PILOT FL/LT JOCK SHAW DFC and Bar |
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| FL/LT JOCK SHAW IN COCKPIT OF LANCASTER ED905 - FOX/PRESS
ON REGARDLESS BEFORE TAKING OFF ON ITS 100TH OPERATIONAL FLIGHT |
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| FL/LT R. THOMAS DFC AND CREW |
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| LANCASTER Mk lll , EE139 - BQ B
- “Phantom of the Ruhr" -
121 OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS |
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| F/O C.G.K.EDLUND DFC AND CREW |
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| F/O J.A.BEALE DFC AND CREW |
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| 550 SQUADRON, NORTH KILLINGHOLME. THE ANTE ROOM, OFFICERS
MESS |
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FL/LT P.J.M.PRANGLEY AND CREW
THIS WAS THE FIRST CREW FROM 55O SQUADRON TO BE LOST ON
OPERATIONS, ON THE RAID ON BERLIN, 26/27TH NOVEMBER 1943. |
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| S/LDR G.D.GRAHAM DFC (RAAF) AND SOME OF HIS CREW |
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F/SGT ARTHUR JEFFERIES WITH SIX OF HIS CREW.
L to R - Sgt J Whitley* Sgt S Keirle F/O W Bull F/Sgt A Jefferies* Sgt G
Upton Sgt H Simpson*
The three crew members marked with an asterisk were killed in action 30/31
March 1944 on the Nuremburg Raid |
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| W/O TAPSELL AND CREW |
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LANCASTER DV305 – BQ O CRASH LANDED AT WOODBRIDGE 31st
JANUARY 1944
AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A NIGHT FIGHTER |
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| F/O V.A .THYGESSEN DFC (RCAF) AND CREW WITH S/O BURNSIDE
(left side) AND
S/O YOUNG (right side) and S/LDR REDMOND near centre. |
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FL/LT SHAW DFC AND CREW BEFORE TAKING OFF IN “PRESS ON
REGARDLESS”
ON ITS 100th OPERATIONAL FLIGHT.
EXTREME RIGHT – S/LDR REDMOND & P/O MURRAY EXTREME LEFT – F/LT STONE’ |
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| F/O DAWSON AND CREW |
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F/O L J T McCARTHY AND CREW
ALL KILLED ON OPERATIONS - 6/7 NOVEMBER 1944 |
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| W/O G.H.TOWN AND CREW -- LANCASTER “PHANTOM OF THE RUHR” |
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| NAVIGATORS – 550 SQDN. – SEPT.1945 |
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| FL/LT A W BROWNE DFC (RCAF) AND CREW |
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| S/LDR H JOHNSTONE AND CREW |
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| FL/LT JOCK SHAW DFC & BAR AND CREW |
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| F/O H. A. SHENKER DFC (RCAF) AND CREW |
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| BOMB AIMERS - 550 SQUADRON - NORTH KILLINGHOLME - MAY 1945 |
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| FL/LT JIM LORD DFC AND CREW |
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| COMMISSIONED BOMB AIMERS - 550 SQUADRON - DECEMBER 1944 |
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| 550 SQDN. CHRISTMAS CARD 1944, SHOWING BQ-B “PHANTOM OF
THE RUHR" WHICH COMPLETED 121 OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS. |
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C.O. FLIGHT COMMANDERS AND LEADERS MAY 1945
F/Lt Avery (Nav)- F/Lt Clark (Gunners)- F/Lt Vickers (Sigs) – F/Lt Adair –
F/Lt Puck (Bomb Aimers)
lS/Ldr Gosling S/Ldr Sarill W/C McWatters F/Lt Waitt F/Lt Hulso
B Flight C Flight C.O. Adjutant A Flight |
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| S/LDR B.J.REDMOND DFC AND CREW AND GROUNDCREW |
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| “TARGET” MAP IN OPERATIONS BRIEFING ROOM |
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| FL/LT R.P.STONE IN COCKPIT OF LANCASTER - BL811 – BQ/J –
“BAD PENNY II” |
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SGT FRANK WRIGHT (Tail Gunner) SGT LEONARD WARTNABY (Mid
Upper Gunner)
In crew of Fl.Lt STONE. NOTE “INVASION STRIPES” OM TAILPLANE |
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| P/O Dawson and crew? |
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CREW MASCOT “GEORGE BEAR”, DSO, DFC, AFC, CROIX de GUERRE,
AMERICAN AIR FORCE
MEDAL,CANADIAN OPERATIONAL MEDAL, AND BRITISH CAMPAIGN MEDALS,
WHO FLEW 32 OPERATIONS WITH 550 SQUADRON
- picture, Bob Stone |
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| LANCASTER LL811, “BAD PENNY ll”,OF 550 SQUADRON ,WAS THE
FIRST ALLIED AIRCRAFT TO CROSS
THE FRENCH COAST ON “D” DAY BOMBING THE COASTAL BATTERIES. THIS PICTURE
APPEARED IN SEVERAL MAGAZINES AT THAT TIME. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
ACKNOWLEDGED THIS FACT WHEN IN THE LATE 1990’S THEY AWARDED A COLLECTIVE
CROIX DE GUERRE TO THE CREW,
CAPTAINED BY F/O K.BOWEN-BRAVERY |
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| F/0 ROBERTS AND CREW |
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| S/LDR PICKLES AND CREW |
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| FL/LT JACK HARRIS DFC AND CREW |
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| F/O BOB STEVENSON AND CREW |
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F/0 BOWEN-BRAVERY DFC AND CREW
L/R
Back Row: Sgt. Fysse, Sgt Thompson, F/Sgt Keeley,
Front Row: Sgt Bodill, F/Sgt Thomas, F/O Bowen-Bravery, Sgt Davies (KIA 2/12/43) |
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| F/O W DANIELS AND CREW |
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BRIEFING IN PROGRESS
NORTH KILLINGHOLME 1944 |
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| S/Ldr BRECKELL (Sqdn Navigation
Officer), P/O Alan Murray (Intelligence Operations) S/Ldr Phil Corn DFM (Sqdn F/Eng Leader) |
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P/O S H HAYTER & CREW. ( with Station Adjutant, Fl/Lt Waitt – second from
right in front row)
Hayter crashed on 4/10/1944 when training his flight engineer to fly the
aircraft. Hayter was sole survivor |
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| 550 Sqdn. “V VICTOR” - 100th Operation , March 1945 |
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| F/O J BEALE DFC in cockpit of “THE YOKEL” |
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F/O R D HARRIS (RCAF) AND CREW
Went missing on 8th operation, 7/8 March 1945 All POWs |
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“Q” Queenie bogged down off the perimeter track before take
off at 19.30 hours on 7th July , 1944
for raid on Caen |
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TROUBLE WITH THE MERLIN ENGINE
Sgt. Hopman’s crew have trouble starting up |
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| AMMUNITION FEED TO THE REAR TURRET |
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DAVID SUMMONS AIRCRAFT AT MANSTON HAVING MADE AN EMERGENCY
LANDING
AFTER A MID AIR COLLISION OVER GERMANY -
read
full story |
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| INTELLIGENCE LIBRARY, 550 SQDN. NORTH KILLINGHOLME |
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550 SQUADRON
FAREWELL PARTY, OFFICERS' MESS, NORTH KILLINGHOLME, OCTOBER 1944 |
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“Yes, there were girls there as well”
SECTION OFFICER ROSEMARY BRITTON |
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| INTELLIGENCE/OPS STAFF |
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| REAR TURRET |
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| Aerial Photograph - Bordeaux - 12/8/44 |
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| Aerial Photograph - Domburg - 29/10/44 |
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| Aerial Photograph - Cologne - 28/10/44 |
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| Sgt Wilfred Barratt - Air Gunner |
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| Alan Carter and crew of 'Felix the Cat' |
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The Joe Aucion Crew
Back Row - left to right
1. Walt Klementoski R/G Preston, Ontario
2. Jim Hamilton Mu/G Guelph, Ontario
3. Bill Jamieson Pilot Vancouver, British Columbia
4. Earl Butcher Nav. Birtle, Manitoba
Front Row
1. Joe Aucoin W/Op Cheticamp, Nova Scotia
2. ? |
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The Joe Aucion Crew
Back Row
1. Bill Jamieson
2. ?
3. ?
4. Walt Klementoski
Front Row
1. Joe Aucoin
2. ?
3. Jim Hamilton |
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| The wedding of Pilot Officer Sgt
Ernest Hall
Far left - Pilot Officer Shervington
Centre: Sgt Ernest Hall his wife Doris
T.M.J. Shervington was the pilot of ME556,and Ernie was the radio op on
their last flight together. |
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| Alfred Horace Clothier on
Lancaster
RF135 |
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| F/L McConnell DFC, Squadron
Bombing Officer |
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Ray Reardon writes...
My father, Cpl Stan Reardon (1871823)
trained as an RAF Flight Mechanic and was in the Fire Section at
North Killingholme 1944-45. He was made Acting Sergeant in 1945. In
December 1945 he went to Alipore in India (and subsequently to a place with
a name that sounded something like "Chickoolia").
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I
also attach a photograph of the the North Killingholme Fire Section team in 1944
in front of the Fire Station. My Dad, Stan (pictured above), often used to
drive the Crash Tender. They had to stand-by as the planes returned and
sometimes had to pull badly injured crew from the planes ... often in
dangerous circumstances.
Follow this link for more from Ray Reardon |
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Richard Johnson writes...
Crew of ND425 BQ-C presumably in front of that
aircraft.
From left to right Sgt Jock McGhie - engineer;
Sgt Wilf Barratt - Mid upper gunner; F/Sgt Charlie G Foster RNZAF, pilot;
F/S Johnnie C Garratt - 2nd navigator; F/Sgt Robert Johnson - bomb
aimer/navigator; Sgt Ronnie G Johns - rear gunner; Sgt Eric W Wash -
wireless operator.
All were lost on 30/31 March 1944 on the
Nuremburg raid.
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| From left to right are Sgt Eric
W Wash - wireless operator and F/Sgt Robert Johnson - bomb aimer/navigator.
The others I am not certain of. - Richard Johnson |
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| Andrew Thompson sends a photo of
his father, Warrant Officer Eric Thompson and his crew. Eric Thompson is
second from right (under propeller) |
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| Jill Holder writes
This photo shows my dad (Rafe Eley) and his
crew in April 1945.
Those pictured are:
F/S Renshaw (navigator) - Dave
F/S Eley (bombardier) - Rafe
Sgt Levy (mu gunner)- Jack
F/S Thomas (engineer) - Tom
F/S Langford (pilot) - Sam
Sgt Arnold (WOP) - Harry |
(front and back of photograph) |
The crew of RA502
L-R:
F/O Aubrey Lohry (pilot)
F/S Eddie Westhorpe (navigator)
F/S Bill Anderson (bomb aimer)
F/S Vic Cassapi (engineer)
F/S Norman Tinsley (WOP)
F/S Andy James
F/S Alan JarnellPlease see
'memories' page for more information. |
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| Ron Vietheer sends
a photo of the crew of F/O Rhude, of which Mr Vietheer was a member. Those
pictured are
F/O Rhude (Canadian)
Sgt FitzGerald
F/O Grollnoller
P/O Duncan
Sgt Blyth
W/O Vietheer (Australian)
Sgt Falliur |
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