550 Squadron

F/O D W Summons DFC and Crew

F/O Summons and crew:

Pictured below the F/O Summons crew:

Click image L-to-R: F/O Summons (P), F/L Nankiwell (Nav), F/O Benger (A/B), Sgt Jerman (F/Eng), F/Sgt Arnold (W/Op), W/O Boland (MU/AG), Sgt O'Halloran (R/AG)
Click image L-to-R: Sgt O'Halloran, W/O Boland, Sgt Jerman, F/O Summons, F/O Benger, F/L Nankiwell, F/Sgt Arnold
Thanks to Graham Day for making the picture available
Click image L-to-R: F/O Summons (P), F/Sgt Arnold, F/O Benger, F/L Nankiwell, Sgt Jerman
Sitting on wing: L-to-R: W/O Boland, Sgt O'Halloran
Thanks to Graham Day for making the picture available
Click image Sgt Jerman (F/Eng)
Thanks to Graham Day for making the picture available

The picture below shows battle damage sustained during an operation to Dortmund on 29/30 November 1944 from which the Summons crew returned safely.

Click image Aircraft PD313 at Manston having made an emergency landing after a mid-air collision over Germany 29 Nov 1944
Read the story here and details about the raid here.